Mechanics I: Video & MATLAB Modules

Summer 2020
Written By Rebecca Shen
 
 

Software

  • Procreate

  • iMovie

  • MATLAB

I had the opportunity to work with my Mechanics I and II professors to redesign the curriculum and refine resources for those courses.

One of my main tasks was to create supplementary video tutorials and complimentary MATLAB scripts that guided students through key example problems from each chapter. I created about 20 videos for 14 modules across the two courses. I utilized software like Procreate and iMovie to create my videos, and an example is shown above.

I found digital media to be an invaluable resource as I could add an overall fluidity to the problem-solving process. Through hand-drawn animations, I could show the rotation of Mohr's Circle, a topic that I personally found very difficult to visualize just based on still images, and I could highlight the relative motion that was required to be solved for.

Example MATLAB Script

 

Example Video Still

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