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WHY “New Tools for

Engineering Education”

Contribution to Panel discussion by

MathWorks

Ken DunstanDecember 2015

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MathWorks Product Families

for simulation and

Model-Based Design

for technical computing

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Key Industries

Aerospace and defense

Automotive

Biotech and pharmaceutical

Communications

Education

Electronics and semiconductors

Energy production

Financial services

Industrial automation and

machinery

Medical devices

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Everyone has data now …

Finance?

medical

Data is Power

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… but what do we do with it?

Is coding the new literacy?

Algorithms in Everything

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“Modern cars have 70 to 100 processors with over 100 million

lines of code!”

Algorithms in Everything

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But…,to put algorithms

in everything, manual coding

isn’t enough.

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How does industry handle this complexity?

Power

Management

Transmission

EngineRide Control

ABS

Steering

Stability Controls

Traction Control

Obstacle

Detection

Adaptive

Cruise Control

Crash

Avoidance

Airbags

Adaptive Front

Lighting Systems

Passenger

Detection

Windows

Doors

Lights

Climate Controls

Driver DrowsinessInfotainment

Instrumentation

Voice

Recognition

Navigation

Wireless

Connectivity

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Designing the optimal way to

do this…

starts with this

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How will students learn to design, operate, or enhance a “fusion” of complex systems?

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Where do these algorithms run?

LOW-COST HARDWARE

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The Rise of Low-Cost

Hardware for everybodyArduino

300,000+ commercially produced

$30 (UNO), $55 (Mega 2560), $55 (Due)

Raspberry Pi

2.5+ million shipped

$35 (Model B)

Raspberry PiZero

Announced

$5

LEGO Mindstorms EV3

3rd generation from

LEGO Mindstorms

$350 (for base set)

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Idea

Realization

Setup

Right ToolVersions

Right Libraries

Right Hardware Settings

Right Compilers

Coding and Fixing Mistakes

Rubik’s

Cube Solver

Autonomous

Boat

Weather

Station

Walkie

Talkie

By spending less time onHW/SW configuration…

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Idea

Realization

Setup

Tools

and more time on their algorithms. . .

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Design Competitions - Robotics

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New Tools do help learn &

apply their algorithmic

literacy to the “fusion” of complex systems

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A final shout-out to Adelaide University…

The di-wheel undergrad project

“Some of the more

accomplished students

have the skills of

seasoned controls

engineers well before they

graduate.”

Dr. Ben Cazzolato

University of Adelaide

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University of Adelaide

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Accelerating the pace of discovery, innovation, development, and learning in

engineering and science