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LC Engineering Materials

Introduction to Matlab
Professor Alessandro Mottura
School of Metallurgy and Materials

[email protected]
@Ale_Mottura
C/C++ vs Matlab
• In the first semester you learned how to program using C/C++
• C/C++ is a very powerful computer language which allows the user to
perform calculations and control computer-based systems very flexibly
• It is a compiled language: it needs to be compiled into assembly code by a
compiler. The compiled binary executable can then be run to perform the
prescribed tasks.
• Sometimes the power of C/C++ is not required for many tasks that we need
to perform in Engineering
• It is often easier to use an interpreted language instead: this is code that is
interpreted on-the-fly by interpreter software to run a series of
computational tasks
• Matlab is one of these interpreted languages
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Introduction to Matlab
• An interpreted language is often much simpler to use: no need for memory
allocation, easily portable, built-in functions
• Matlab is a very successful interpreted language maintained and sold by
Mathworks
• It requires a license, and you have use of the student license as part of being
a student at the University of Birmingham
• Matlab has a massive userbase, particularly in Engineering education and
within the Education sector
• There are other interpreted languages such as Python

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This semester
• In this semester you will learn how to perform calculations or process,
analyse and present data using Matlab
• We will apply Matlab to topics from a number of first year modules
• By the end of the semester you will hopefully be comfortable to use Matlab
as a tool to carry out computational and data-intensive tasks

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Timetable
• You have been allocated to one of two groups
• Group 1 has computer labs in Week 2, 4, 6, and 8
• Group 2 has computer labs in Week 3, 5, 7, and 9
• All computer practicals are in person and will take place in the CTL e-lab
(G12/22)
• Attendance is compulsory and you have to attend in your allocated session
(either even weeks or odd weeks), as space is limited
• If you wish to attend during a week you are not allocated to, please come to
the front of the room, and we will find you a seat if one is available
• There will be a test in Week 12 that will determine the mark for the Matlab
component of Engineering Materials

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Topics
• Week 2/3: Introduction to Matlab
• Week 4/5: Using Matlab to present and analyse experimental data
• Week 6/7: Using Matlab to handle matrices and complex numbers
• Week 8/9: More Matlab programming
• Week 12: Matlab test

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Assessment
• During Week 2/3 you will cover the basics of Matlab, as well as how the
course is delivered and assessed within Canvas
• During the subsequent computer labs, you will have access to formative
assessments carried out either via Matlab Grader or using Canvas Quizzes
• The formative assessment does not contribute to the module mark – you will
get feedback on your submission, which will help you understand how well
you are doing.
• In some cases, you will have to meet a threshold in order to progress to the
next bit of content.
• In Week 12 there will be a Matlab test
• The test constitutes 20% of the mark for the Engineering Materials module

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Programming in Matlab
• The best way is to download Matlab to your personal machine
• Follow the instructions here at the IT services knowledgebase article
KB13246
• You can look this up using the link https://kb.bham.ac.uk/KB13246

• Next best is for you to use the Matlab web interface


• For this, you will need a Mathworks account using your university email
address as username
• This will be of the form [email protected]

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Matlab Grader Workspace
• If you cannot download Matlab or use the web interface or use the Matlab
application in the computer clusters, you can use the Matlab Grader
Workspace
• This is available in the Week 2/3 content
• In order to execute any code, you need to press ‘Run Script’
• Matlab Grader will be used to submit some of the formative assignments,
and will also be used to run the Matlab test – I would encourage you to
familiarise yourself with Matlab grader
• However, it may be easier/better to use the full Matlab application or Matlab
web interface

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Today and future weeks
• The content for Week 2/3 has been published
• Content for future weeks will be published at the appropriate time
• Work through the pages and formative assessment sequentially
• If you have questions, raise your hand, and a teaching assistant will come to
help
• Review and explore the material outside the computer practical to improve
your skills and ensure you make use of the computer practical

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THANK YOU!

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