BE 2200 - MATLAB Programming for Engineers

• Perform computations on scalars and multidimensional arrays from MATLAB command window
• Create professional-looking plots using MATLAB commands
• Use commands to retrieve data from the user or from input files into the workspace
• Use commands to output data and other information to data file or the command window with appropriate formatting
• Write MATLAB programs that require logical decision making involving un-nested and nested if and switch constructs
• Write MATLAB programs that perform required repetition involving un-nested and nested while and for loops
• Write MATLAB to perform computations and decisions on arrays by using logical arrays and vectorization
• Create MATLAB functions that perform required tasks based on specified data inputs and outputs
• Implement cell arrays and structure arrays in MATLAB code to manage complex data sets
• Predict the outcome of given MATLAB code with specified inputs

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• Introduction to MATLAB and its interface (2 lectures)
• Handling variables and basic operations in MATLAB (2 lectures)
• Data input and output (1 lecture)
• Plotting and data visualization (1 lecture)
• Program design (1 lecture)
• Logical operations and selection (4 lectures)
• Repetition (4 lectures)
• Logical arrays and vectorization (2 lectures)
• Creation and use of functions (4 lectures)
• Cell and structure arrays (4 lectures)
• Handles and advanced plotting options (2 lectures)

• Command window computations, script file usage, plotting, basic data i/o, using functions (2 periods)
• Working with large data arrays representing signals using array operations and statistics (2 periods)
• Analyzing biomedical data using branching constructs and loops (2 periods)
• Creating and using functions (2 periods)
• Using cell and structure array concepts to interpret and analyze biomedical imaging files (2 periods)