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Learn how the Run on Target Hardware feature can automatically generate standalone applications to run in real-time on the Beagleboard, LEGO® MINDSTORS® NXT, and Arduino Mega.

Project-Based learning is extremely effective because students can see, hear, and touch what would otherwise be very abstract. In this webinar we will show you how MATLAB, Simulink, and the new Run on Target Hardware feature can easily interface with a broad range of very affordable hardware and experiments to teach courses focused on:

• Mechatronics
• Circuit design
• Programming
• Controls
• Robotics
• Renewable energy

New with Release 2012a of Simulink, the Run on Target Hardware feature can automatically generate standalone applications to run in real-time on the Beagleboard, LEGO® MINDSTORS® NXT, and Arduino Mega without the need for either MATLAB Coder or Simulink Coder™. Using this new capability, we explore integrating simulation and hardware to show the following concepts:

• Reading sensors and writing to actuators
• Interactive prototyping of algorithms for control and signal processing
• Testing algorithms with physical hardware components
• Deploying real-time algorithms to standalone hardware
• Integrating algorithms with robots and real-world systems

About the Presenter: Todd Atkins is a member of the Educational Technical Marketing team at MathWorks who is exploring how best to work with universities to help prepare the next generation of engineers and scientists. He has been on the technical staff for five years in a number of roles including support, development, and marketing.

Todd holds a B. S. and M. Eng. in electrical engineering and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research was in the fields of artificial intelligence and computer vision. Additionally Todd was a teaching assistant for MIT’s 6.001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs course for three semesters.

Product Focus

• MATLAB®
• Simulink®

The WKU Biology Department and Graduate Program Committee are excited to announce the First Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. Thesis MS students who anticipate graduating during spring or summer 2013 will present brief synopses of their research projects to faculty, staff, and fellow students. The purpose of the symposium is to showcase the exciting research being done by biology graduate students, and to give previews of upcoming thesis defense topics.

Each seminar will be a brief thesis project overview (ca. 7 minutes) that will include introduction/objectives, methods, results, and discussion/implications of the work. Student presenters will field audience questions at the end of the symposium.

Student presenters, their primary Advisor, and project titles (in alphabetical order):

Molly DuVall (Dr. Stokes) - An examination of the abundance and diversity of wildlife entering farmlands in Southern Africa, and the effectiveness of a novel 'scarecrow' device at deterring crop raiding behavior

Jacob Fose (Dr. Lienesch) - Reproductive interference by yellow bass and hybrid striped bass on native white bass in Barren River Lake

Julia Freeman (Dr. Rice) - Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms linked to Essential Hypertension in Kasigau, Kenya

Gillian Jones (Dr. Srivastava) - Understanding the effects of Lunasin overexpression on normal development and tumor progression in Drosophila melanogaster

David Kem (Dr. Meier) - The Effects of Fire on the Vernal Herbs of an Eastern Mesic Forest

Emily McIntire (Dr. Schulte) - Evaluating Personality and Leadership in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Chandra Pranav (Dr. Sharma) - Effect of Coconut Oil on ulcerative colitis in the mouse model

Amanda Seaton (Dr. King) - Defining the requirements for bacteriophage HK639 early gene expression

Shawn Smiley (Dr. Doerner) - Genome Assembly and Syntenic Analysis of Clostridium scatologenes ATCC 25775

Kevin Tewell (Dr. Johnson) - Landscape genetics of marbled salamanders at Mammoth Cave National Park