Showing papers by "Juan J. Muñoz-Perez published in 2017"
01 Mar 2017
TL;DR: The tutorials proved to be an inclusive teaching strategy able to address the needs of students with different backgrounds, learning styles, and abilities, hence providing a more efficient learning environment, in which all students could reach their potential at their own pace and feel equally valued at the end of the course.
Abstract: Most students graduated in Marine Science or other related disciplines (e.g. Geology, Biology, Chemistry) lack the basic background knowledge in scientific programming and modelling (e.g. Matlab, Fortran, Python), necessary in numerical disciplines such as Physical or Coastal Oceanography. Hence, when they enroll for postgraduate studies in Oceanography they are not able to properly follow the lessons related to the above disciplines and generally become discouraged. Trying to meet the needs of those students during the lessons would result in not accomplishing the course’s program, given the fact that MSc programs have concentrated material and are extremely demanding for the students. For this reason, a collaborative effort has been made among various lecturers to develop tutorials in order to promote self-directed learning among the MSc students with the aim of alleviating those deficiencies. These tutorials were applied in two different courses and consisted in: i) a quick-start Matlab guide for NetCDF meteorological and oceanographic data handling and plotting, and ii) the use of a front-end platform for visualising, analysing and evaluating results from the state-of-the-art morphodynamic model XBEACH-G. The above methods helped the students to understand the potential of programming and numerical modelling, as well as, the importance of applying such approaches both in consulting and research-based carriers. Overall, this methodology resulted in a higher level of satisfaction among students because it offered an active, flexible and selfreliant learning method that was adapted to each person’s learning pace and difficulties. Finally, the tutorials proved to be an inclusive teaching strategy able to address the needs of students with different backgrounds, learning styles, and abilities, hence providing a more efficient learning environment, in which all students could reach their potential at their own pace and feel equally valued at the end of the course.
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05 Jun 2017
TL;DR: In el litoral de la provincia de Cádiz dispone de una amplia variedad de tipología de perfiles provocado by la existencia de zonas con lajas/rocas que interrumpe el desarrollo normal del perfil típico biparabólico en mares con marea as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: El litoral de la provincia de Cádiz dispone de una amplia variedad de tipología de perfiles provocado por la existencia de zonas con lajas/rocas que interrumpe el desarrollo normal del perfil típico biparabólico en mares con marea. Es por tanto fundamental, identificar correctamente la tipología del tramo de playa a estudiar, para a partir de ahí, establecer los parámetros característicos que define el perfil de playa, con el objeto de su aplicación, en futuros proyectos de regeneraciones de playas.
05 Jun 2017
TL;DR: Munoz-Perez et al. as mentioned in this paper present a simple observación of the two experimentos numericos mostrados in this articulo, which demonstrate the sensibilidad del resultado a la adecuada simulacion de las condiciones de contorno del problema.
Abstract: La enorme potencia computacional que el ingeniero maritimo tiene hoy a su alcance y la eficiencia de los modelos matematicos existentes contrasta con el insuficiente conocimiento que, por lo general, este dispone de las bases e hipotesis basicas con las que se han desarrollado estos modelos, lo que los convierte en autenticas “cajas negras” de excelente interfaz y facil empleo (‘user friendly’), pero que podrian generar resultados espurios alejados de la realidad que pasan facilmente desapercibidos (Munoz-Perez, et al. 2010). La simple observacion de los dos experimentos numericos mostrados en este articulo muestra la sensibilidad del resultado a la adecuada simulacion de las condiciones de contorno del problema. El Usuario de un software comercial tiene la obligacion de conocer estas limitaciones de los modelos comerciales y ser capaz de idear estrategias que eviten o sorteen estos problemas; eso se logra con experiencia y conocimiento de las bases teoricas del modelo.