$1)$ Identify an engineering problem from one of the courses that you have taken so far. This may be from a project, homework assignment, exam, data on a beam to calculate moment of inertia, shear stress, normal stress, young's modulus etc. The problem statement must clearly demonstrate the relevance to $[$preferably civil$]$ engineering discipline. It must be a comprehensive, challenging and nontrivial problem; otherwise it will not be considered for extra credit. Provide a detailed description and attach a copy for the original assignment from the course you took. Make sure proper citations to references that you may use are provided.

$2)$ Your MATLAB solution must incorporate AT LEAST FOUR of the following:

a$.$ SEQUENCE: Blocks of code, when and where needed, that is created to prepare and process the necessary numerical data.

b$.$ MATRIX MANUPILATION: Creating and manipulating arrays$/$matrices

c$.$ SELECTION: Using if$-$elseif$-...-$else statement$($s$),$ split the program flow into branches based on well$-$defined logical conditions.

d$.$ REPETITION: Forloop$($s$)$ and$/$or Whileloop$($s$)$ with multiple executable instructions within.

e$.$ USER$-$DEFINED FUNCTION$($S$)$: One or more of LiveFunction$($s$)$ needed and used for the solution of the problem. Recall: a user$-$defined function is a MATLAB program that is created by the user, saved as a function file, and then used like a built$-$in function. The function can be a simple single mathematical expression or a complicated and involved series of calculations. In many cases it is actually a subprogram within a computer program. The main feature of a function file is that it has an input and an output. This means that the calculations in the function file are carried out using the input data, and the results of the calculations are transferred out of the function file by the output. The input and the output can be one or several variables, and each can be a scalar, a vector, or an array of any size.

$3)$ The main LiveScript file and$/$or LiveFunction$($s$)$ must ensure that possible errors in input data are detected.

$4)$ All of LiveScript and LiveFunction file$($s$)$ must be well$-$commented, explaining purpose and function of every critical executable line of code.