2004 ASME Curriculum Innovation Award

2006 ASEE DELOS Best Paper Award

October Featured User, Mathcad Advisor Newsletter

TWENTY-EIGHT TRACKS TO LEARN NUMERICAL METHODS

The user has a choice among seven engineering majors and four mathematical packages, making a total of 7x4=28 tracks.

The user has a choice among the seven majors, namely, 

1. Chemical

2. Civil

3. Computer

4. Electrical

5. General

6. Industrial, and

7. Mechanical. 

Specific examples used to illustrate numerical methods come from each of the areas.  This choice holds the user's attention, as it closely relates to real-life problems of his or her interest. 

The user has a choice among the four most widely used mathematical packages, namely, 

1. Maple,

2. MathCAD, 

3. MATHEMATICA, and 

4. MATLAB.  

There are several reasons for developing simulations using all the four mathematical packages.  First, for continuity, cost and pedagogy, a college may emphasize only one of these packages in their curriculum.  Second, there is no additional cost involved if a university already has a site license to one of the four mathematical packages.