What software do I need to install?

All Engineering Students

• You must have Windows as an operating system.

  • • See Mac Users page for details

• Microsoft Office

• Matlab

• Mathematica

ENGR-General Engineering

ENGR 7A/7B - Freshmen Design Course

• Solidworks Engineering Kit or Onshape

  • Students with Macs can use Onshape or use Solidworks in the computer labs

ENGR 54

• Granta EDU Pack

EECS Students

• All EECS:

  • • Matlab

    • A collection of programming tools and compilers

      • • Your instructor will tell you what to install, but these are commonly used

          • Cygwin

          • MSYS

          • MSYS & MinGW toolchain

          • Eclipse

          • Python

          • Visual Studio

          • Visual Studio Code

    • Text editor, options include:

      • • Notepad ++

        • GNU Emacs

        • VI

        • Notepad

        • Or any other text editor you prefer

    • Linux

      • • Some EECS classes use the EECS Linux cluster

        • You will log on remotely via terminal emulation software with X forwarding client

          • • Your instructor will give you details but typically you choose one of the following:

              • MobaXterm (most common)

              • Putty & Xming (common)

              • Virtual installation of Linux

                • Using VMware Player with Ubuntu Linux

              • Create a dual boot computer with Windows & Ubuntu (for advanced users).

        • WinSCP

          • • Used to copy files to a Linux or Unix server

• EECS 10, CSE10 and CPE 10

  • • • Laptop running Microsoft VisualStudio, Apple XCode 4.1, or NetBeans 7.3 or newer IDEs

        • • Microsoft Visual Studio (for Windows users)

          • Xcode (for Mac users)

          • Laptop with terminal emulation software with X forwarding client

            • • See links above for Putty, Mobaterm, or use whatever terminal emulation you prefer.

              • Some faculty teach C with linux using the EECS linux cluster

              • Check with course website and canvas for details

• EECS 12

  • • • Laptop running Python (latest most stable version).

• EECS 20

  • • • Laptop running C/C++ IDE and an LC-3 simulator.

      • You can choose your IDE. Options include:

        • • C/C++ for Visual Studio Code

          • Eclipse - you need to add compilers for C/C++

• EECS 22 & 22L

  • • Open-source toolchain.

• EECS 31LA

  • • Xilinx Vivado ML Design Suite

• EECS 40

  • • C++/Java programming IDE plus open-source toolchain

    • You can choose your IDE. Options include:

      • C/C++ for Visual Studio Code

      • Eclipse - you need to add compilers for Java and C/C++

• EECS - Upper Division

  • • Matlab

    • Labview

    • PCB design software

      • • I recommend ExpressPCB software to start out with

    • Cadence

      • • You'll connect to EECS Linux cluster

    • ANSYS Electronics Desktop

      • • Used in upper division courses

MAE Students

• MAE 10:

  • • Matlab

• MAE 52

  • • The instructor (generally) lets you choose which CAD to use.

      • • Options include:

          • • Solidworks Student Engineering Kit

            • Siemens NX

            • Autodesk Inventor

• MAE-Upper Division

  • • Matlab

    • LabView

    • FEA software

      • • Options include

          • • Abaqus Teaching Version

            • MSC Nastran

            • ANSYS

            • Siemens - NX built-in solver and other Siemens options

            • Solidworks - built-in solver

            • Autodesk Inventor - built in solver

    • ANSYS

      • • Fluent is used for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and FEA

        • Used in upper division courses

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

• CEE 20

  • • Matlab

• CEE 21

  • • Matlab

• CEE 81A & 81B

  • • ArcGIS

    • AutoCad

• Environmental Engineers

  • • ArcGIS

• Structural Engineers

  • • FEA software

      • • Nastran from MSC Software.

        • Abaqus

    • SAP 2000

      • • Use the computer labs because the software isn't allowed on student laptops

• Transportation Studies

  • • TransCad, TransModeler, and Synchro

    • Your instructor will arrange software

    • Requires Microsoft Windows

Biomedical Engineering (BME)

• BME 60A-C

  • • LabView (BME60A), VIPM (Free), Arduino

      • • M1 Macs are problematic for this class

        • M1 Macs are incompatible with the VIPM plugin used for LabView.

        • You need a PC for this class

    • Matlab (BME 60B)

    • Solidworks Student Engineering Kit (BME60C)

    • COMSOL

      • • Your instructor will give you software

Chemical & Biomolecular Students (CBE)

• CBE

  • • currently no software requirements for first-year ChemE students unless you are enrolled in ENGR 7A/7B.

• CBE - General

  • • You'll use the following software in a lot of your classes:

      • • Microsoft Excel

        • LabView

        • Matlab

• CBEMS 110

  • • Polymath

    • Obtain from your instructor.

    • Polymath requires Windows version of Excel - does not work on Mac version of Excel

• CBE 145

  • • Invensys Pro/II

    • Obtain from your instructor

    • Requires Microsoft Windows

Materials Science (MSE)

• Currently no software requirements for first-year MSE students unless you are enrolled in ENGR 7A/7B.

• Expect to use the following software

  • • Granta Edupack

    • LabVIew

    • Matlab

• FEA software

  • • You will likely use FEA software in your upper division courses.

    • Options include:

      • • Abaqus

        • MSC Software-Nastran