Introduction to Engineering Software

This five-day hands-on workshop is designed for students who wish to gain experience with programming and data analysis using MATLAB, MathCAD, and LabVIEW. The workshop covers fundamentals of programming, scripts and functions, plotting and visualization, data acquisition, basic statistics, and data analysis. It explores scientific and engineering concepts such as: projectile motion , polynomial equations, statistics, fractals, RGB (red-green-blue) color model, electrocardiogram, blood pressure monitoring and others. Optional readings will be suggested at the end of each section of the program.

Participatns will be exposed to a vareity of engineering software tools:

MATLAB is a high-performance language for technical computing that integrates computation, visualization and programming in an easy-to-use environment. It is a standard instructional tool for mathematics, engineering and science courses in universities.
MathCAD is a software tool that allows users to quickly solve and document engineering calculations. A MathCAD worksheet includes live calculations, natural mathematical notations, graphs and pictures, and formatted text.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment for measurement and automation applications. The intuitive nature of LabVIEW allows non-programmers to build applications that acquire, analyze and present data using drag-and drop graphical icons connected by wires.

Program Details

Dates: July 9-13, 2012
Cost: $495
Audience: High School students who will be entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2012

Meet our Faculty:

Dr. Adriana Hera

Adriana Hera is an academic computing applications scientist in the Computing & Communication Center (CCC) at WPI. She is in charge of developing training sessions on scientific/engineering software applications to support the core academic undergraduate and graduate curriculum, and research activity. She currently conducts training sessions on Matlab, Mathcad, Ansys, Fluent, Labview, and CES. Her research interests include system identification, structural health monitoring, structural vibrations, stochastic dynamic systems, and wavelets. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, WPI, 2006.

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