WKU Mechanical Engineering Software
This list of software is used within the core mechanical engineering classes and may differ based on classes within the major. This list gives both resources and links to current students using this software while also providing prospective students with a basic understanding of the software that mechanical engineering students use within their classes.
ANSYS offers a comprehensive software suite, providing access to virtually any field of engineering simulation that a design process requires.
LabVIEW is systems engineering software for applications that require test, measurement, and control with rapid access to hardware and data insights.
Mathcad is computer software primarily intended for the verification, validation, documentation, and re-use of engineering calculations.
MATLAB combines a desktop environment tuned for iterative analysis and design processes with a programming language that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly.
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows and macOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic.
Engineers and scientists use Simulink to perform multi-domain modeling and simulation, reusable models across environments to simulate how all parts of the system work together.
SolidWorks is a solid modeling computer-aided design and computer-aided engineering computer program that runs on Microsoft Windows. SolidWorks is published by Dassault Systèmes.
Some of the links on this page may require additional software to view.