Resources for Courses using
Mathcad at UW
Courses using Mathcad at UW
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Environmental Studies
Faculty of Mathematics
Faculty of Science
Resources for Courses
Mathcad-based books
Examples
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Mechanical Engineering examples,
Prof. J. Alan Adams, U.S. Vaval Academy.
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Econometrics Lecture Notes,
Prof. Andrew J. Buck, Temple University.
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Seminar: "Building Thermal Analysis" (Mathcad e-text)
Prof. Andreas Athienitis, Concordia University
- Examples from the December 1998 talk at UW by Prof. Philip Pritchard
of Manhattan College
The Role of Mathcad in Mechanical Engineering Core and Math courses
- Examples from December 1999 talk at McMaster by Colin Campbell of UW on
The Role of Mathcad in Controls Education.
- Damped Oscillator. Good example of
an activity students can work on with the (free) Mathcad web browser helper
Mathcad
Explorer (12MB).
- Internet Growth Model
(mcd and
pdf) based on model and activity
in Journey Through Calculus.
- Area of a Polygon
(mcd) based on article by Joaquin Marin
entitled "Computing Columns, Footings and Gates through Moments of Area",
in Computers & Structures Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 343-349, 1984.
- Surface Plot from Irregularly-spaced (x,y,z) Data Points
(irregular.mcd) and
(lake3.txt).
- Bezier curve (quadratic example) for:
Mathcad 2000, and
Mathcad 2001. (The latter uses sliders.)
Presentations
Other Resources
Last updated Wednesday September 24, 2002 by
Colin Campbell, IST.