Engineering Software
This page consists of two sections. The Lab Software section lists software programs that are made available for students to use in laboratory spaces. The Student Software section details software that students may download and use on personal computers.
LAB SOFTWARE
The Mechatronics Lab is home to numerous robots and motors, and is used primarily for teaching laboratories in the Mechanical Engineering department. (12 PCs)
- Arduino IDE
- Automation Studio
- Code Composer Studio
- dSPACE
- Engineering Equation Solver (EES)
- LabVIEW
- Logic Friday
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- Mint WorkBench
- Notepad++
- openLCA
- OrCAD / PSpice
- RobotStudio
- SolidWorks
The central computing lab in the Gellersen Center for Engineering and Mathematics, this space includes software for all engineering disciplines and math students. (28 PCs)
- Anaconda 3
- Arduino IDE
- AutoCAD Civil 3D/Map 3D/Vehicle Tracking
- Automation Studio
- Bridge Designer
- EES
- EqualX
- GeoGebra
- HEC-RAS
- LabVIEW
- LaTeX (MiKTeX/TeXnicCenter/EqualX/TeXmaker)
- LINGO/LINDO
- Logic Friday
- Maple
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- MobaXterm
- NetLogo
- Notepad++
- openLCA
- OpenSim
- QGIS
- R Studio/R
- RISA 3D/2D/Foundation/Floor/Connection
- RobotStudio
- Sketchup
- Solidworks
- SolidCAM
- Strata
- USDA software
- Vissim/Visum/Vistro
Also known as the Electronics Lab, this space is used by Electrical and Computer engineering students. (16 PCs)
- 555 Timer Pro
- Altera Quartus + ModelSim
- Arduino IDE
- BenchVue
- Code Composer Studio
- Digilent Waveforms
- doPDF
- Electric
- LabVIEW
- LTSpice
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- Minilog
- MobaXterm
- Notepad++
- Octave
- OrCAD/PSpice
- SigmaStudio
- SimpleIDE
- WinDSK
Mathematics teaching lab with open hours whenever classes are not using the space. (16 PCs)
- Anaconda 3
- Arduino IDE
- AutoCAD Civil 3D/Map 3D/Vehicle Tracking
- Automation Studio
- Bridge Designer
- EES
- EqualX
- GeoGebra
- HEC-RAS
- LabVIEW
- LaTeX (MiKTeX/TeXnicCenter/EqualX/TeXmaker)
- LINGO/LINDO
- Logic Friday
- Maple
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- MobaXterm
- NetLogo
- Notepad++
- openLCA
- OpenSim
- QGIS
- R Studio/R
- RISA 3D/2D/Foundation/Floor/Connection
- RobotStudio
- Sketchup
- Solidworks
- SolidCAM
- Strata
- USDA software
- Vissim/Visum/Vistro
The Digital Systems Lab is used by Electrical and Computer engineering students. (18 PCs)
- 555 Timer Pro
- Altera Quartus + ModelSim
- Arduino IDE
- BenchVue
- Code Composer Studio
- Digilent Waveforms
- doPDF
- Electric
- LabVIEW
- LTSpice
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- Minilog
- MobaXterm
- Notepad++
- Octave
- OrCAD/PSpice
- SigmaStudio
- SimpleIDE
- WinDSK
Reserved primarily for teaching laboratories and for use by Electrical and Computer engineering junior students. (10 PCs)
- 555 Timer Pro
- Altera Quartus + ModelSim
- Arduino IDE
- BenchVue
- Code Composer Studio
- Digilent Waveforms
- doPDF
- Electric
- LabVIEW
- LTSpice
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- Minilog
- MobaXterm
- Notepad++
- Octave
- OrCAD/PSpice
- SigmaStudio
- SimpleIDE
- WinDSK
Always-open study space (during normal building hours)—this room cannot be reserved. (3 PCs)
- Anaconda 3
- Arduino IDE
- AutoCAD Civil 3D/Map 3D/Vehicle Tracking
- Automation Studio
- Bridge Designer
- EES
- EqualX
- GeoGebra
- HEC-RAS
- LabVIEW
- LaTeX (MiKTeX/TeXnicCenter/EqualX/TeXmaker)
- LINGO/LINDO
- Logic Friday
- Maple
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- MinGW
- MobaXterm
- NetLogo
- Notepad++
- openLCA
- OpenSim
- QGIS
- R Studio/R
- RISA 3D/2D/Foundation/Floor/Connection
- RobotStudio
- Sketchup
- Solidworks
- SolidCAM
- Strata
- USDA software
- Vissim/Visum/Vistro
This lab is reserved exclusively for use by Civil Engineering senior students. (28 PCs)
- AutoCAD Civil 3D/Map 3D/Vehicle Tracking
- Bridge Designer
- DoPDF
- EPANet
- LabVIEW
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- Project Libre
- QGIS
- RISA 3D/2D/Foundation/Floor/Connection
- Sketchup
- Strata
- USDA software
- Vissim/Visum/Vistro
This lab is reserved exclusively for use by Civil Engineering senior students. (28 PCs)
- Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus
- MATLAB 2018a
- LabVIEW 2018
- AutoCAD 2018 / Civil3D / Map3D / Vehicle Tracking
- RISA-3D 16.0 / Floor 12.0 / Foundation 10.0
- PTV Vissim 10 / Vistro 6 / Visum 17
- Microstation V8i
- Strata 1.0
- Bridge Designer 2016
- QGIS 2.6.1
- VLC Media Player 2.2.4
- WinTR-20 1.11.11 / WinTR-55 1.00.10
This lab is reserved exclusively for use by Mechanical/Biomechanical and Electrical/Computer Engineering senior students. (32 PCs)
- AutoCAD Inventor
- Automation Studio
- Engineering Equation Solver (EES)
- Logic Friday
- openLCA
- OpenSim
- Project Libre
- RobotStudio/RobotWare
- Sketchup
- SolidCAM
- SolidWorks
Student Software
Valparaiso University has a Total Academic Headcount (TAH) site license for MATLAB with Simulink, an software tool used in engineering and the sciences for computation and data analysis. MATLAB is installed in all major engineering and mathematics labs in the Gellersen and Fites Centers, as well as in select open labs across campus. Additionally, all students and faculty may download and install an unlimited number of subscription copies of the program on their personal computers. The term of the license is one (1) year, renewable each summer. As long as a student is enrolled or a staff member’s status remains active, s/he can renew that license.
This is the full version of MATLAB, with no limitations on code size or functionality. The only restriction is that it cannot be used for-profit ventures; it is only for academic and personal use. Instructions for downloading and installing MATLAB are linked below, along with a list of frequently asked questions.
As part of the Standard Suite, Valparaiso University licenses the following MATLAB toolboxes, which are available in both academic and personal licenses of the software:
- Simulink
- Bioinformatics
- Control System
- Curve Fitting
- DSP System
- Data Acquisition
- Image Processing
- Instrument Control
- Optimization
- Parallel Computing
- Signal Processing
- Simscape
- Simscape Multibody
- Simulink Control Design
- Stateflow
- Statistics and Machine Learning
- Symbolic Math
Beyond the Standard Suite, Valparaiso University licenses the following additional MATLAB toolboxes, which are available in both academic and personal licenses of the software:
- Communications System
- Financial
- Fuzzy Logic
- Global Optimization
- Image Acquisition
- MATLAB Coder
- Robotics System
- Simulink Coder
- Simulink Real-Time
All students and faculty with a valid .edu e-mail address are eligible to download an education version of AutoCAD. This includes Civil3D, as well as numerous other CAD tools, including Inventor Professional, Inventor CAM, Revit, Tinkercad, and Maya. Students and staff members need only create an Autodesk account linked with their valpo.edu e-mail address to gain access to these software packages. Limitations include: academic use only; no for-profit work is to be done using this software; all drawings that are printed will feature an Autodesk watermark.
Mechanical Engineering students become familiar with SolidWorks, a computer aided design tool used widely in industry and education. A student version of the software is available for a cost from Dassault Systèmes, the maker of SolidWorks. Students must complete an eligibility form before they can purchase and download the software. The student edition is a yearly subscription which must be renewed.
Valparaiso University has relationships with several vendors which allow students, faculty, and staff to download software at a reduced cost. These software titles can be accessed by logging in to the Kivuto Solutions “On-the-hub” e-store using a Valpo username and password.