Engineering Differential Equations

Links to Additional Resources

Applications of Differential Equations

1. Professor Avitabile has created two presentations on the role of differential equations in mechanical engineering applications:
   1. Assessing Dynamic Response from Multiple sensors
      • Voice annotated
      • PDF file
   2. Shock Isolation of Equipment using Acceleration/Displacement Sensors
      • Voice annotated
      • PDF file



2. Dr. Nate Kingsbury's presentation on modeling circadian rhythms

Differential Equations Resources

1. Professor White's Web Page. This page contains links to many demo files illustrating how to use MATLAB commands useful for this course.


2. Flooved, an online education platform providing free materials on differential equations and many other topics.


3. Khan Academy web site. Scroll down for tutorials on differential equations.


4. Consortium for Ordinary Differential Equations Experiments (CODEE)


5. Table of Integrals


6. Table of Laplace Transforms

MATLAB Resources

1. The university site license allows students to download MATLAB. Instructions may be found at http://www.uml.edu/IT/Services/Software/Matlab-For-Students.aspx


2. MATLAB Tutorials from The MathWorks


3. MATLAB Tutorial from Udemy


4. Gregg Forsythe's MATLAB Quick User's Guide This document summarizes the most frequently used MATLAB commands (with lots of examples) and gives many useful tips.


5. Octave, a cost-free MATLAB clone.

Other Resources

1. Instructions for downloading Mathematica


2. Professor Jane Grossman's Math Tutorials


3. Douglas Godfrey's Amazing Math, Physics, and Engineering Formula Sheet


4. List of National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Programs


5. UMass Lowell Electronic LibrariesThe UMass Lowell Electronic Libraries provide access to a wealth of periodicals, the card catalog and on-line resources. Please note the some on-line databases can only be accessed via a UMass Lowell Internet address (I.P. Address).

Stephen Pennell | (978) 934-2710 | stephen_pennell@uml.edu