Joseph Musto holds a B.S. from Clarkson University, and an M.Eng. and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, all in mechanical engineering. Before beginning his academic career, Dr. Musto worked in industry in held industrial positions with Brady Corporation (Milwaukee, WI) and Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY). He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin. He has been using and teaching solid modeling using SOLIDWORKS since 1998.  William "Ed" Howard holds a B.S. in civil engineering and an M.S. in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Marquette University. He is an associate professor in the East Carolina University Department of Engineering, where he teaches solid modeling, engineering computations, solid mechanics, and composite materials. Before beginning his academic career, Dr. Howard worked in industry for 14 years in design, analysis, and project engineering at Thiokol Corporation (Brigham City, UT), Spaulding Composites Company (Smyrna, TN), and Sta-Rite Industries (Delavan, WI). He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin.

• Covers the mechanics of programming and spreadsheet usage, such as: Introduction to computational theory, introduction to number representation, introduction to programming constructs, the mechanics of MATLAB and Excel usage, and best practices.PART 1.Computational Tools1. Computing Tools2. Excel Fundamentals3. MATLAB Fundamentals4. MATLAB Programming5. Plotting DataPART 2. Engineering ApplicationsFocuses on applications motivated with engineering problems, including: root finding, matrix methods, simultaneous equations, numerical integration, and optimization.6. Finding the Roots of Equations7. Matrix Mathematics8. Solving Simultaneous Equations9. Numerical Integration10.Optimization

Joseph Musto holds a B.S. from Clarkson University, and an M.Eng. and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, all in mechanical engineering. Before beginning his academic career, Dr. Musto worked in industry in held industrial positions with Brady Corporation (Milwaukee, WI) and Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY). He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin. He has been using and teaching solid modeling using SOLIDWORKS since 1998.  William "Ed" Howard holds a B.S. in civil engineering and an M.S. in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Marquette University. He is an associate professor in the East Carolina University Department of Engineering, where he teaches solid modeling, engineering computations, solid mechanics, and composite materials. Before beginning his academic career, Dr. Howard worked in industry for 14 years in design, analysis, and project engineering at Thiokol Corporation (Brigham City, UT), Spaulding Composites Company (Smyrna, TN), and Sta-Rite Industries (Delavan, WI). He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin.

• Covers the mechanics of programming and spreadsheet usage, such as: Introduction to computational theory, introduction to number representation, introduction to programming constructs, the mechanics of MATLAB and Excel usage, and best practices.PART 1.Computational Tools1. Computing Tools2. Excel Fundamentals3. MATLAB Fundamentals4. MATLAB Programming5. Plotting DataPART 2. Engineering ApplicationsFocuses on applications motivated with engineering problems, including: root finding, matrix methods, simultaneous equations, numerical integration, and optimization.6. Finding the Roots of Equations7. Matrix Mathematics8. Solving Simultaneous Equations9. Numerical Integration10.Optimization