Facilities, Engineering Computer Laboratory

To support the computational needs of the department, the college maintains a common computer laboratory on both the Tyler main campus and at the Houston Engineering Center. 

The Tyler computer lab (RBN 2022) includes the following hardware and software:

• 32 Thin clients with 20” (diagonal measurement) monitors for access to the students’ virtual desktops and suit of engineering software.
• Networked HP Color laser jet 5550dn printer.
• Networked HP Laser jet 4250dn printer.
• ATI 2400 Professional video controller.

The Houston computer lab (HEC B215) includes the following hardware and software:

• 28 stand-alone state of the art computers with Ethernet velocity of 1 GB with port security, headphone, DVI and USB connections running Windows 10
• Networked HP5100 Monochrome Printer
• Canon plotter iPF770 (Image ProGRAF)

Licensed software available in both labs include:

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Powerpoint)
• Mathcad Prime 
• Matlab
• Solid Edge
• ALGOR
• Microsoft Visual Basic and C++
• P-Spice
• Labview
• SAP 2000
• Mathematica

Mechanical engineering students make extensive use of modern computational tools, such as Solid Edge, AutoCAD and Pro/Engineer for CAD, ALGOR and Ansys for Finite Element Analysis, Mathcad and Matlab/Simulink for computational analysis, C++ and Matlab for programming and Microsoft Excel for data analysis.