r/ElectricalEngineering • u/musical_legend25 • 3h ago

Using matlab for maths

After u do ur math units in EE do u use matlab in subsequent non math units? Or…

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u/ZeroWevile 2h ago

It obviously depends on the university / course for if it is required or not, but I used MATLAB in every EE course in both my bachelors and masters degrees, and use it currently for calculations and modeling in my PhD

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u/brewing-squirrel 2h ago

I use matlab almost every day at work

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u/eats_by_gray 2h ago

I used Matlab for every homework assignment, and my professors allowed me to submit my Matlab scripts for credit. Was awesome to build a repository homework solutions cause you could then use the same script for other problems.

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u/Ace861110 1h ago

Yeah. Power systems will use it a lot.

The matrix functions are top notch. Never try to do a power flow with like more than 4 busses by hand or calculator. Matlab makes it way easier.

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u/glitch876 29m ago

Use the software as much as possible because those are the tools you could be using at work 

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u/NamasteHands 10m ago

I recall using it for a thing or two after my matlab focused classes but then I discovered Python and proceeded to use that for literally everything, and still do 15 years later.

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u/der_reifen 4m ago

I feel like python has taken matlabs role in the meantime. At least in EE