Zoom is a video conferencing platform that helps you to:
- Share screens and host real-time video conversations
- Participate in group video chat during online class sessions
- Host virtual office hours
- Collaborate remotely on research
- With a paid add-on, host live web broadcasts to thousands of people worldwide
- Record to the cloud or computer for easy sharing (storage for 90 days)
- Conduct HIPAA-compliant telehealth sessions
More information about Zoom and optional add-ons can be found on the UW Zoom Documentation page.
Tableau is an intuitive business intelligence tool that helps you see and understand your data through interactive visualizations and dashboards. With just a few clicks, you can connect to your data and use drag-and-drop features to explore trends, ask questions, and share insights.
Whether you’re analyzing performance, spotting patterns, or building reports, Tableau makes it easy to turn data into clear, actionable visuals. Dashboards can be shared via Tableau Public, making collaboration simple and effective.
Husky OnNet provides individual users (current UW students, faculty, and staff) a secure connection to the UW network from remote locations through the F5 BIG-IP Edge client.
More information about how to use and configure it can be found on its IT Connect Page.
FlowJo is a software package for analyzing flow cytometry data.
Canvas LMS is the official learning management system at UW. It simplifies course management tasks, such as publishing course materials, grading, communicating with students, and more. Students can use Canvas to access course content, submit assignments anytime, anywhere, and collaborate with peers and instructors. Canvas is FERPA-compliant and has no service fee for eligible users.
More information about UW Canvas is available at UW Information Technology.
Siemens NX is used for computer-aided design (CAD), engineering analysis, and assisting in the manufacturing of finished designs.
Siemens NX is licensed through the College of Engineering; for more information on licensing, installation, and support click the link below.
STAR-CCM+ is a single interface multidisciplinary simulation tool (single/multiphase flow, combustion, CHT, structural, particle) that contains CAD, geometry import/preparation/wrapping, meshing, visualization, and automation.
STAR-CCM+ is licensed through the College of Engineering; for more information on licensing, installation, and support click the link below.
Abaqus is a software application used for modeling and analyzing mechanical components and assemblies (pre-processing) and visualizing the finite element analysis results.
Abaqus is licensed through the College of Engineering; click the link below for more information on licensing, installation, and support.
Wolfram Mathematica is a software system with built-in libraries for several areas of technical computing that allow machine learning, statistics, symbolic computation, manipulating matrices, plotting functions and various types of data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other programming languages.
Mathematica is licensed through the Department of Physics; for more information on licensing, installation, and support, click the link below.
SolidWorks is used to develop mechatronics systems from beginning to end. At the initial stage, the software is used for planning, visual ideation, modeling, feasibility assessment, prototyping, and project management. The software is then used for design and building of mechanical, electrical, and software elements.
SolidWorks is licensed through the College of Engineering, for more information on licensing, installation, and support click the link below.