Teaching Electrical Engineering Using Maple

Abstract

Many electrical engineering (EE) students have difficulty in learning technical subjects because they lack sufficient competence in mathematical modeling and in algebra. Maple is a powerful program for doing symbolic algebra, numerical calculation, and plotting of graphs, so using this program allows students to spend more time on modeling and interpreting results. Maple also has a text editor, which makes it feasible to require students to explain their results in writing. The design of Maple documents suitable for EE teaching is discussed; a standard format, including bibliographical information, is recommended for easier use.