Excel - Applications for Engineers

Many times, research involves the organization and manipulation of information.  There are many ways to do this, including programming, spreadsheets, and custom applications. 

Using Microsoft Excel^TM sometimes we find solutions to complex problems simply by using the built in Solver.

In the Excel Solver, as in an algebraic modeling system, the optimization model is defined by algebraic formulas which appear in spreadsheet cells. The Excel Solver provides both interactive and user-programmable ways to specify which spreadsheet cells are to serve each of these roles.