The planned upgrade of engineering specific software only occurs between semester breaks. Mid-semester upgrades can usually be accommodated, but they are only done at the request of a professor, and much more care is given to prevent issues with in-session classes.
Toward the end of each semester, we begin the process of researching, planning, and testing the software that will be upgraded for the next semester. We will gather all the software titles we plan to upgrade and update the version numbers listed on this page. Three weeks prior to the start of the next semester we will freeze the below list of software title versions and not make any further updates to the list. This list serves as a way to inform users of pending software changes, and allow enough time to adjust class materials, or contact us with any concerns.
Planned Software Versions for Fall 2026 | Spring 2027 Semester (List Frozen: Yes)
The list will freeze on: August 10, 2026. This page was last updated on: August 10, 2026
DECS Managed Software:
New/Updated software for the semester is Highlighted.
| Software Name: |
Version: |
| AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design |
2.5.4 |
| Abaqus |
2026 |
| Activate (Altair) |
2026.1 |
| Adobe Acrobat |
Pro 2020 |
| Advanced Design System |
2026 Update 2.0 |
| Anaconda3 |
2026.07 |
| Ansys |
2026 R1 |
| Ansys Electromagnetics Suite |
2026 R1 |
| Ansys Lumerical |
2026 R1 |
| ArcGIS Pro |
3.7 |
| Arduino IDE |
2.3.10 |
| AspenTech |
15 |
| AutoCAD |
2027 |
| BASINS 4.5 |
25.09.30 |
| Bentley OpenRoads Designer |
2025 |
| Cadence AWR |
25.10 |
| Cadence Allegro |
25.10 |
| Camtasia |
2026.1.4 |
| CASE |
6.0.30 |
| Civil 3D |
2027 |
| Clion |
2026.1.4 |
| Cloud Compare |
2.13.2 |
| CMake |
4.4.2 |
| Code Composer Studio |
21.0.0 |
| Compose (Altair) |
2026.1 |
| Composer |
2.10.2 |
| Comsol Multiphysics |
6.4 |
| CoolProp |
8.0.0 |
| Doxygen |
1.17.0 |
| dSPACE |
2024-b |
| DTS SLICEWare |
1.08.0868 |
| EC-Lab Freeware |
11.50 |
| ECP Executive |
5.6 |
| Epanet |
2.2 |
| eQUEST |
3.65 |
| EverFE |
2.24 |
| FEKO (Altair) |
2026.1 |
| Flux (Altair) |
2026.1 |
| Fusion (Autodesk) |
Continuous Updates |
| GeoExplorer |
2021.3.7 |
| Ghostscript |
10.07.1 |
| Git |
2.55.0 |
| GOM Correlate (ZEISS Inspect) |
2026 |
| Google Earth Pro |
7.3.7 |
| GPS-X |
9.1 |
| Groundwater Modeling System |
10.9.4 |
| GSAS-II |
5838.0.0.0 |
| GT-SUITE |
2026 |
| HEC-HMS |
4.14 |
| HEC-RAS |
7.0.1 |
| HEEDS |
2604 |
| Hyperworks (Altair) |
2026 |
| Hyperworks CFD Solvers (Altair) |
2026 |
| Hyperworks Mechanical Solvers (Altair) |
2026 |
| IES Virtual Environment |
25.2.0.0 |
| Inspire (Altair) |
2026.1 |
| Inventor (Autodesk) |
2027 |
| Inventor CAM (Autodesk) |
2027 |
| Java Development Kit |
26.0.2 |
| Keil uVision |
5.43a |
| Keysight VSA |
2026 Update 2.0 |
| KiCad |
10.0.5 |
| LabVIEW |
2021 SP1 |
| LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module |
2021 |
| LabVIEW myRIO Toolkit |
2021 SP1 |
| LabVIEW NI-DAQmx |
21.8.0 |
| LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Classroom |
1.5.3 |
| LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition |
1.4.5 |
| Loop-Pro |
2.11.9120 |
| LTspice |
26.0.2 |
| Luceda |
2026.06.0 |
| Lulzbot Cura |
4.13.17 |
| MASTAN2 |
3.5.4 |
| Materials Studio |
2026 |
| Mathcad Prime |
12.0.0.1 |
| Mathematica (Wolfram) |
15.0.1 |
| Matlab |
R2026a |
| Matlab Support Packages |
R2026a |
| MD Adams |
2026.1 |
| ME-PDG (Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide) |
1.1.0 |
| Microsoft Office |
2024 |
| Microsoft Office Project |
2024 |
| Microsoft Office Visio |
2024 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio |
2026 Enterprise 18.8.2 |
| MikTeX |
25.12 |
| MINEQL+ |
5.0 |
| MinGW |
6.0 |
| MINITAB |
22.5.1 |
| Moldex3D |
2026 R2 |
| National Streamflow Statistics |
6.1 |
| NetBeans |
8.2 |
| Node.js |
26.7.0 |
| NX |
2606 |
| OpenLCA |
2.6.2 |
| OpenSim |
4.6 |
| OpenStudio Application |
1.11.1 |
| OriginPro |
2026b |
| OZone |
3.0.4 |
| Paraview |
6.2.0 |
| PetraPro |
1.8.1 |
| PHP |
8.5.9 |
| PHPStorm |
2026.2.0.1 |
| Processing |
4.5.6 |
| Prusa Slicer |
2.9.6 |
| PSIM (Altair) |
2026.1 |
| PyCharm |
2026.2.0.1 |
| QGIS |
3.44.0 |
| Quanser Interactive Labs |
2.7.3209 |
| Quarc Real-Time Control |
2023SP3 |
| R |
4.6.1 |
| RETScreen |
4 |
| Revit (Autodesk) |
2027 |
| Rider (JetBrains) |
2026.1.4 |
| RISA Suite* |
Latest available |
| ROBOTC for LEGO MINDSTORMS |
4.56 |
| ROBOTC for VEX Robotics |
4.56 |
| Rocscience Academic Bundle* |
Latest available |
| Rstudio |
2026.07.1 |
| RUSLE2 (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2) |
2.7.1.13 |
| RZWQM2 (Root Zone Water Quality Model 2) |
4.9 |
| SAP GUI |
8.10 |
| SAP2000 Ultimate |
27.1.10 |
| Snagit |
2026.3.1 |
| SNAP All Toolboxes |
13.0.0 |
| Solidworks |
2026 SP3.2 |
| Sonnet |
19.54.2026 |
| SPSS |
32 |
| Star-CCM+ |
2606 |
| Storm Water Management Model |
5.2.4 |
| SUMO |
22.1.0 |
| Surface Water Modeling System |
13.4.12 |
| Tableau |
2026.2.1 |
| TeXstudio |
4.9.6 |
| TortoiseGit |
2.19.1.0 |
| Traffic Noise Model |
3.2 |
| Trafficware Synchro |
12 |
| TRANSYT-7F |
9.2 |
| Trip Generation |
5 |
| TSIS |
7.5 |
| Ultimaker Cura |
5.13 |
| VEX Code IQ |
4.68.1 |
| VEX Code V5 |
4.68 |
| VHDL & Verilog Tutorials |
NA |
| Virtual Unit Operations package |
2022 |
| VISSIM |
5.10.8.18789 |
| Visual MINTEQ |
4.0.13 |
| Visual Paradigm |
18.1 |
| VMD |
1.9.4 |
| Voltera V-One |
3.13.2 |
| WinTR-55 |
1.10 |
| WxFormBuilder |
4.2.1 |
| WxWidgets |
3.2.11 |
| Xilinx Vivado Design Suite HLx |
2020.2 |
| xTool Studio (frm. Creative Space) |
1.8.14 |
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*Indicates a software package that contains a suite with many individual, different versions. In these cases, we will attempt to maintain the latest available version of each. Please contact DECS for further details.
Retired Software:
This software was available in previous semesters and will no longer be available in the current/upcoming semester
| Adobe Creative Suite |
| BEopt |
| Decision Tools Suite |
| HCS2000 |
| HIPERPAV |
| Interactive Ground Water |
| Jana2006 |
| Meshroom |
| MiniREFPROP |
| PAM-COMPOSITES |
| SAFIR |
| SketchUp |
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Automatic Upgrades:
(The non-engineering specific software listed below will be upgraded as necessary throughout the semester for security reasons.)
| 7-Zip |
| Adobe Acrobat Unified |
| FileZilla |
| Foxit Reader |
| Google Chrome |
| GrabCaptureScreen |
| Microsoft Edge |
| Microsoft OpenJDK |
| Microsoft Teams |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Code |
| Microsoft Expression Web |
| Microsoft Windows Essentials |
| MobaXterm |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR |
| Mozilla Thunderbird |
| Notepad++ |
| OpenVPN |
| Paint.net |
| PuTTY |
| VcXsrv |
| VLC Media Player |
| WinDirStat |
| WinSCP |
| X2Go |
| Zoom |
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