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 2025 | Spring 2026 Semester (List Frozen: No)

The list will freeze on: August 10, 2026.  This page was last updated on: July 28, 2026

DECS Managed Software

New or Updated software for the semester is bolded.

Software NameVersion
AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design    2.5.4
Abaqus    2025
Activate (Altair)    2025
Adobe Acrobat    Pro 2020
Adobe Creative Suite    5.5
Advanced Design System2026 Update 2.0
Anaconda3    2025.12
Ansys    2026 R1
Ansys Electromagnetics Suite    2026 R1
Ansys Lumerical    2025 R1
ArcGIS Pro     3.7
Arduino IDE    2.3.10
AspenTech    14.4
AutoCAD    2027
BASINS 4.5    25.09.30
Bentley OpenRoads Designer2024 Update 1
Beopt     2.8.0.0
Cadence AWR    24.10
Cadence SPB (Allegro)    24.1
Camtasia     2026.1.4
CASE    6.0.30
Civil 3D    2027
Clion    2026.1.4
Cloud Compare    2.13.2
CMake    4.4.0
Compose (Altair)    2025
Composer    2.10.2
Comsol Multiphysics    6.4
CoolProp    8.0.0
DecisionTools Suite    8.10
Doxygen    1.17.0
EC-Lab Freeware    11.50
Epanet    2.2
eQUEST    3.65
EverFE    2.24
FEKO (Altair)    2025
Flux (Altair)    2025
Fusion (Autodesk)    2603.1.31
GeoExplorer    2021.3.7
Ghostscript    10.07.1
Git     2.55.0
GOM Correlate (ZEISS Inspect)    2019
Google Earth Pro    7.3.7
GPS-X    9.1
Groundwater Modeling System    10.9.4
GSAS-II    5806.0.0.0
GT-SUITE    2025
HCS2000    4.1
HEC-HMS    4.14
HEC-RAS    7.0.1
HEEDS    2604
HIPERPAVIII    3.20.0006
Hyperworks (Altair)    2026
Hyperworks CFD Solvers (Altair)    2026
Hyperworks Mechanical Solvers (Altair)    2026
IES Virtual Environment    25.0.0.0
Inspire (Altair)    2026
Interactive Ground Water    3.5.9
Inventor (Autodesk)    2027
Jana2006    8.16
Java Development Kit    26.0.1
Keil uVision    5.40
Keysight VSA    2024 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    24.1.9
Lulzbot Cura    4.13.17
MASTAN2    3.5.4
Materials Studio    2025
Mathcad Prime    11.0
Mathematica    15.0
Matlab    R2026a
Matlab Support Packages    R2026a
MD Adams    2024.2.1
ME-PDG (Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide)    1.1.0
Meshroom    2023.3.0
Microsoft Office    2024
Microsoft Office Project    2024
Microsoft Office Visio    2024
Microsoft Visual Studio    2022 Enterprise 17.14.7
MikTeX    25.12
MINEQL+    5.0
MinGW    6.0
Mini-REFPROP    10.0
MINITAB    22.5.1
Moldex3D    2025 R1
National Streamflow Statistics    6.1
NetBeans    8.2
Node.js    26.5.0
NX    2506
OpenLCA    2.6.2
OpenSim    4.5
OpenStudio Application    1.9.0
OriginPro    2026b
OZone    3.0.4
PAM-COMPOSITES    2022.5
Paraview    6.1.1
PetraPro    1.8.1
PHP    8.5.7
PHPStorm    2026.2
Processing    4.4.6
Prusa Slicer    2.9.6
PSIM (Altair)    2025.1
PyCharm    2026.1.4
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    1.104
Rstudio    2026.07
RUSLE2 (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2)    2.7.1.13
RZWQM2 (Root Zone Water Quality Model 2)    4.5
SAFIR    2011
SAP GUI    8.10
SAP2000 Ultimate    27.1.10
SketchUp    2025
Snagit    2025
SNAP All Toolboxes    13.0.0
Solidworks    2025 SP2.0
Sonnet    17.56
SPSS    32
Storm Water Management Model    5.2.4
SUMO    22.1.0
Surface Water Modeling System    13.4.2
Tableau    2025.2
TeXstudio    4.9.5
TortoiseGit    2.19.1.0
Traffic Noise Model    2.5
Trafficware    11
TRANSYT-7F    9.2
Trip Generation    5
TSIS    7.5
Ultimaker Cura    5.13
VEX Code IQ    4.6.7
VEX Code V5    4.6.7
VHDL & Verilog Tutorials    NA
Virtual Unit Operations package    2022
VISSIM    5.10.8.18789
Visual MINTEQ    4.08
Visual Paradigm    18.1
VMD    1.9.4
Voltera V-One    3.10.7
WinTR-55    1.10
WxFormBuilder    4.2.1
WxWidgets    3.2.11
Xilinx Vivado Design Suite HLx    2020.2
xTool Creative Space    2.7.22

Automatic Upgrades

The non-engineering specific software listed below will be upgraded as necessary throughout the semester for security reasons.

Software Name
7-Zip
Adobe Acrobat Unified
FileZilla
Foxit Reader
Google Chrome
GrabCaptureScreen
Java Runtime Environment
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Expression Web
Microsoft Windows Essentials
MobaXterm
Mozilla Firefox ESR
Mozilla Thunderbird
Notepad++
Paint.net
PuTTY
VcXsrv
VLC Media Player
WinDirStat
WinSCP
X2Go
Zoom