Going beyond traditional MATLAB user manuals and college texts, 'Engineering and Scientific Computations Using MATLAB' guides you through the most important aspects and basics of MATLAB programming and problem-solving from fundamentals to practice. Augmenting its discussion with a wealth of practical worked-out examples and qualitative illustrations, this book demonstrates MATLAB's capabilities and offers step-by-step instructions on how to apply the theory to a practical real-world problem. In particular, the book features: Coverage of a variety of complex physical and engineering systems described by nonlinear differential equations; Detailed application of MATLAB to electromechanical systems. MATLAB files, scripts, and statements, as well as SIMULINK models which can be easily modified for application-specific problems encountered in practice Readable, user-friendly, and comprehensive in scope this is a welcome introduction to MATLAB for those new to the program and an ideal companion for engineersseeking in-depth mastery of the high-performance MATLAB environment.