22 COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS OCTOBER 2017 SIMULATION APPS BRING STEM TO LIFE University of Hartford integrates simulation apps into undergraduate engineering courses to prepare students for their future careers. By GARY DAGASTINE PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE and skills to flourish in the workforce is at the core of higher education, but when it comes to teaching physics to undergraduates there are many challenges. The growing appeal of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula has only magnified them, given the widely varying backgrounds and interests of many students. A particularly thorny challenge is incorporating inquiry- based learning into a course, a method of teaching that involves students developing and answering their own research questions.

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