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This is the Northeastern University College of Engineering Computer Help Wiki. The information page for the Engineering Computer Center is located here.

General Information about the College of Engineering computer systems

• Request an account on the COE / ECE system
• Password Help

• General Information for New Users
• Accessing your Home Directory
• About ECE Accounts
• Email Questions
• Disk Quota
• Printing in the COE labs
• COE Web home pages for students, faculty, and staff

Students

• Computer Purchase information for students
• VLAB - the COE Virtual Lab
  • VLAB HowTo PDF document for printed handouts
  • List of COE Windows Lab Software with versions
• VPN - for off-campus access to campus IT resources
• PaperCut - Printing with the New print management system

Obtaining Software for Student-Owned Computers

• Software on myNortheastern Portal -- includes Windows 10, VMware Fusion
• Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (formerly Microsoft Imagine, formerly Dreamspark) - free Microsoft software for COE faculty, staff, and students
• Other Student Software - AutoCAD, Dev C++, MATLAB, Arena (Rockwell)

Installing Software on student-owned computers

• SolidWorks Student Installation Procedures
• Running Virtual Machines on your computer -- for installing Windows on non-Microsoft Hardware
• Installing Windows-only Software on Mac's -- Project and other software from Microsoft's Azure Dev Tools for Teaching program

Other information

• Display a X11 window on a remote computer
• How long does my account remain active after Graduation?

Faculty and Staff

• Information for Faculty and Staff
• Installing Microsoft Office on University owned computers

Labs, computers, and lab software

• Lab Hours
• Virtual Lab
• List of COE Windows Lab Software with versions

Linux Help

• How to Log into COE Linux

Either from a Mac terminal or from [[MobaXTerm]]on windows
you ssh to gateway.coe.neu.edu.
use your COE credentials which are different from your NU credentials.
If you need help with your COE credentials please email help@coe.neu.edu
or drop by the Computer Center on the 2nd floor of the Snell Engineering Building

• Linux Resources
• Linux Software
• MAC users login to gateway.coe.neu.edu via the terminal.
• MobaXTerm help to log into linux machines from Windows.
• Linux Machine Help
• Matlab Information
• Cadence Information
• How can I change my Login Shell?
• Using AMPL and CPLEX

For ECC Lab Assistants

• ECE Mail Procedures for PA's
• Editing or adding pages to this Wiki