a control system as a nonlinear optimization problemin the time domain instead of placing poles and zeros or shaping the frequency response.Applications that students use in this category include office productivity suites, progra mminglanguages, simulation packages, numerical manipulation systems, symbolic manipulationsystems, computer-aided design packages, and laboratory systems. Within each categorybenefits to student learning and hindrances to adoption are similar. Therefo re, decomposingapplications of technology into these three categories facilitates productive conversations aboutimproving engineering education through the use of technology.Partner schools in the Foundation Coalition, including A&M, have concentrated on