The department of Computer Engineering and in collaboration with the Mechatronics Department, have organized a workshop on MATLAB: Simscape on Sunday, April 28th, 2019 and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) on Monday, April 29th, 2019 in Tishk International University. The workshop was presented by Prof. Dr. Ezideen Hasso from Duhok Polytechnic University.

The MATLAB workshop, held on Sunday, focused on covering a wide range of topics in each session. In the theory sessions attendees were given a basic introduction on MATLAB, its new features, SIMULINK and Simscape in contrast to SIMULINK. In the hands-on session which was held in Programming Lab #241, attendees learned to interact with the MATLAB tool and apply it effectively through interactive exercises and tutorials.

The PLC workshop which was held on Monday, focused on giving an introduction on Automation, PLC and Ladder Programming Logic Gates as well Switches and Sensors. Attendees also got familiar with Siemens Soft Comfort Package and had some exercises on: Basic Logic Gates Representation in Ladder Programming, Motor Start/Stop with Seal-in Rung and Timers in Ladder Programming.

The workshops received a great interest from the students and staff of the department with around 40 participants.