Abstract
The Materials Engineering course at DEMa - UFSCar is a pioneer in Latin America and
holds the position of reference for other courses, whether due to its history or the training of
professors who work in other universities. Therefore, education in Materials Engineering
must understand the panorama of computing at undergraduate level. This panorama and its
benefits for students have been studied abroad, which is not the case in Brazil. Aiming at
this gap, an analysis was developed on some software programs mentioned in foreign
literature that could be applied to the curriculum of the Materials Engineering course at the
Federal University of São Carlos. In this analysis, factors considered included whether the
software has been or is currently used at DEMa - UFSCar, and whether the tool's license is
free or commercial.