笔者通过在美国新泽西州州立大学对多门力学课程跟班听课，感受Matlab、Excel、ANSYS等计算机辅助软件在理论力学、材料力学、结构力学等力学系列课程中的应用。通过辅助软件加深学生对抽象力学知识的理解，培养他们的学习兴趣，提高他们的工程能力、创新能力，值得国内高校借鉴。

Through the experiences of participating in some mechanics coursesinAmerican university, we learned that some common computer software, such as Matlab, Excel and ANSYS, was often applied to assist mechanics courses teaching. Through the assist, the abstract mechanical concepts and theories become easy to understand, which in return arouses the enthusiasm of students. This teaching method can also improve students’ engineering skills and innovation capability, we will carry forward.