Mathematical modeling in engineering

Abstract

In this text the bibliography is reviewed whose theme is the application of mathematical modeling (MM) in teaching, specifically, in some subjects of the engineering career. Throughout the exposition, it reflect on the results that several researches have obtained on the subject, rescuing those proposals that have rethought the conception of the teaching of mathematics and the strategies in which it should be explored to achieve, among the students, an integral professional training, reflective and able to solve problems in the exercise of engineering. To gather the bibliographic information on the subject, it was tracked systematically and extensively with the Google search engine. The contributions of some leading researchers in the field of educational mathematics were considered, whose research results have been published and disseminated in articles from specialized journals, scientific congresses, books and other dissemination products. Here the most important results are resumed. After this review, it is concluded that mathematical modeling is a valuable instrument that should be used, both in research projects and in teaching mathematics in engineering programs.