Links

Modelling, simulation, control & math free tools

 
The OpenModelica consortium - Modelica translator
  The Modelica association - check out "libraries"
  Scilab - numeric computation, system analysis
  Maxima and wxMaxima - symbolic algebra
  Elmer - FEM/CFD
  CODE_SATURNE - CFD
  SALOME - simulation pre/post processing
  CAELinux - CAE-oriented distribution, also live

Teaching & training resources

 
MIT opencourseware - huge online material collection
  Polimi Open Knowledge - opencourseware @polimi
  MIT mathlets
  Signals & systems applets at Johns Hopkins
  Modelica by example - online book by M. Tiller
  University network of interactive laboratories
  Wiki for "Feedback Systems" by Åström & Murray
Societies

 
The IEEE Control Systems society
  The International Federation of Automatic Control
  The IFAC technical committee on Control Education
  Società Italiana Docenti e Ricercatori in Automatica