FEMLAB: Modeling with Partial Differential Equations

Femlab is a powerful solver of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
that underlie most science and engineering applications (e.g. fluid
flow, heat transfer, ...). It is a product of the Swedish company
Comsol (www.comsol.com).

Femlab offers an interactive environment to model single and coupled
physical systems based on PDEs. It has a Java-based front end which
can generate 3-D images taht can be rotated in any direction.

Usually it is used in Engineering and Physics research but recently
it has made its way into the laboratories of life sciences as well.
Big drugmakers like Pfizer and Merck are using it in their laboratories.

By the way Femlab can also be used in conjunction with Matlab and
so allows the users to make use of Simulink's powerful modelling
features or utilizing his/her already-developed library of models
in Simulink.