Can OO Programming Solve Engineering Problems?

ThChalm asks: "I am the first one to admit that my programming experience is somewhat limited. The majority of it has been obtained writing FORTRAN code to solve problems in mechanical engineering. I have written some smaller (you might say toy) codes using C. I have read a lot of books on C++ (and OOP), but always get frustrated with the following question: Why can't anyone show me an engineering application that is solved with an object oriented program?"

"I appreciate the concepts of OOP and see its applicability in managing records, GUIs, and possibly standard function libraries. I cannot, however, convince myself that there is a clean way to use these concepts to solve the type of procedural problems that I have encountered in the past (finite difference solutions to differential equations, finite-volume computational fluid dynamics, iterative solutions to non-linear equations, Monte-Carlo simulation of radiative heat transfer, etc.)

Am I just being close minded to the ideas of OOP or do my problems just require 'procedural' solutions, which are better solved using procedural techniques? I'll even be happy with the answer 'Your problems are two small and specialized to realize any significant advantages of OOP.'

I'd be interested in hearing comments from anyone else who has this problem, anyone who has worked through it, or anyone who can send me an example of an engineering application of C++ and OOP."