PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Future Carnegie Mellon University engineers will design
new innovative products more efficiently and effectively, thanks in
part to a collaboration with ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS). The partnership
brings together two world leaders in engineering, computer science
and simulation technologies to impact the future of engineering
education and research.
Manufacturing and product innovation is undergoing a revolution,
commonly referred to as Industry 4.0, similar to the digital
revolution for virtual products. ANSYS and Carnegie Mellon want to boost engineers' use of
simulation so as to enable unparalleled opportunities for
exploration of many more materials and designs at the beginning of
the development process. View the video.
As part of the partnership, a new building on the university's
campus will allow faculty, students, ANSYS researchers and other
corporate partners to interact in a large computer-supported
collaboration space. The building will also provide a spacious
maker facility where students will have access to physics-based
simulation tools and cutting-edge technologies for making,
assembling and testing their designs. The shared goal is to build
innovative approaches and tools that will result in shorter product
development cycles and final products that are better quality and
quicker to manufacture. All Carnegie
Mellon students will also have access to the ANSYS solution
portfolio, enabling them to explore, simulate and analyze solutions
for real-world engineering challenges, either remotely on their
laptops or within the collaboration space.
"We are grateful to ANSYS for the important educational
opportunity this brings to students across our campus," said CMU
President Subra Suresh. "Through a
variety of CMU initiatives, we have seen firsthand that maker
spaces help students think more creatively and take a hands-on
approach to solving critical problems. Through this partnership, we
can now enhance this vital skill set for graduate and undergraduate
students alike, while providing new opportunities for
researchers."
"By joining forces, ANSYS and Carnegie
Mellon are investing in the future of engineering," said
Jim Cashman, president and CEO of
ANSYS. "We will enable students and industry collaborators to
create unprecedented levels of exploration and innovation by
equipping all engineering students with the advanced tools and
expertise they need."
The partnership seeks a fundamental shift from the traditional
"build and break" method where engineers build product prototypes
and test them to identify design flaws. If employed at all, today's
computational simulations typically come at the end of the
traditional process to validate the design.
Simulation-driven product development flips the process by
virtually exploring the properties of a plethora of design options
up front, before committing to specific material and design
choices. The benefit of physics-based computational tools is that
they can test millions of permutations of designs, materials, flows
and shapes to find the optimal design before the engineer needs to
build a single physical prototype. Not only will this new approach
unleash the next wave of innovative physical products, but it is a
necessity to make designs more energy-efficient and
sustainable.
Today, engineering simulation is the domain of highly
specialized experts, and only a few companies use simulation end to
end. The knowledge and use needs to become more commonplace among
engineers. Carnegie Mellon and ANSYS
are partnering to do exactly this—educate the next generation of
engineers and enable them to build the products of tomorrow.
"We are grateful to ANSYS for providing a generous grant for a
cornerstone building for our maker ecosystem, which will provide
the space and simulation tools to expand our maker capabilities in
the College of Engineering and the university," said James Garrett, dean of the College of
Engineering. "This partnership is the beginning of a long-term
initiative to elevate the skills of the future engineering
workforce."
ANSYS' research expertise intersects broadly with Carnegie Mellon's, making it an ideal collaboration
that will touch diverse fields such as autonomous vehicles,
additive manufacturing, biomedical devices, sustainability of
physical products and connected products.
About ANSYS, Inc.: ANSYS is the global leader in
engineering simulation. We bring clarity and insight to our
customers' most complex design challenges through the
broadest portfolio of fast, accurate and reliable simulation tools.
Our technology enables organizations in all
industries to imagine high-quality, innovative product
designs that are sustainable and have an accelerated time to
market. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs almost
3000 professionals, more than 700 of whom have Ph.D.s in
engineering fields such as finite element analysis, computational
fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, embedded
software, system simulation and design optimization. Headquartered
south of Pittsburgh, U.S., ANSYS
has more than 75 strategic sales and
development locations throughout the world with a network of
channel partners in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more
information.
About Carnegie Mellon University,
College of Engineering: The College of Engineering at
Carnegie Mellon University is a
top-ranked engineering college that is known for our intentional
focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration in research. The College
is well known for working on problems of both scientific and
practical importance. Our "maker" culture is ingrained in all that
we do, leading to novel approaches and transformative results. Our
acclaimed faculty has a focus on innovation management and
engineering to yield transformative results that will drive the
intellectual and economic vitality of our community, nation and
world.
Contacts:
Lisa Kulick
Carnegie Mellon University's College of
Engineering
412-268-5444
lkulick@andrew.cmu.edu
Amy Pietzak
ANSYS Media Relations
724-820-4367
amy.pietzak@ansys.com
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