PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Students across
the United States will soon be
able to experience the thrill and adventure of space travel thanks
to a new partnership between Space Training Adventure and Research
(STAR) and ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS). This partnership will enable STAR
to inspire and educate young minds about earth and space science by
leveraging ANSYS simulation software.
STAR will soon launch the Enterprise Spaceport, a state-of-art
mobile space camp that will tour the country and visit communities
to excite and engage elementary to college students in interactive
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities
involving space and earth sciences. Enterprise Spaceport is a novel
approach to STEM educational technology to work with parents and
teachers to inspire minds from cradle to career. The mobile unit
offers an interactive knowledge-based system that provides the
latest in technology and will employ an array of engineering-based
project tools and displays along with astronaut flight crew
training simulators.
STAR will leverage ANSYS 3-D visualization software in
its 3-D printing and additive
manufacturing education labs. Students will also use ANSYS
simulation software to understand how physics-based simulation
plays a role in the development of products related to space
travel, such as simulating flow over
aerodynamic bodies during launch and the thermal
stress of re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.
"From day one, our goal has been to empower young minds and
spark an eagerness and fascination about STEM and the world around
them," said Shahinaz Millar,
president and CEO of STAR. "It is very exciting to partner with a
leading company like ANSYS that values STEM education as we do.
Through this collaboration, we will strengthen our ability to
incorporate a strong and exciting STEM core curriculum into the
astronaut training program, where we will immerse our students in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics and how it relates
to a career in a STEM-related field of interest."
The Enterprise Spaceport will feature space flight simulators
from the Mars and Lunar Mission, a STEM Learning Center, land, sea
and air robotics classroom, as well as a mock International Space
Station (ISS) with a full-size operational Orion capsule. In it,
astronaut students physically board and "launch" the capsule then
dock with the fully operational ISS while in communications with
the operations team.
"As part of our ongoing commitment to STEM education, we are
thrilled to partner with STAR on this cutting-edge educational
initiative," said Paul Lethbridge,
lead academic program manager at ANSYS. "There is a
growing need to develop a stronger workforce of experts in
STEM-related disciplines within the
United States. At ANSYS, we believe that investing
in STEM education is critical to nurturing innovation to
drive our future technology revelation and in
turn will positively impact our economy and quality
of life."
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS is the global leader in
engineering simulation. We bring clarity and insight to our
customer's 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 and
sustainable product designs that have an accelerated time to
market. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs almost
3000 professionals, more than 700 of them with PhDs 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.A., 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.
ANSYS also has a strong presence on the major social channels.
To join the simulation conversation, please visit:
www.ansys.com/Social@ANSYS
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