2011 PACE Annual Report

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Attracting, developing and retaining world-class talent is today’s industry top priority, and it’s clearly a continuous challenge…PACE is playing a key role in this space by preparing top talent with the technical design and engineering capacity and capability to lead the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team of the future. The vitality and value of the program are evidenced in the momentum it maintained throughout the global economic crisis of recent years. The continuing stamina of the program demonstrates the high degree of commitment of the PACE partners, contributors, and supporters to the PACE Institutions and students, and ultimately to the PACE mission. We are heavily investing in collaboration and long-term relationships among our member institutions globally. We execute and follow up with actions: longer-term projects, continuing relationships, and company personnel involvement globally focused on effective knowledge flow between university and industrial partners. Our focus is to have outcomes from such relationships that have a positive impact--not only for our companies, but also our member PACE academic institutions.

In addition to providing leading-edge hardware, software, and training to the PACE Institutions, the PACE partners and contributor companies enrich the program in numerous ways. Company experts participate as mentors and judges for the global collaborative projects, and serve as judges for the course competitions. The PACE Partnership brings a strong presence to the

PACE Global Annual Forum through technical presentations, training classes, demonstrations, and displays. In 2011, we had two successful announcement events for Politécnico di Torino in Italy and McMaster University in Canada. Two additional companies, Mathworks and dSpace, joined our PACE Partnership as contributors, for a total of 21 companies. As a PACE Partner, Oracle now provides the Oracle Academy Advanced Computer Science program for all PACE Institutions globally. Statistics show a steady growth in the number of courses taught with PACE software in design and engineering curricula, course competitions, number of short courses developed and uploaded onto our website. For the first time ever, we had a global project competition during our 2011 Forum in Vancouver, BC on the campus of the University of British Columbia. The student energy and enthusiasm was apparent throughout the competition as well as during our awards ceremony. It has been said many times that “PACE will be what we make of it.” We thank everyone who makes PACE successful around the world in so many ways.

The PACE Core Team:Vass Theodoracatos, GMEd Martin, AutodeskJohn Nielsen, HPKeith Rajecki, OracleHulas King, Siemens PLM Software

This annual report is made possible through the contributions of Autodesk, HP, Oracle and Siemens PLM Software.

Letter from PACE Core Team

Cumulative Contributions

The best part of PACE

is the collaboration with

faculty and students

from other institutions

domestically and

internationally.

Dr. Mohammad Kamal HossainTuskegee University

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Year Yearly Total* Overall Total*

2011 $ 501,211,575 $ 10,660,111,144

2010 $ 348,618,352 $ 10,175,258,766

2009 $ 126,813,844 $ 9,826,640,414

2008 $ 1,889,779,973 $ 9,686,953,993

2007 $ 1,837,355,001 $ 7,797,174,020

2006 $ 2,007,794,971 $ 5,959,819,019

2005 $ 682,854,012 $ 3,952,024,048

2004 $ 574,441,059 $ 3,269,170,036

2003 $ 903,410,937 $ 2,694,728,977

2002 $ 1,071,862,140 $ 1,791,318,040

2001 $ 532,278,419 $ 719,455,900

2000 $ 131,753,981 $ 187,177,481

1999 $ 55,423,500 $ 55,423,500

*All totals shown in U.S. dollars

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Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education

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McMaster University President Deane, Dean Wilkinson, and the PACE Partners

Rector Francesco Profumo and Achim Koenigstein, GM, with the PACE plaque

McMaster University’s PACE SUT Project Team

Politécnico di Torino student Andrea Airale

Director of Consumer Products, Autodesk; Phil Taylor, President Siemens PLM Software (CA) Ltd.; Dave Wharry, Vice President, North America Public Sector Hardware Canada, Oracle; and Jeff Hill, Client Manager, HP. McMaster students demonstrated their work on a compressed air engine for the PACE Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) project.

McMaster University - CanadaMcMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada was formally welcomed to PACE on March 17, 2011. President and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane joined members of the PACE Partner companies in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Engineering Technology Building. On hand were Matthew Crossley, Director of Canadian Engineering , GM Canada; Thomas Heerman,

Politécnico di Torino - ItalyThe PACE Partners officially welcomed Politécnico di Torino to the program on June 8, 2011 in Turin, Italy. Rector Francesco Profumo was joined by Achim Koenigstein, GM Europe; Franco Megali, CEO Siemens Industry Software Italy; Marita Cugnonatto, Application Services Executive Italy, HP; Christian Huber, Global Account Manager, Autodesk; and Carlo Musacchio, HW Public Sector Sales Manager, Oracle. Student Andrea Airale presented a hybrid powertrain developed by the PACE student team for the PACE Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) project.

PACE Welcomes New InstitutionsIn support of the PACE mission “to develop the product lifecycle management team of the future,” institutions are strategically selected through a rigorous and competitive process. Each new PACE institution works to integrate the PACE software into the curriculum, establish a PACE Lab, and incorporate the PACE projects. Once these efforts are launched and well underway, the PACE Partners and university officials meet to formally announce the institution’s inauguration as a PACE Institution. In 2011, PACE welcomed two institutions to the program with formal media events.


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MathWorksMathWorks is a leading developer of mathematical computing software. The MathWorks MATLAB and Simulink product families are used for control design, signal and image processing, mechatronics, and embedded-system development by engineers and scientists globally. MathWorks joined PACE to support the company mission to advance engineering education through project-based learning on real-world applications and processes. MathWorks provides the PACE Institutions a bundle of 27 software products for use in the PACE Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) global collaborative project and other PACE-approved projects.

dSPACE, Inc.dSPACE, Inc. provides premier embedded software development, verification and validation tools globally. dSPACE hardware and software products are used by high-tech industries around the world – automotive, aerospace, defense, commercial/off-highway, industrial automation, medical technology and others – in the development and testing of electronic control units and mechatronics. dSPACE, Inc. provides an additional discount over current academic discounts to all PACE Institutions for classroom use and for use on PACE-approved projects, including the PACE Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) global collaboration project.

PACE Welcomes New Contributor Companies

Since the beginning of the

PACE Center in Tongji,

our students and faculties

are fully devoted to the

projects. We quite

appreciate the research

and hands-on opportunities

PACE has provided us.

Dr. Zhigang Yang Tongji University

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The PACE Contributor companies significantly enhance the program by providing critical hardware, software, and services to the PACE Institutions, and supplement the offerings of the PACE Partners. In 2011, two companies joined PACE as contributors, and both are recognized worldwide as providers of software and hardware products essential to controls engineering.

PACE Contributors meet with PACE Forum delegates at the 2011 PACE Annual Forum in Vancouver, B.C., Canada


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Oracle now provides the Oracle Academy Advanced Computer Science program for PACE Institutions, through a special agreement established in 2011. The program provides university faculty with Oracle database and Middleware software and curriculum, which in turn gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with Oracle’s database technologies. PACE Institutions may also use the Oracle database software with the Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter product data management application.

• Siemens PLM granted Learning Advantage Gold Membership to Purdue University, Virginia Tech and University of Waterloo, in order to provide cost- and time-effective methods for student and faculty users to gain skills and knowledge of Siemens PLM Software solutions.

• 243 students from Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Jilin University received GO PLM NX Certification, and are now better prepared to pursue careers with Siemens PLM Software Partners including GM.

• Wayne State University, Purdue University, University of Waterloo, and Virginia Tech were selected for the EcoCar 2 Program, which is a 3 year Competition sponsored by Siemens, US Department of Energy, GM and National Resource Canada, CD-adapco, MathWorks, and dSPACE.

• Siemens PLM Software has hired 571 alumni from PACE Institutions over the life of the program.

• Siemens PLM Software received more than twenty tutorials, curricula and resources from PACE Institutions that are now available online to all PACE Institutions online.

• Siemens PLM Software was recognized by U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology (USBE&IT) magazine as a top supporter of historically black engineering schools in the U.S. for the ninth year in a row, and was selected as a “Best Diversity Company for 2011” by Diversity/ Careers in Engineering & Information Technology (Diversity/Careers) magazine through its partnership with Prairie View A&M University, Howard University, Tuskegee University and University of Texas, El Paso.

• Brigham Young University, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech are members of the National Science Foundation E-design Center, along with Siemens PLM and GM as Industry Partners.

PACE Companies “Go Above and Beyond”

“PACE Wins” from Siemens PLM Software

“PACE Win” from Oracle Corporation

Our general perception of

the PACE program is very

positive and we believe it

is beneficial for the

students to have access

and learn the often

complex packages that

this program offers.

Berhane Sertu University of Toronto

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In addition to providing hardware, software, and training to the PACE Institutions, the PACE Partner and Contributor companies enrich the program in numerous ways. Company experts participate as mentors and judges for the PACE global collaborative projects, or serve as judges for the PACE Course Competitions. The PACE Companies bring a strong presence to the PACE Global Annual Forum through technical presentations, training classes, demonstrations, and displays. The product of PACE is the student, and the PACE companies play a key role in developing students for high-technology engineering and design careers.

Notable “wins” involving PACE Institutions and the PACE Partner companies in 2011 include:

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•9PACEInstitutions increased the number of CAD/CAM/CAE-related courses in their curriculum in the past year.

•16PACEInstitutions restructured the CAD/CAM/CAE-related courses in their curriculum in the past year.

•243Students from PACE Institutions achieved the Siemens GO PLM NX certification.

•55Students from PACE Institutions achieved other CAD certification.

PACE Curriculum in Engineering

Number of Engineering Courses that UtilizedNXSoftware

2007 2008 2009

17

2022

PACE Institutions with an Automotive EngineeringCurriculum

2010 2011

22 23

Percentage of Students Who Used NXVersusaCompetitiveSoftware

2007 20092008

74%79%75%

2010 2011

75% 73%

2007 2008 2009

2627

25

Number of PACE Engineering Institutions that IntroducedNXintheFirstYear

2010 2011

27 28

212

252

289

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

285299

Primary CAD System in PACE Engineering Institutions

NX

43

SolidWorks

7

Catia

6

SolidEdge

5

ProE

2 2

InventorAutoCAD

4

Number of CAE-Related Course Offerings

2007 20072008 2008

331

381

2009 2009

402

Percent of CAE Courses that Tie the CAE Function Back to NX

Offers an Integrated Product Development Process

24%27% 27%

2010 20102011 2011

383 399

25%

22%

PACE students from Michigan Tech and Politécnico di Torino discuss their work with industry experts during course competitions and announcement events

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83% of PACE Design Institutions used AutodeskAliasAutomotive as their primary CAD system for Industrial Design.

More than 900 students at PACE Institutions used NX CAM in thirty manufacturing engineering courses.

PACE Curriculum in Creative Design

PACE Curriculum in Manufacturing Engineering

The PACE program is

very beneficial for the

CCS students primarily

because it prepares them

to fully develop vehicle

concepts using state of

the art tools and

industry processes. The

best part about the

program this past year

was the interaction with

the other schools and

disciplines.

Shannon McPartlon College for Creative Studies

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Percentage of Design Students Who Used AliasAutomotiveVersusaCompetitiveSoftware

Number of Creative Design Courses that Utilize AliasAutomotiveSoftware

Percentage of PACE Design Institutions that IntroduceAliasAutomotive in the First or Second Year

Number of DigitalManufacturingCoursesUsing Tecnomatix

Number of StudentsWhoUsedTecnomatix

Percentage of PACE Design Institutions that IntroduceSketchbookProin the First or Second Year

2007

2007

2007 2007

2007

2007

2008

2008

2008 2008

2008

2008

2009

2009

2009 2009

2009

2009

2010

2010

2010 2010

2010

2010

2011

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2011 2011

2011

2011

70

88%

23673

90%

86%

65

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21

519

86%

88%

77

50%

15

387

90%

67%

81

45%

9255

87%

67%

87

50%

14418

83%

67%

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PACE sponsors student course competitions as part of its commitment to encourage students to use digital data, math models, and the PACE software in their engineering, analysis, manufacturing, collaboration and industrial design courses. Course competitions provide an opportunity for the students to present their class projects to a group of industry representatives and receive feedback, as well as to talk with content experts from the PACE Partner and Contributor companies. Company representatives witness first-hand the capabilities of the students and how they use the software in their projects, potentially resulting in internship or employment opportunities.

InstitutionName CourseName StudentYearGeorgia Tech Interactive Computer Graphics and Computer 4th year Aided Design

Hongik University Automotive Chassis Design 3rd/4th year

Inha University General Design of Mechanical Engineering 3rd/4th year

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo Computer Aided Design 3rd year de México

Korea University Computer Aided Mechanical Drawing 2nd year

Lehigh University Manufacturing Process 3rd year

Michigan State University Computer Aided Design Tools 2nd/3rd/4th year

Michigan Technological University Engineering Modeling and Design 1st year

Michigan Technological University Computer Aided Design Methods 4th year

Missouri University of Science Principles and Practice of Computer Aided Design 4th year and Technology

Northwestern University Computer Integrated Manufacturing 3rd year

Peoples Education Society Institute Computer Aided Machine Drawing 2nd year of Technology

Politécnico di Torino Computer Aided Design

Sri Jayachamarajendra College CAD/CAE 3rd year of Engineering

Sungkyunkwan University CAD/Product Information Management 3rd/4th year

Tuskegee University Senior Capstone Design 4th year

Tongji University Fundamentals of CAGD 2nd year

University of São Paulo Engineering Graphics and Design 1st year

University of São Paulo Best Automotive Engineering Capstone Project 4th/5th year

Brigham Young University, University CAx Engineering Applications Varied of São Paulo, ITESM-Toluca, Hongik University, Tongji University, Universidad Iberoamericana, Wayne State University, University of British Columbia

Virginia Tech, Technische Universität Global Collaborative Engineering Design 4th/5th year Darmstadt, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Howard University, ITESM-Monterrey

PACE Course Competitions

PACE Sponsored 22 course competitions at 26 PACE Institutions in 2011, with more than 1600 students participating.

The PACE is a wonderful

program that connects

industry and academia.

Dr. Jae Kyung Shim Korea University

“” Schools Competitions

2007 2008 2009

22 2221

14

1715

2010 2011

25 26

2022

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Faculty and support staff developed numerous PACE-inspired textbooks, tutorials, and other unique teaching materials in the past year, including:

• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México developed a tutorial for NX CAM Express 7 developed for the Computer Integrated Manufacturing course.

• Michigan State University and Kettering University developed two short courses for the 2011 Annual PACE Forum, Basic and Intermediate NX7.5.

• The University of São Paulo revised the Engineering Design Graphics course notes for NX7.5.

• New Mexico State University developed basic tutorials for Autodesk Moldflow to analyze the design of a cooling system for an injection mold.

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute completed a set of NX 7.5 Introductory Solid Modeling Assembly tutorial guides.

• Technische Universität Darmstadt revised computer-aided design online tutorials for NX 7.5.

More than 500 faculty, teaching assistants, and administrators participated in PACE-Sponsored software training in 2011.

PACE Courseware

PACESoftware Students Students Students 2011 2010 2009

Altair HyperWorks 2497 3014 2220

ANSYS FLUENT 1394 1492 1854

Autodesk DirectConnect 62 71 1391

Autodesk Maya 423 388 n/a

Autodesk Moldflow 218 n/a n/a

Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 411 456 1055

CD-adapco STAR-CCM+ 68 n/a n/a

CEI EnSight 81 n/a n/a

Dassault Isight 228 124 67

Gamma GT Power 102 201 256

LSTC LS-DYNA 184 330 210

MSC Adams 2557 1816 2797

MSC Nastran 2761 3408 2194

RTT DeltaGen 100 25 275

Siemens JT Open 68 84 765

Siemens Teamcenter Community 623 793 1343

Siemens Teamcenter Engineering 1223 1185 1710

Siemens Tecnomatix 418 255 387

PACESoftware 2011

Altair HyperWorks 110

ANSYS FLUENT 60

Autodesk Alias Automotive 26

Autodesk Maya 23

Autodesk Moldflow 4

Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 23

CD-adapco STAR-CCM+ 12

LSTC LS-Dyna 20

MSC Software Adams 36

MSC Software Nastran 24

RTT DeltaGen 22

Siemens NX 121

Siemens Teamcenter Community 9

Siemens Teamcenter Engineering 16

PACE Students Use Software PACE Software Training for Faculty and Students

The introduction of global

projects is a highlight of

PACE activities. PACE

has unique objectives

and there is no other

organization to substitute

for PACE.

Dr. K.V.C. Rao Michigan Tech

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• 193 Attendees from 45 PACE Institutions and 11 companies located in 10 countries

• 23 Faculty presentations and 14 posters from 23 PACE Institutions around the world

• 17 Industry presentations from 10 companies, including keynote addresses by:

- Jeff Boyer, Executive Director Engineering Operations Systems Development, GM

- Paul Brown, Senior Marketing Director NX, Siemens PLM Software

- Cole Clark, Global Vice President Education & Research Industries, Oracle

• 92 faculty and student delegates increased their skills during 11 training sessions in PACE software, including NX, NX CAM, Tecnomatix Jack, Alias Automotive, Moldflow, HyperMesh, Optistruct, STAR-CCM+, Adams, and RTT DeltaGen

• The “What’s Next in CAD Technology?” panel discussion challenged faculty and industry leaders to examine the future direction of computer aided design (CAD)

• The Global Collaboration Workshop interactive session provided practical insights for improving communication and intercultural awareness among global virtual project teams

• The “Why Should We Care About Women in Engineering Anyway?” panel discussion offered a lively dialogue led by faculty members from the University of British Columbia, Wayne State University, and New Mexico State University

• Students Ali Jafari of Monash University and Ntengwa Mukosa of New Mexico State University were recognized with Outstanding Poster Awards

• Brigid O’Kane of the University of Cincinnati, Mohammed Omari of GM Manufacturing Engineering, and Giuseppe Rotondo of GME Powertrain Engineering were recognized with Outstanding Performance Awards

• Presentation awards for outstanding presentations in the areas of

- Engineering: Greg Jensen of Brigham Young University

- Design: Raphael Zammit of the University of Cincinnati

- Manufacturing: Stephen Doehler and William Ropp of the University of Cincinnati

- Curriculum: Gene Zak of Queen’s University - Industry: Jesse Roitenberg of Stratasys

and John Baker of Siemens PLM Software - Training: Bob Chalou of Michigan State

University and Ana Maria Marin for Autodesk

PACE Global Annual Forum

For us the PACE program

has several “best parts”.

We have benefited

greatly from the

hardware and software

that has been supplied

by the PACE program.

Alan Steeves University of British Columbia

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The 2011 PACE Global Annual Forum was hosted by the University of British Columbia in the beautiful city of Vancouver, B.C., Canada. During the conference sessions, faculty and student delegates reported on successful PACE activities and projects completed during the past year, exchanged best practices, and planned upcoming global collaboration projects for the next academic year.

The judging competition for the Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) global project introduced a new level of excitement to the Forum. The seven global teams, comprised of students and faculty from 28 PACE Institutions, presented their results from the first year of the SUT project before a judging panel comprised of 21 representatives from industry and academia. Judges recognized the best teams in the areas of Market Research, Industrial Design, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Collaboration at the Awards Dinner.

The PACE Partner and Contributor companies played a significant role at the Forum. Representatives met with delegates during the Company Display Expo, shared their perspectives on the future of Computer Aided Design during the panel discussion, and contributed their expertise to the judging panel for the SUT competition. Companies also offered software training classes during the week prior to the conference, allowing faculty and students to advance their skills.

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The college is very happy

to be associated with

PACE. The PACE

projects, namely SUT,

CIC, innovative

challenges make the

students learn new

initiatives and new

challenges facing the

design, simulation and

analysis.

Dr. B.G.Sangameshwara Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

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Participant FeedbackWhat part of the Forum was most valuable to you?

31% Software Training22% SUT Project Presentations25% Networking10% Presentations3% Panel Discussion3% Collaboration Workshop3% Company Displays3% Awards Dinner1% Welcome Reception

19% Location17% SUT Project Competition16% Meeting & Interacting9% Training6% Organization7% Welcome Reception, Awards Dinner7% Panel Discussions6% Industry/Academia Interaction9% Presentations2% Everything1% Global Reach

What did you like best about the PACE Forum?

Jeff Boyer (GM) delivers the keynote address. Craig Brown (GM) lends his insight during the panel discussion on the future of CAD.

Bob Little (Altair) answers questions during the panel discussion on the future of CAD.

Johanna Hassan Hollowich of Potencium Ltd. leads the collaboration workshop.

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PACE strives to educate and inspire students on the necessity of global collaboration and to foster awareness of current social and economic pressures. In keeping with these objectives, the PACE Global Leadership Committee defines a product development project each year, in order to enhance and advance the educational experience by providing an industry-like collaborative project experience for students.

The PACE projects enable students to work in distributed virtual teams, advance their project planning and execution skills , and experience the same challenges that industrial designers, product engineers, and manufacturing engineers encounter in industry. By engaging students in collaborative activities, the projects also stimulate innovation.

The 2010-2012 PACE Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) project addresses the future of urban transportation and challenges students to design and engineer an SUT solution for a specific urban area. The PACE Global Leadership team chose to focus the global project on the area of sustainable urban transportation due to increasing worldwide attention on the impending growth of urban areas and the need for transport systems to make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve.

More than 80 engineering and industrial design students from 28 PACE Institutions undertook the project in the first year, forming seven teams. Each team was comprised of one design institution and four engineering institutions. Each team targeted a specific urban area and developed a sustainable transport solution customized for that city. The urban areas selected reflect the geographically diverse nature of the teams: Ahmadabad, India; Seoul, Korea; Shanghai, China; Monterrey, Mexico; and Cincinnati, USA. Each team was responsible for its own team organization, project management, interim deliverables and timeline, communications, and team-building activities.

Overall project leadership for industrial design was provided by Professor Brigid O’Kane of the University of Cincinnati (USA), and for engineering by Dr. Marcelo Alves of the University of São Paulo (Brazil). The judging team provided project deliverables and judging criteria for four categories, and each team distributed responsibility for the deliverables according to their interests and strengths.

PACE Global Collaborative Projects

The PACE Program is an

excellent program that

provides access to a large

amount of software that

benefits students in their

studies. The PACE

program over the years

also has helped us in

promoting CAD/CAM

education by providing

powerful software tools

that students can use at

Lehigh University.

Dr. Murat Ozturk Lehigh University

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” PACE Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) Global Project: First Year Overview

Students on the PACE Sustainable Urban Transport teams presenting to the judging teams during the project competition.

The PACE SUT teams in the Kaiser Building Atrium during the Annual Forum at the University of British Columbia

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Students and faculty from the seven SUT teams presented their results to the judging panel at the 2011 PACE Annual Forum in Vancouver, B. C., Canada on Thursday, July 28th. The teams were evaluated in four categories: Market Research, Industrial Design, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering. In addition to assessing the design and technical work of the teams, the judges considered the collaborative strategy and skills exhibited by each team.

The winning teams in each category were recognized at the Friday, July 29 Awards Dinner at the Museum of Anthropology on the University of British Columbia campus. Awards were bestowed for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each of the four judging categories, as well as an overall best award for collaboration.

Judges selected Team 3 for the Most Innovative Design award, the First Place award in the Market Research category, and the Overall Collaboration award. Team 3 consists of students from National Institute of Design (India), Peoples Education Society Institute of Technology (India), Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico), Michigan Technological University (USA), and Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (India).

The “Top Award Ready for Production” in the Product Engineering category went to Team 5, comprised of students from Virginia Tech (USA), Michigan State (USA), ITESM-Monterrey (Mexico), and ITESM-Toluca (Mexico). The “Top Award Ready for Production” for Manufacturing Engineering was awarded to Team 6, consisting of students from the College for Creative Studies (USA), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), and Prairie View A&M University (USA).

PACE SUT Judging Competition

For us PACE always

has been an

opportunity to aim for

new challenges and be

more competitive.

Dr. Francisco Castillo Acosta Instituto Politécnico Nacional

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SUT Global Project Team Winners

P. E. S. Institute of Technology (India) student Vishwas B. Pai accepts the Most Innovative Design trophy on behalf of Team 3 from lead judge Craig Brown (GM)

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The annual PACE Laboratory Award recognizes one PACE Institution for creating an outstanding laboratory that supports the development of the automotive Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team of the future. The Virginia Tech Computer Aided Design Laboratory was selected as the winner of the 2011 PACE Laboratory Award.

The Virginia Tech CAD Lab provides round-the-clock access to state-of-the art engineering software for students of all majors. One workstation is designed for handicap access, with an electrically adjustable table, rotating ball mouse, page scanner, and a cubicle screen to reduce distractions. The adjacent server room hosts a large number of physical and virtual servers, enabling students in the VT CAD Lab and across the world to access Teamcenter Engineering and Teamcenter Community collaboration software.

The seven-foot tall dual-projector screen in the center of the room is used for full-size design reviews as well as high-end video conferencing , provided via a Tandberg 6000 MPX capable of hosting six sites simultaneously. Next to the screen is a large vertical digital clock showing the time and date in Shanghai, China; Darmstadt, Germany; Monterrey, Mexico and Washington D. C., which are the locations of the PACE Institutions that participate in the Global Collaborative Engineering Design course led by Professor Jan Helge Bøhn.

PACE LaboratoriesPACE Institutions not only have laboratories for computer aided design (CAD) and engineering (CAE), but also for collaboration, student projects, digital manufacturing, rapid prototyping, fluid dynamics, and human modeling. PACE labs provide students with an environment for hands-on experience with the PACE software, as well as teaming, design, and physical builds.

PACE Laboratory Award

TypeofPACELab 2011 2010 2009

CAD Lab 48 47 43

CAE Lab 27 21 30

Collaboration Lab 18 17 20

Digital Manufacturing Lab 13 12 10

Prototype Lab 13 4 19

Other Labs 16 15 10

Prairie View A&M is

grateful for the

tremendous support

PACE has provided to

the university.

Dr. Xiaobo Peng Prairie View A&M University

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At left, Global Collaborative Engineering Design course students from ITESM-Monterrey (Mexico), Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), and Virginia Tech (USA) collaborate using the VT CAD Lab videoconference system. At right, a view of the entire VT CAD Lab.


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PACE Institutions * - 2011

*Institutions formally announced

AustraliaMonash University

BrazilUniversity of São Paulo

CanadaDalhousie University

McMaster University

Queen’s University

University of British Columbia

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

University of Toronto

University of Waterloo

ChinaJilin University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tongji University

GermanyRWTH-Aachen University

Technische Universität Darmstadt

IndiaNational Institute of Design PES Institute of TechnologySri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

ItalyPolitécnico di Torino

MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

ITESM – Estado de México

ITESM – Monterrey

ITESM – Toluca

Universidad Iberoamericana

South KoreaInha University

Hongik University

Korea University

Sungkyunkwan University

SwedenUniversity West

United StatesArt Center College of Design

Brigham Young University

College for Creative Studies

Georgia Institute of Technology

Howard University

Kettering University

Lehigh University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michigan State University

Michigan Technological University

Missouri University of Science & Technology

New Mexico State University

Northwestern University

Prairie View A&M University

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tuskegee University

University of Cincinnati

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

University of Pennsylvania

University of Texas at El Paso

Virginia Tech

Wayne State University

The PACE program has

been highly worthwhile

for Monash. We value the

opportunities for industry

engagement and

inter-institutional

collaboration. The

students appreciate being

able to work with a range

of other disciplines and

present their projects to

industry representatives.

They also benefit from

being exposed to industry

work practices prior to

entering the workforce,

which makes their case

stronger when going for

job interviews.

Mark Richardson Monash University

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