University of New South Wales Teams with ANSYS to Develop Industry-Ready Work Force
Engineering Simulation Software Sets the Standard for Teaching and Research Needs
SOUTHPOINTE, PA - May 5, 2008 - ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has chosen to deploy software from ANSYS across its campuses on that continent. A world-class research and teaching university headquartered in Sydney, UNSW will use the ANSYS academic products for teaching programs and research activities in various fields of engineering and science.
"UNSW is committed to new and creative approaches to education and research to maintain its leadership position. Deploying academic products from ANSYS as an integral part of the curriculum allows our students to be trained on a cutting-edge commercial engineering simulation toolset along with underlying numerical theory, making them ready for the simulation-driven product development environment of industry," said Professor Eddie Leonardi, director of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory and deputy head of the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW. "The depth, breadth and comprehensive multiphysics capabilities of technology from ANSYS make the academic products unique in meeting our teaching and research needs."
UNSW's School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering will offer its third-year students a course that covers applications of computational techniques and commercial packages in engineering analysis. Covering structural and fluid flow analyses in two streams, the course will use the ANSYS technology portfolio to enhance understanding of modeling strategies, structured and unstructured grids, element choices, solution interpretation, accuracy and convergence, turbulence modeling, nonlinear, and time-dependent problems. Through the application of ANSYS® DesignModeler(TM) software and geometry interfaces for various CAD systems, students will learn about "what-if" parametric studies in a design context. Finally, the two streams will be combined, introducing students to coupled-physics phenomena, such as fluid structure interaction, using the ANSYS® Workbench(TM) environment.
Products from ANSYS will be used for both teaching and research in a number of other schools at UNSW, including The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The School of Materials Science & Engineering, The School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, The Faculty of Built Environment, The School of Mining Engineering, and UNSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy. A number of research projects using the suite of ANSYS products will be conducted this year by the Water Research Laboratory, the Faculty of Safety Science and the NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre.
"We are honored to partner with UNSW, as it is one of Australia's leading teaching universities and undertakes a tremendous range of research. Our relationship with UNSW is critical in ensuring that there is an ANSYS trained workforce available to our commercial customers; it also is crucial in ensuring that academic research can continue to push the technology envelope," said Joe Fairbanks, vice president, worldwide sales and support at ANSYS, Inc. "The affiliation with UNSW is a testament to the potential of our products - as well as to the support capabilities of our partner LEAP and the value they create for our academic customers."
LEAP Australia Pty Ltd., the ANSYS channel partner in Australia, has been working closely with UNSW. "A well-trained and industry-ready work force is one of the key obstacles faced by Australian companies when deploying simulation as part of the product development process in creating competitive products," said Greg Horner, managing director and co-founder of LEAP. "Having high-quality universities like UNSW training graduates in computational engineering is fantastic for local businesses."
About University of New South Wales
UNSW in Australia is renowned for the quality of its graduates and its commitment to new and creative approaches to education and research. It is a founding member of the prestigious Group of Eight research-intensive universities in Australia and a member of the Universitas 21 international consortium.
Established in 1949, UNSW has expanded rapidly and now has close to 40,000 students, including more than 7,000 international students from over 130 different countries. The institution is host to groundbreaking research in fields as diverse as quantum computing, molecular engineering, photovoltaics, robotics, biomedical research, financial markets and interactive cinema. UNSW expertise is regularly sought after by business and government for a wide range of consultancy and training services.
About LEAP Australia Pty Ltd.
LEAP Australia is the ANSYS sales and support distributor for the Australian and New Zealand regions. The channel partner sells, trains and provides full technical support for all ANSYS customers, including academia, SMB's, large defense suppliers, automotive, rail and maritime manufacturers, government departments and research organizations. Software from ANSYS has been installed at every major university in the country, with literally hundreds of engineering students using ANSYS products before graduation.
Over the past 10 years LEAP Australia has grown considerably to become the largest computer-aided engineering provider in the region. This success is largely due to LEAP's partnering with its customers through high-quality technical support, training and application engineering services.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation.
The Company and its global network of channel partners provide sales, support and training for customers. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., with more than 40 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries employ approximately 1,400 people and distribute ANSYS products through a network of channel partners in over 40 countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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