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Cover Story;- PACE;- PLM Regional Productivity Progams;-Youth Development Programs;- Academic Partnership Program;- Community Relations;-

Student ~ Faculty Recource Center;-Textbooks ~ Courseware

Inside this Issue

PLM Knowledge 21

Global Innovation Networks in Action

UGS Grants $1B in Software to “Rebuild the South” through Colleges & Universities Across 5 States

Baton Rouge, LA - UGS Corp., announced in-kind software grants with a list price commercial value of $1 billion to 50 colleges and universi-ties in the fi ve states directly impacted by last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas – in an effort to train skilled workers through world-class technology.

This partnership enables 7,000 undergraduate and graduate college and university stu-dents in the aforementioned states to have direct access to UGS’ world-class PLM software or curriculum, research and regional productivity. Technologists and engineers at leading companies such as Northrop Grumman and Oreck Corporation already use UGS’ PLM software in their product innovation efforts, joining global leaders like Procter & Gamble, Boeing, FMC Technologies, Ford, General Dynamics, General Motors, Hitachi, Lockheed Martin, Nissan and Pratt & Whitney.“We are so grateful to those companies who have made a commitment to help us in our rebuilding efforts and this grant, in particular, is exceptionally valuable because it helps us rebuild now and in the future - we’re training students for tomorrow’s jobs on the best engineering design software available,” said Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La. “While most of the focus of the efforts to rebuild the South after last year’s storms has right-fully been infrastructure, this announcement sheds light on the critical effort to train a more skilled workforce in order to attract more business to the South - which will help rebuild and

strengthen the region,” said Dave Shirk, executive vice president, Global Marketing, UGS. Read More: http://www.ugs.com/about_us/press/press.shtml?id=4947

UGS Teammates with Sen. Mary Landreu

UGS Grants US $1.1B in Software to Chinese Colleges & Universities

Beijing, China – UGS Corp., announced in-kind software grants with a commercial value of US $1.1 billion to 87 colleges and universities in China in what the company believes is the largest-ever set of grants announced in China. As a result of these grants, 45,000 undergraduate and graduate college and university students yearly in China will now have direct access to UGS’ world-class PLM software. The software helps students and faculty conceive, design, engineer and validate projects using the same tools that today’s leading global manufacturers employ. “We are delighted to work with companies like UGS that share our vision of training the next gen-eration of Chinese engineering talents in order to meet the needs of the development of economic globalization, and leverage our opportunity to build and market globally competitive products,” said Shi Pengjian, deputy director, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education. “Ultimately, both the Chinese and global economies benefi t from products that better meet customer demands and are brought to market quicker and at the best possible price.” “These grants highlight UGS’ fi rm commitment to the future economic growth of China and the ability of Chinese companies to participate in and contribute to the global innovation networks operated by the world’s leading enterprises,” said UGS’ Chairman, CEO and President Tony Affuso. Read More: http://www.ugs.com/about_us/press/press.shtml?id=4783

Pictured above Mr. Tony Affuso & Dr. Liu Defang

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“Empowering Knowledge for 21st Century Engineers”

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POLI/USP, GM, EDS, Sun Microsystems UGS Start New Partnership for Engineering Advancement

Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Educaton

As the only institution in South America to take part in the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) Program, POLI/USP received worksta-tions and software to be used by engineering students to improve their CAD/CAM/CAE skills. Together with GM, the program is maintained by EDS, Sun Microsystems and UGS among others and has already invested more that US $3.3 billion in 32 universities in six countries during the last six years.

$514 Million PACE Contribution Provides Comprehensive Design Tools

São Paulo, Barzil ~ The Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (POLI/USP) is the latest institution – and the only one in South America – to be invited to join the Partners for the Advancement of Collabora-tive Engineering Education (PACE) program .The head of POLI/USP, Prof. Vahan Agopyan, remarks that the program brings the University closer to the most advanced technology available on the market.“Students will have access to tools and engineering resources that are currently used by car manufacturers with little or no cost to the institution”, said Prof. Agopyan. He emphasizes there is a reason to be proud since Brazil, through POLI/USP, was chosen by GM to be the fi rst country in S. America to be a PACE institution.

Largest initial contribution in PACE history and largest in-kind contribution in school history

Troy, NY – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently announced an in-kind contribution commercially valued at $513,949,200 from the Part-ners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE). Rensselaer has been a pioneer in the use of computer-aided design, with programs that employ CAD/CAM across the spectrum of academic activities, from science and engineering to game design

and cognitive research. The comprehensive modeling and simula-tion tools from PACE will allow Rensselaer students to work with the latest software used by major corporations, enhancing their ability to design projects ranging from more effi cient factories and hybrid ve-hicles to the fl ow of blood through artifi cial heart valves. These tools offer exciting opportunities for Rensselaer students to collaborate on design projects at the intersection of multiple technology-based fi elds. At a celebration on the Rensselaer campus, Larry Burns, vice president, research & development and strategic planning for General Motors, announced that the commercial value of the PACE contribution to Rensselaer was the largest in-kind contribution in the school’s history.“As educators we must prepare students for the global economy. This visionary partnership combines the innovative curriculum at Rensselaer with the tools and talents of the PACE partners to create an even more technology-rich, multidisciplinary learning environ-ment for our students,” said RPI President, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson.

cont. on pg. 7 PACE Core Members w/RPI President

Suwon, South Korea- The Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) / PACE Rollout Event was held, 9 Nov 06, in Suwon, South Korea.

This event was highly success-ful and marks the 38th Global PACE Institution to be formally announced. As part of its effort to promote the development of automotive engineering and foster auto-

motive industry talent in Korea, GM Daewoo will participate in setting up a product lifecycle management (PLM) education program with SKKU and PACE. The University received automotive parts, faculty training and PLM soft-ware (including NX, Tecnomatix, JT Open, Parasolid, Solid Edge and Teamcenter) with an in-kind value of $285M.

SKKU is 38th PACE Rollout

GM Exec. review w/SKKU Student


Shandong P.R. China - UGS Corp.-Recently provided SDUT NX software with an in-kind value of $105.1M. Shandong Univerity of Technology is a leading provincial university and has 24 colleges with over 30,000 students offering a variety of degree programs. Specifi cally, the Electromechanically Engi-neering Department is an important teaching department in the University. Their goal is to train technique applied to qualifi ed personnel and the faculty has been trained to ensure this goal. The department has three teaching models, numerical manufacturing, tool marketing CAD/CAM, machine manufactur-ing, each with over 600 students. Associate Professor Wei Zheng said, “ Adding NX to our college’s curriculum will enhance our students’ ability to compete glob-ally. Our students that are part of the self studying applied technique will use NX in several areas.”


Bosnia and Herzegovina- UGS Corp. provided 320 seats of its NX™, Teamcenter™ and Tecnomatix™ software to the University of Ze-nica. The in-kind grant, commercially valued at more than € 56 million, will serve Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy and Material Sciences faculties as well as the Metallurgical Institute, Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Industrial Engineering, Development Centre, Science/Technology Park and the LECAD laboratory. In a partnership ceremony, Professor Sabahudin Ekinovic, rector of the University of Zenica, offi cially accepted the in-kind grant which was also acknowledged by the Federal Premier, Dr. Ahmet Hadzipasic.

“This is a very important opportunity for our University and we appreciate it, indeed. The application of this software in education will increase our students’ knowledge and expand economic

development initiatives for regional industries,” said Professor Ekinovic. The grant is being made through UGS’ Global Opportunities in Product Lifecycle Man-

agement (GO PLM™) initiative, which leads the PLM industry in the commercial value of in-kind grants it provides at more than $4 billion annually. UGS’ GO PLM initiative brings together fi ve complementary programs focused on academic partnerships; community relations, regional productivity; youth and displaced worker development; and the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) pro-gram. The initiative provides PLM technology to more than 890,000 students annually

at nearly 8,700 global institutions, where it is used at every academic level – from middle schools to graduate engineering research programs. “UGS is pleased to extend its long relationship with the University of Zenica,” said Mike Robinson, director Northern and Eastern Europe for UGS. “In the long term this partnership will provide appropriate technology skills to support regional manu-facturers.”

PLMPLM Regional ProductivityRegional Productivity ProgramsPrograms

University of Zenica Receives Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software from UGS

Bangalore India - UGS India- the wholly-owned subsidiary of the $1.2-billion (UGS Corp.) of the US is part of the growth of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software and services in India. According to Nar-endar Reddy, managing director, UGS India, automotive, aerospace and SMEs in the component manufacturing segment would likely to drive the growth of USG’s PLM product suits in India. While addressing a gather-ing on the launch of a book on Computer-Aided-Drawing (CAD) written by Prof. K. Balaveera Reddy, Vice Chancellor of VTU, he underscored the need for equipping engineering students with CAD/CAM/CAE related concepts and tools to make them readily employable.

International Press ~ UGS Upbeat on PLM Growth

Shandong University of Technology -

NX Teacher Mr. Zheng Fang &SDUT Dean Dr. Yuanli Zhang



UGS Integrated Chinese Technology from Jilin University to Enhance NX Digital Product Development SoftwareBeijing China – UGS Corp., announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Jilin University (JLU) to integrate one-step formability analysis technology developed by JLU into NX™ software, UGS’ digital product development solution. The technology, devel-oped by JLU’s Institute of Auto-body and Die Engineering (IADE) helps improve design and manufacturing processes and was available in NX commercially during third quarter 06.“We are excited about the opportunity to collaborate with talented researchers and engineers from Jilin University who share UGS’ vision in innovation and knowledge sharing to provide the best cutting-edge technology for our customers,” said Chuck Grindstaff, executive vice president of Products, UGS. “This partnership is a testament to the success of UGS’ GO PLM™ (Global Opportunities in Product Life cycle Management) initiative as well as our overall commitment to China.”“Jilin University is very honored that UGS, a global leader in PLM, has validated our research efforts,” said Professor Ping Hu, Dean of IADE of Jilin University. “We remain committed to the success of the Jilin University/UGS Digital Manufacturing Education Centers to equip designers and engineers’ with the latest knowledge to design products. Our cooperation with UGS enables the graduates of Jilin University, to be even better placed to offer employers value in today’s competitive job market.”

UGS Recongize AMIE,CCG,HBCUs & US Corp of Engineers Baton Rouge, LA - UGS recently recongized AMIE (Advanc-ing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering), CCG (Career Com-muncation Group), the US Corp of Engineers and10 Histori-cally Black Colleges and Universities for their outstanding leadership in linking industry and government innovation networks through knowledge, experience and partnerships to Rebuild the South. AMIE is a non-profi t organi-zation created to provide a proactive approach to foster-ing diversity as an essential business strategy. AMIE works as a a catalyst that forges Industry / Government / Academia partnerships that support programs to advance minorities interest in engineering. The AMIE HBCU’s currently produce 40% for the minority engineers in the US. “UGS is proud to partner with AMIE to increase operations in Engineering for under represent-ed students,” said Hulas King, Director - GO PLM UGS.

UGS Co-Sponsor with GRUPOVANGEST In Design Competition Marinha Grande, Portugal - VANGEST AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN MECHANICAL ENGINEER-ING” is an initiative promoted by GRUPOVANG-EST, whose goal aims to promote innovation in mechanical engineering projects, economic de-velopment for enterprise communities and career opportunties for students.This competition, is open to university students in mechanical engineering department courses of Portuguese High Graduate education institu-tions. “UGS is delighted to be sponsoring this event in Portugal,” said Matthew Booth, Account Executive UGS Corp. UGS has a proud association with Vangest and its custom-ers for many years encourages young engineers to innovate and produce exceptional products. This program will inspire the most talented graduates to develop market breaking products and receive recognition for that efforts.It will encourage the use of digital product development tools and allow a lucky winner to have access to a full suite of UGS PLM software that is used by many of the worlds leading companies.”

Dean Habib Mamonhidian & Mr. Rick Cunninghamcont. on pg 8


Florissant, MO - St. Louis Community College recently presented UGS with a Community Leadership Award for its programs to assist women in engineering. The center offers college level classes available for credit through St. Louis Community College, as well as non-credit continuing education classes, employee development programs and contractual training. St. Louis Community College will offer Solid Edge software courses and training to provide underserved youth and displaced workers with basic design skills and capabilities to help meet the workforce training needs in the city of St. Louis. Through a partnership with UGS, SLCC initiated an “Introduce a Girl to Engineer-ing” Program targeted to girls from grades 7-9 from four specifi c junior high schools in the greater St. Louis metro area. This series introduce young ladies to advanced technologies such as Solid Edge, and will target those from less fortunate families to raise their technical competence in the math / science scores within St. Louis Public Schools. This outreach series partners with women scientist and engineers from business and industry who serve as role models. Other partners include the Society of Women Engineers, Washington University, and National Society of Black Engineers, St. Louis Community College and UGS.

Fountain Valley, CA - UGS’ GO PLM team recently provided an in-kind grant to Plavan Elementary School, to assist in the purchase of new computers for their K-5 Computer Lab. With approximately 400 students , Plavan Elementary School is a very distinguished school in the Orange County area and routinely fi nished in the top 10 school related to standard testing. Plavan has an extraordinary reputation due to it quality education and the students they produce. Their mission is simple: to promote a foundation for academic excellence, mastery of basic skills, responsible citizenship, and a desire by students to achieve their highest

potential through a partnership with home and community. “This grant given to us by UGS will assist our skilled and dedicated staff as they further enhance the positive expe-rience that we enjoy. We are truly a team, and we want the best for all children,“ said Kathleen Seleh, Principal Plavan Elementary School. ‘We will continue to preparing today’s youth for tomorrow’s future”

Turlock, CA - Pitman High School Advanced Engi-neering Tech class used Solid Edge to design the

Go-kart pictured here. Department Chair, Roger Young, says: “I have been telling

fellow teachers about Solid Edge for years. It is an unusual value and a

great program.” Pitman High School is supported by Solid Edge academic VAR: Arch-way Systems, Inc., which has installed and supported Solid Edge in over 150 schools, middle schools throughout California.


Youth Development Programs Youth Development Programs UGS’ Provides Assistance to Area California Schools

UGS Receives Community Leadership Award

Pamela Schweppe, of UGS Corp - receiving award from SLCC Foundation Board

Plavan Elementary Students in New K-5 Computer Lab

Pitman High School Advanced Engineering Tech class and their project that they designed using Solid Edge.



Academic PartnershipProgram Academic PartnershipProgram UGS Grants $24 Million in Software to Tulane New Orleans, LA - UGS Corp., recently announced a software grant with a in-kind commercial value of $24 million to Tulane University. Tulane will receive UGS Solid Edge® and NX® software, both 3-D modeling tools. This software will be available to faculty and students in the biomedical engineering, math and physics departments. One application of the software will be in the Biomedical Engineering Team Design projects, a program developed by Tulane professor Dave Rice. Students in this program use 3-D computer-aided design modeling in the development and construction of devices to assist people in the community who have various medical disabilities.

“We are very grateful to UGS for their investment in engineering and science at Tulane,” said Nick Altiero, dean of the School of Science and Engineering. “This will provide our students and faculty access to remarkable state-of-the-art software.” The grant, called an in-kind grant because it involves the donation of goods or services, includes contributions of the software and access to support and upgrade for one year. Extensive training materials also are made available. Annette Oertling, an instructor in the School of Science and Engineering, has led the effort to implement the software at Tulane. “UGS is proud to build on its relationship with Tulane and the broader Louisiana commu-nity,” said David Shirk, executive vice president of global marketing for UGS. “Providing software to leading universities like Tulane empowers knowledge for 21st-century engi-neers and helps in the critical effort to train a more skilled workforce in order to attract

more business to the South, which will help rebuild and strengthen the region following last year’s devastating storms. UGS is committed to Tulane’s outstanding students and dedicated faculty.” Dr. Carol Burdsal (left), Associate Dean of the Tulane School of Science and Engineering,

& Tulane Development Offi cer Tina Reynolds

Tallahassee, FL – UGS Corp, and Florida A&M University announced an in-kind software grant with a list price commercial value of $12.8 million, and a comparable grant for the coming academic year. The two grants provide faculty and students in the joint FAMU-FSU College of Engineering with valuable engineering software, training and technical support. The in-kind software grant is the largest of its kind in

FAMU history.“This investment is refl ective of the faith we place in your dedicated teachers and outstanding students, along with the FAMU/UGS Regional Productivity Vision in Florida,” said Hulas King, Director, GO PLM - UGS Corp. C.J. Chen, dean of the engineering college, said the in-kind grant would greatly benefi t the students. “This type of corporate support helps to give our students the best experience possible as they matriculate here. It is very important to have partners like UGS. The UGS grant will mean that our students are actually leveraging the same type of technology that is used

by engineers throughout the industry – right here at our university.”Chen recently received a UGS Innovation Award in New Orleans for his lead-ership at the joint FAMU-FSU engineering school. He was on hand for UGS’ announcement of a major initiative, “Rebuilding the South,” awarded $1 billion in grants to 50 accredited universities, including FAMU, across the fi ve states impacted by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. The engineering program will receive 50 Tecnomatix Academic Bundles “This is a win-win situation,” said Chen. “We look forward to a strong partner-ship with UGS in the years to come. This grant typifi es the type of excellence for which we are striving.”

Multi-million Software Grant From UGS to FAMU Enhances Educational Experience for Engineering Students

Pictured above: Dr. C.J. Chen, Dean of the Engineering College, Florida A&M University


PLM Knowledge 21 ~ pg .7 (Dec. 2006)

$13.2 Million Software Grant from UGS Enhances Human Factors Instruction at Binghamton University Binghamton, NY– UGS Corp, announced an in-kind software grant with a list price commercial value of $13.2 million that will provide faculty and students with valuable hands-on experience using leading ergonomics and human factors applications. The in-kind software grant is the largest in Binghamton University history. UGS provided Binghamton University with digital manu-facturing simulation software from its Tecnomatix™ suite of products. This grant builds upon earlier support. In 2004 and 2005, UGS provided Binghamton University with grants of Solid Edge® software, UGS’ industry-lead-ing 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software avail-able to all undergraduate and graduate students in the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. “UGS’ ongoing support allows Binghamton University students to gain valuable hands-on experience using leading industrial software,” said Binghamton University President Lois B. DeFleur. “The advances that our Uni-versity can make by bringing together our bright students with inspired faculty and corporate friends such as UGS, strongly enhances the value of student experience at Binghamton University.““Bringing the right products to market at the right time is one of the key business drivers for today’s most competitive companies,” said David Shirk, executive vice president of Global Marketing, UGS. “Providing software to leading universities like Binghamton University empowers knowledge for 21st Century engineers to tie into global innovation networks that the world’s leading manufacturers are leveraging to build the most innovative products. UGS is committed to Binghamton University’s outstanding students and dedicated faculty. UGS is proud to build on its relationship with the University and manufacturers in New York and beyond.” Read more: http://www.ugs.com/about_us/press/press.shtml?id=4924

Binghamton University Staff & President Lois DeFleur w/ GO PLM Director- Hulas King

cont...

“The PACE partnership refl ects our mutual goal to prepare the next generation of innovators. This historic in-kind contribution to Rensselaer advances our relationship with these leading global corporations and demonstrates their appreciation for the educa-tion Rensselaer offers our students and for the expertise of our faculty in educating them to change the world.”“UGS is pleased to participate in PACE’s contribution to Rens-selaer,” said Ed Arlin, UGS’ executive vice president, Global GM Account. “Students must have the opportunity to gain experience with technology that supports these objectives. We hope that our support for Rensselaer’s outstanding academic programs will open new op-portunities for its graduates.”Read more: http://www.ugs.com/about_us/press/press.shtml?id=4964

2006 PACE Annual Forum Provo- UT PACE Global Annual Forum-

Collaboration in Action attrached 250 attendees, hosted by Bringham Young University. This highly successful event

had representatives from 11 different countries. Some of the major inititives included: Teamcenter Engineering User

Training, PACE Tools Integration Training, and PACE Institution Certifi cation Program Rollout.

Mark your calendar for the 2007 Forum Technische Universität Darmstadt -

Darmstadt, Germany July 23-28

Rensselaer In-kind Grant ...

2006 PACE Forum Design Competition


Tuskegee, AL - UGS recently awarded two fi nanceial need scholasrships for

engineering freshman at Tuskegee University. Mr. Charles Bass & Dr. H. Aglan were on hand for this presentation.

“My manager, Ron Faquin, was very supportive of my efforts,” states Ron. “He really cares about us beyond the offi ce and participates in our successes.” Ron had the opportunity to conduct a month-long study on the efforts and effectiveness of the Self Help documentation in his group and analyzed the cost savings this documentation produces for the company. Continuing to learn together, Ron and Magaly’s education goals are not complete yet. Ron has been accepted to South-east Missouri State University’s grad school and will begin his Master’s in Industrial Management this fall. After two Associ-ates degrees, one in Accounting and one in Business Adminis-

tration, Magaly would like to complete another A.A. and a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. ***


Diversity-At-Work Success Stories

Educating Together

Working and learning together. Ron and Magaly Gray, recently graduated college together (May 2006). Ron works with the St. Louis Support Center Staff group and Magaly works in the St. Louis PLM Lead Generation Group. Ron and Magaly shared a graduation day in May this year. Ron graduated from the joint St. Louis Community College/Southeast Missouri State Univer-sity’s cooperative 2+ 2 Bachelor’s program with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology. Magaly fi nished her A.A. in Business Administration at St. Louis Community College (SLSS).

Volume 1 Number 1October 25, 2006

“At UGS, diversity is about our people’s ability to build and sustain personal relationships with

others so that collectively we perform to our greatest ability.”

UGS Funds Scholarships at Tuskegee University

Dave Shirk , Exec VP - Global Marketing, UGS Corp. and Col. Albert Bleakley, US Corp of Engineers

UGS Recongizes ... US Army Corps of Engineers



Community Relations Programs Community Relations Programs Clinton Township, MI - UGS provided a cash grant in support of a Boy Scouts of America Troop 157 to purchase a trailer for the purpose of storing and transporting Scouting equipment used for various outdoor activities.“These funds from UGS come at an ideal time for us” say Mike Bradshaw, Scoutmaster of Troop 157. This grant from UGS now puts us in range to make our purchase. We really ap-preciate the partnership and spirit UGS demonstrated in providing this much needed support”.

UGS Makes a Cash Grant to Local Boy Scout Troop

Huntsville, AL - The Huntsville India Association (HIA) presented a Community Partnership Award to UGS during its Global Discovery Series lucheon, 24 Aug 07. This diversity awareness event was broadcasted globally from the UGS Solid Edge headquarters using TeamCenter Community. Presenting the award was Mr. Hau Kar-lapalem, HIA president. He also provided an excellent presentation on India culture. “UGS is proud to support the Huntsville India Association through contributions to its Silver Jubilee and India Festival. We thank them for this award and for supporting our diversity program through educational programs on India’s culture and history,” said Bill McClure, UGS Corp.

UGS Recieves Community Partnership Award

St. Louis, MO - Father Dunne’s News Boys’ Home recently re-cieved an in-kind grant towards the purchase of a new van to assist with the transportation of adoles-cent males in residential treatment facilities to Father Dunnes Home location. Father Dunne’s mission is simple, to seek and provide young men and their families’ individualized care addressing their unique needs and building on their strengths through the Wraparound Process. Father Dunne’s has three programs, the Family Focused Residential Program, an Independent Living Program and a Family In-Home Aide program providing a variety of services to meet the unique needs of the families.

Father Dunne’s Receives Grant From UGS

Rich Beuller of UGS Corp. presents check to Lynn Frost of Father Dunne’s

UGS United Way Campaign Over $114,000

Thanks to the combined efforts of the UGS Corp. employees in 16 US based of-fi ces, UGS raised $114,246 in the 2007 United Way Chanpaign.

Jenny Anthony of United Way

ccepts check from Tavia Carson ofUGS GO PLM

UGS Selected as Founding Member of IFEES Rio De Janeiro - UGS was recently selected as a Founding Member of the Interna-tional Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) during the 5th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in Rio De Janeiro. IFEES will boost innovations in science, technology and PLM to meet the challenging demands of the global work place. UGS was selected for its industry leadership and commitment to Global Communities.

UGS Corp. Bill McClure accepts Community Partnership Award From Pres. of HIA, Mr. Hau Karlapalem


The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) sponsors a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) Competition each year in hopes of fi nd-ing an alternative method of transportation that people can use for everyday activities such as commuting to and from work or going to the

grocery store.Senior engineering students at universities and colleges across the country spend a year designing and building lightweight, aerodynamic vehicles that are put through their paces each spring in ASME’s offi cial competitions.For Widener University’s fi rst year in the HPV competition, engineering students there opted to compete in the single rider vehicle class. After coming up with a preliminary design (similar to our cumbent-style bicycle but with three wheels) and modeling it, the-Widener students decided to use fi nite element analysis (FEA) to predict how well their design would perform during the competition.Design geometry was imported into Femap® software, the world’s leading Windows-na-tive pre- and post-processor for fi nite element analysis.“Femap is easy to use. I had learned it previously in about fi ve to six weeks at my co-op job,” explains Lee Zambino,the senior student on the team who performed the analyses.

He used the Femap meshing functionality to convert the surfaces of the CAD model to plate elements for the analysis. A structural analysis of the frame, using NX™ Nastran software as the solver, simulated several worst-case loading scenarios.


Student ~ Faculty Resource Center Student ~ Faculty Resource Center Student Design Competitions Mechanical Engineering Students Used Finite Element Analysis to Optimize their Entry in ASME’s Human Powered Vehicle Challenge

The Principia College Solar Car Designed with NX at the 2006 World Solar Rally

Mesa, AZ. – General Motors (GM), UGS and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are lead sponsors for the Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility engineering competition.The OSU team fi elded one of only six functioning hybrid vehicles at the competition, and was recognized for various accomplishments, including:Outreach: 3rd placeTechnical report: 2nd place Trailer tow: 1st place The team received many compliments for the design and fi t and fi nish of the vehicle. The OSU team was the only team to have pre-served all of the cargo and passenger space in the vehicle, in spite of extensive modifi cations. The OSU team used NX extensively for packaging analysis as well as fi nite element analysis on the vehicle.

The Ohio State University Takes Honors in 2006 Challenge X

Kaohsiung, Taiwan - The 2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan invited solar car teams around the world to compete and experience the beautiful landscape and culture of Taiwan. Principia’s NX de-signed solar car was a hit at this event. The race offered an opportunity for teams to demonstrate their countries’ technological achievements.


UGS is proud to sponsor three teams in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. This event joins engineers from sponsor companies with local schools to design and build a robot to compete in a high-adrenalin contest fi elding 2000 teams worldwide. The competition incorporates the excitement of a sporting event to introduce high school students to engineering. Team 158, UGS and Live Oaks Career Development Campus, in Milford OH just celebrated ten continuous years in the FIRST competition. UGS also supports award-winning Team 469 at the International Academy in Bloomfi eld Hills, MI and Team 1985 with Hazelwood Central High School in Florissant, MO.


UGS Celebrates 10 Years of FIRST Sponsorship

Textbooks & Courseware

More Design Competions...

F1- in- Schools Malaysia 3000 SE Seats Deployed

PLM World and UGS will sponsor a national team competi-tion for students interested in 3-D product design/analysis/manufacturing using NX, Ideas or Solid Edge PLM Tools. Where: 2007 PLM World Conference, Long Beach, CAWhen: April 23-27, 2007Conference information http://event.plmworld.org.Timeline and Deliverables: March 29, 2007 Winner notifi cation: April 6, 2007For inquires on submission:H. Felix Lee, Ph.D., ProfessorPhone: (618)650-2805;- FAX: (618)650-2555e-mail: [email protected] inquiries on travel support, presentation schedule:Paul H. Zang, Ph.D, P.E.Phone: 810-762-7861;- FAX: 810-762-7860e-mail: [email protected]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - UGS and F1- In - Schools launched a National World Program, providing 3000 Solid Edge seats across Malaysia. On hand for the launch were, Y.B. Dato Sri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Ministry of Education and Tim Yip (Thim Fatt), UGS Corp. Account Executive.

2007 PLM World CAD/CAM/CAE University Student Competition

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Global opportunities inProduct LifecycleManagement (GO PLM)The UGS GO PLM™ Program was developedto address the essential business issues ourcustomers face, including the shrinking supplyof skilled employees as well as the gapbetween current worker skills and the levelof performance required in today’s globalmanufacturing market.The GO PLM initiativecovers five key education and communitydevelopment programs:Academic Partnership,Youth Development, Regional Productivity,Community Relations and PACE (Partners for the Advancement of CollaborativeEngineering Education). UGS views this effortas so important that we committed softwareand services with a commercial value of morethan $2B in 2005.

Developing a workforce experienced in bothinnovative thinking and efficient productionpractices is critical. Moreover, training in PLMtechnologies and processes can deliver theresults that concern manufactures mosttoday. UGS is proud of its industry leadershipin this area.Today we serve more than 8,400GO PLM Partners worldwide that collectivelytrain 860,000 students on UGS PLM softwareeach year. GO PLM is a sure sign anorganization is on the road to innovation.We encourage you to explore the ways GO PLM might benefit you.

Learn more today.Visit http://www.ugs.com/partners/goplm

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