CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
20 February 2007
Implementation Investments
In-kind Software Grant from UGS Valued at $27 Million Provides Stony Brook University a Next Generation Digital Product Design and Development System
UGS Corp. and Stony Brook University announced an in-kind software grant with a list price commercial value of $27 million that will provide faculty and students of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) with a next generation digital product design and development system.
Stony Brook University is receiving UGS' Solid Edge® software as well as UGS' NX® software suite.
"The availability of this industry-leading computer-aided engineering software greatly enhances the value of student education and opens many doors for instructional and research development at Stony Brook as well as industrial outreach to small to mid-sized businesses across New York State," said Fu-pen Chaing, Mechanical Engineering Department chairman. "In our Department of Mechanical Engineering, UGS' software will be used throughout the undergraduate and graduate curriculum for courses in computer-aided drafting, machine design, computer integrated design and manufacturing, as well as design projects. CEWIT will benefit from this outstanding and generous technology contribution as well."
"This software will allow us to shorten the time necessary to develop solutions for our partners," said Satya Sharma, director of the Center of Excellence in Wireless and IT. "The center is a next generation research and educational facility and is an unparalleled resource for technology companies interested in cost effective and locally secure R&D."
"Bringing the right products to market at the right time is a key business driver for today's most competitive companies," said Dave Shirk, executive vice president, Global Marketing for UGS. "And providing software to leading academic institutions like Stony Brook University empowers students who are our future engineers and encourages them to tie into global innovation networks that the world's leading manufacturers are leveraging to build the most innovative products."
Stony Brook University is a leading research university with more than 1,900 faculty, 22,000 students and is located on the North Shore of Long Island, 50 miles east of New York City. The University offers 119 undergraduate majors and minors, 102 master's programs, 40 doctoral programs, and 32 graduate certificate programs. Stony Brook faculty members have been honored with Nobel Prize in Economics, Physics, and Medicine as well as National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology.
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