MSC University eNewsletter
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2007-Q2
We hope you find this second issue of our University newsletter useful, and will forward it to friends or colleagues who might also benefit from subscribing. This newsletter is intended to proactively keep you informed of the latest developments related to MSC's Global University Program.
As such, it complements our University Program website where you can access many useful "Learning & Teaching Aids" for MSC software. And, if you want to actively dialog and exchange ideas with others in MSC's worldwide university user community, be sure to leverage our University Discussion Forums (and read the "Welcome Posts" there!).
Last but not least, feel free to request additional information or simply provide feedback to help us know what is working well or needs improvement with our University Program. Thank you.
MSC proudly supports the ASEE Conference in June
If you are planning to attend this year's American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Hawaii on June 24-27, please be sure to visit us at booth #705.
MSC offers multi-disciplinary simulation capabilities embedded in CATIA
 MSC SimDesigner Workbench Edition offers integrated, multi-disciplinary simulation capabilities for the design engineer -- via workbenches that let you perform linear and nonlinear structural analysis, thermal analysis, and motion dynamics directly in CATIA. These workbenches, available to you through the University SimDesigner Bundle, are powered by MSC's proven products MD Nastran, Patran, and Adams which ensures reliable results and easy extensibility via push-button export of models to these products.
MSC's Software Download Center keeps it all electronic (and environmentally friendly)
The next time you purchase a product or wish to obtain an upgrade to which you are entitled, ask your MSC Sales Administrator if you can use our Software Download Center (SDC) to download your software directly via the Internet. Our SDC is an all-around winning solution, as it saves time and administration effort on both sides, not to mention natural resources (such as materials for media and fuel to transport physical shipments)!
 Exchange ideas for incorporating simulation in your engineering curriculum
Network with many other faculty and MSC technical staff in the special University Track at MSC's Virtual Product Development Conference October 11-12, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. Hear what they are doing and make a presentation to share what you are doing with MSC software in your teaching and/or research activities. Also hear MSC's strategic plans & direction straight from its executives and product managers. Attendance is deeply discounted for faculty & students and free for any presenter!
Multidiscipline Simulation Seminars focus on enabling engineering productivity
You are invited to attend one of MSC's Multidiscipline Simulation Seminars in a city near you -- t he next session is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, in Toronto. This seminar series is designed to share useful information related to: [1] MSC's Engineering Products (MSC Nastran, Marc, Dytran, Patran, and Adams); [2] productivity gains afforded by MSC's MD Solutions (MD Nastran, MD Patran, and MD Adams); and [3] MSC SimEnterprise, the next-generation enterprise simulation platform enabling end-to-end simulation, simulation knowledge management, and CAE knowledge reuse within the Enterprise.
Obtain formal training on a particular MSC product
All faculty and students are welcome to attend MSC's commercial training courses at significantly discounted rates. In fact, each "MSC Designated Contact for Teaching" may attend a class for free. Check with your local MSC office for details and view MSC training course listings online.
Classroom Usage forms are the #1 success metric for MSC's University Program
We would like to thank all our faculty members who take the time to complete our brief "Classroom Usage" form and submit copies to us. This is not just routine paperwork required for no good reason. We closely and continually monitor how many and what type of classes are being taught with MSC software. This helps us gauge how successful we are at helping faculty achieve their goals for incorporating simulation into their engineering curriculum.
Learning MSC software could open the door to more job opportunities
Using any of the popular online job search sites, such as Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, and Dice.com, simply do a search using MSC product names as keywords (such as 'Nastran', 'Patran', 'Marc', or 'Adams'). You will discover hundreds of engineering job openings listing proficiency with these simulation products as a desirable skill for applicants.
Read our latest University success stories; tell us about your use of MSC software for a good chance to win an iPod!
We recently added a few new MSC University Success Stories -- check them out to see what other faculty & students around the world are doing with MSC software. If you've used any MSC software products (in a class project, thesis, or student competition perhaps), send us your final report for a chance to win an iPod as part of our MSC University Simulation Contest, which is open to students and faculty.
Use MSC software on your high-performance computing (HPC) environment
Did you know that each university license for the solvers in the latest MSC "University FEA Bundle" (that is, for MD Nastran, Marc, & Dytran) can be run on up to 32 CPUs by default -- at no extra cost to you! This distributed computing capability can save you considerable solution time and enable you to leverage your existing computing clusters. Read this timely article in the New York Times regarding the use of HPC for vehicle crash simulations.
Collaborate with MSC for a win-win!
Have you written or are you planning to write any papers based on the use of MSC software? Are you interested in authoring an engineering text that could be associated with an MSC product? Do you teach any short courses, continuing education, or specialty courses for engineers in industry that could benefit from using MSC software? Does your school have any Industry Consortiums that might benefit from collaboration with MSC? If you answered "Yes" to any of these, please send an email to university@mscsoftware.com so we can discuss how we might collaborate more closely on such activities.
We will gladly help promote your work and do our best to enable you to achieve your goals through the heightened use of MSC simulation software. See an example of this type of collaboration at the University of Virginia's Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory (ROMAC) on page 23 of their 2006 newsletter: http://www.virginia.edu/romac/newsletterarchives/2006.pdf
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