Engineering University Draws On plm To Steer Tuition Under PACE Agreement

Melbourne Australia - December 2004 - Product Lifecycle Management Australasia (plm) is to provide ongoing training to the engineering and art design faculties of Monash University, following the institution�s recent $12m windfall under a �PACE� agreement.

The Victorian university became the first in Australia to work with US-based Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE), a corporate alliance that supports key educational institutions to technically prepare engineering and design students for a future workforce.

Due to its strong, official representation in Australia of the CAD/CAM/CAE and product lifecycle management software suites used under this agreement, plm will have an ongoing association and partnership with the university.

The $12m grant from PACE will be utilised to integrate 3-D solid modelling and other parametrics-based applications into design, engineering, and manufacturing curricula, thus linking industry and academia to better prepare students for the future.

PACE is providing the industry-specific software and hardware, while plm will oversee training of undergraduates, postgraduates and staff in product development activities with CAD, CAM and CAE software.

A PACE Engineering Centre is being established at the Clayton campus and will play a major role in the mechanical, mechatronics, aerospace and industrial engineering, and engineering management programs.

Meanwhile, the Art and Design PACE facilities at Caulfield (VIC) will provide major benefits to Monash�s industrial design students.

Historically, Monash is a major supplier of graduates to the design and manufacturing industries.

PACE facilities will support the training of students in industry-specific design applications resulting in better employment outcomes for our undergraduate and postgraduate students.

In place since 1999, PACE is a corporate alliance between General Motors (represented in Australia by Holden Limited), EDS, Sun Microsystems and UGS.

It supports key academic institutions worldwide with computer-based engineering tools to prepare mechanical designers, engineers and analysts with the skills to compete in the future.

PACE has contributed software, hardware, training and technical support to schools like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Michigan State, Northwestern and Virginia Tech, and institutions in Canada, China, Germany, Mexico and Sweden.

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