CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
15 January 2013
Company News
Intergraph® Enters Partnership with Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla to Train Students with Design Solutions
Intergraph® has entered into an educational program agreement with Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (BUAP), the largest state-owned university in the state of Puebla, Mexico, to train students and instructors from the Superior Studies of Engineering and Technology Division using Intergraph's SmartPlant® Enterprise plant design solutions.
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla is the first university in Mexico to sign this type of agreement with Intergraph. The three-year agreement was officially signed during a conference on campus. Honor witnesses included representatives from Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) – the state-owned oil and gas company – and several major engineering, procurement and construction firms, including ICA Fluor, CH2M Hill, Uhde Engineering, Jacobs Engineering and III/SENER.
Mexico City-based PEMEX expects to build several more plants in the future and wants Mexican universities to be able to provide more and better-prepared engineers. BUAP chose Intergraph software to instruct students using state-of-the-art plant design technology that will allow them to make an immediate impact with owner operators and EPCs upon graduation.
BUAP faculty initially will be trained with Intergraph's SmartPlant P&ID, the No. 1 asset-centric, rule-driven P&ID solution in the global market, so it can be included as part of the master's degree assignment in chemical engineering. The university also intends to soon start training teachers and engineering students using these Intergraph solutions: SmartPlant Foundation, SmartPlant 3D, SmartSketch®, SmartPlant Electrical and SmartPlant Instrumentation.
Maria Auxilio Osorio, Director of Chemical Engineering faculty at BUAP, said, "Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla takes pride in the ability to provide the finest educational tools available and prepare students to be the best possible engineers as they enter the work force. It's well known that Intergraph has the most advanced solutions available to owner operators and EPCs, and training with these products better prepares our graduates for their careers in engineering."
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "Intergraph is honored to partner with Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla to help the next generation of engineers be prepared to develop and design industrial plants using state-of-the-art technology. BUAP's decision to integrate Intergraph solutions into the engineering curriculum will enable its graduates to gain expertise for increased productivity and enhanced competitiveness in the labor force."
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