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3D Systems, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and America Makes announced the award of three major grants to leading universities to advance research in additive manufacturing technology. The announcement was made on August 15 by Governor Tom Corbett at 3DS’ 3D printing facility in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The grants are provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and America Makes and will be used to finance research conducted in partnership with 3D Systems. “Pennsylvania is known for making products for the world, and to remain competitive, we must ensure our policies support the technology and innovation of the 21st century,” said the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Corbett. “By supporting this collaborative initiative, we will tap the best and brightest from two of Pennsylvania’s many prestigious universities to help our manufacturers remain leaders in the global economy.” Part of the larger Research for Additive Manufacturing in Pennsylvania (RAMP) program, the Corbett administration’s Discovered in PA – Developed in

Thomas A. Gill, Practice Manager, PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Tom Gill has over 25 years of experience applying computer-based solutions to engineering and manufacturing. Before joining CIMdata he worked as an independent PLM consultant, after spending over 20 years at high-volume manufacturing companies. Mr. Gill has worked on projects in numerous industries, including fabrication & assembly, food & beverage, defense, chemical, and medical devices. He has executed PLM strategy projects, solution evaluation-and-selection projects, deployment planning, and training development for industrial clients. He delivers solution providers competitive and technical product analyses, white papers, and case studies. Mr. Gill led a team that developed and deployed a PLM system to manage engineering and quality processes, and has participated in enterprise system projects including RFQ management, material development, and environmental systems. He has presented papers both nationally and internationally. Mr. Gill holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine, and is Configuration Management certified.  

Ken Versprille, Ph.D., Executive Consultant and Practice Manager, Social Product Development & Collaboration Dr. Ken Versprille has over 35 years of experience in the application of computer-based solutions for engineering and manufacturing. He joined CIMdata after 16 years heading the Design Creation and Validation service at CPDA. His research spans geometric design, design collaboration and automation, PLM standards and openness, and the integration of CAD across PLM applications. During 15 years at Computervision, Dr. Versprille became the equivalent of CTO, and was R&D Vice President of core applications. He was a lead architect of the CADDS 4 product, with responsibility for the initial design of Computervision’s 3D graphics system. As General Manager of CV-Doors, he led the group that introduced and managed the CAD industry’s first geometric kernel business. Dr. Versprille received a BS in Mathematics from the University of New Hampshire. His MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science are from Syracuse University.

Suna Polat, Ph.D., Director, Collaborative Innovation & Social Product Development Consulting Practice Dr. Suna Polat has over 23 years of experience in technology development, product development, innovation management, implementation of strategic innovation capabilities—including modeling and simulation (M&S), open innovation, knowledge management, and social technologies—and driving change and adoption, through her career at Procter & Gamble (P&G) and with her own consulting practice thereafter. Prior to joining CIMdata, Dr. Polat developed expertise in transport phenomena (and CAE modeling) in academia, and spent over 21 years at P&G, where initially she developed process and material technologies for diverse product categories. Subsequently, Dr. Polat held various leadership roles; she was responsible for the implementation of strategic innovation capabilities, such as open innovation, M&S, and social innovation platforms, for which a common thread was driving organizational culture change and adoption. During her tenure at P&G, Dr. Polat worked with and benchmarked best-in-class companies in diverse industries

Zuken and SiSoftTM have united to deliver solutions for complex high-speed designs and multi-gigabit applications. By integrating SiSoft’s advanced signal integrity solutions for state-of-the-art, high-speed digital system design with Zuken’s 3D multi-board, system-level platform, the two companies will provide a combined design and verification flow. The companies will initially focus on integration between Zuken’s CR-8000 tool suite and SiSoft’s Quantum Channel Designer® and Quantum-SI™ tools. “We see high-speed interfaces, such as PCI-Express, IEEE802.3, DDR3 and DDR4, continue to expand in applications across industries such as smartphone/tablet, automotive, defense/mil-aero, telecom, computer, and storage. At the same time, design teams are struggling to meet stringent timelines using disconnected tools. Our collaboration with SiSoft will help design teams manage their work concurrently and intelligently.” - Humair Mandavia, Executive Director of the SOZO Center, Zuken’s R&D facility in Silicon Valley “SiSoft’s IBIS-AMI models provide plug-and-play simulation of serializer/deserializer (SerDes) behavior using commercial EDA tools. They include conventional analog

Sunrise Brands has selected Centric Software, Inc., for its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. Los Angeles-based Sunrise Brands designs, produces and distributes private-label and branded apparel for more than 30 retailers, including Chico’s, Express, Macy’s, Ross, New York and Company, Cache, Kohl’s, Lane Bryant, K-Mart, Hot Topic, Torrid and Wal-Mart. All design, development and planning teams, as well as Sunrise Brands’ overseas offices, will use the Centric 8 solution. Centric 8 PLM software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies replaces a product data management (PDM) system at Sunrise Brands. Ease of use, user adoption and extensive functionality were key criteria in Sunrise Brands’ selection of the Centric PLM solution. The company was searching for a solution that could handle the full spectrum of product development, from design to purchase orders, and meet the needs of its users, says Maria Fajardo, information technology manager at Sunrise Brands. “Based on the feedback from employees, Sunrise

Xchanging today announced that it has been chosen by C.R.I. Pumps, a leading pump manufacturer in India, to support product innovation by streamlining operations and enabling product performance. As a value added reseller of Dassault Systèmes, Xchanging will deploy the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform to help C.R.I. Pumps shorten product time-to-market and enhance its customer-centric approach. The deployment of the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform covers the entire product portfolio and program management, across different verticals within the client’s business. Srinivasa Raghavan, Chief Financial Officer, CRI Pumps says, “We are happy to partner with Xchanging who will support product innovation with the deployment of the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform and using product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. Our R&D team will focus on designing new products, streamlining operations, and improving the performance and efficiency of our current products through our partnership with Xchanging”. Xchanging provides technology solutions in consulting and deployment around Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE® platform for leading automotive, industrial equipment and retail companies, globally and

Advanced Solutions, an Autodesk Platinum Partner and Authorized Training Center (ATC), has partnered with Kohrs Lonnemann Heil (KLH) Engineers, PSC, on an internal process improvement through the Advanced Solutions Workflow Simulation service. Kohrs Lonnemann Heil (KLH) Engineers, PSC, is a forward thinking firm, striving to improve quality through process innovation and the adoption of technology. They are constantly looking at ways to automate "busy" work, so their engineers can focus on being engineers. Executive Director of Engineering, Joseph Kohrs, PE, said, "We're not afraid to take chances with the technology." He went on to say, "We don't want to be the guy who waits for the technology to mature before we utilize it. We feel that is a failed response in terms of being innovative and staying ahead of the competition." Advanced Solutions approached KLH Engineering to be a Workflow Simulation partner, just as the KLH team was looking to examine their RFI and submittals process

Demonstrations of machining with robots using the PowerMILL Robot programming system will be the highlight of Delcam’s stand at the Advanced Engineering group of events that is to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, on 11th and 12th November.  Delcam will also feature the 2015 releases of its PowerSHAPE Pro CAD and reverse engineering software, and its FeatureCAM and PowerMILL CAM systems on stand G33 at the exhibition. PowerMILL Robot can be used for the programming of robots for a variety of multi-axis machining operations, including patternmaking, modelmaking, trimming and drilling of composite components, and deburring and polishing of metal parts.  Robots can be also be programmed for part-to-tool applications, such as grinding or linishing.  In both cases, the software makes it as easy to program a robot for machining as it is to program a five-axis machine tool.  To ensure safe and efficient operation, PowerMILL Robot can be used to simulate the

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the call-for-entries of its 25th annual Technology Leadership Awards (TLA) competition, continuing its tradition of recognizing excellence in printed circuit board (PCB) design. Started in 1988, this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and CAD designers who use the innovative technology provided by Mentor Graphics to address today’s complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products. Prominent experts in the PCB industry will judge the contest, including: Happy Holden, Gentex Corporation (retired); Gary Ferrari, FTG Circuits technical support director; Pete Waddell, president of UP Media and publisher of Printed Circuit Design & Fab/Circuits Assembly Magazine; Andy Kowalewski, Metamelko LP senior interconnect designer; Rick Hartley, L-3 Communications/Avionics Division senior principal engineer; Susy Webb, Fairfield Nodal senior PCB designer; and Charles Pfeil, Mentor Graphics Systems Design Division director of engineering. Mentor continues to be in