HEAT Teachers Participate in CATIA V5 Manufacturing Fundamentals Class

Co-Chairs: Virgil Seaman, Jefferey Maestas, Bill Abramson, Academic PIC Division - Industry Specific

The HEAT program wrapped up the year 2001 (December 17-21) with another successful event involving the first CATIA V5 Manufacturing Fundamentals training class for teachers. For five days, ten teachers from around the country received training in CATIA V5 Prismatic Machining and CATIA V5 3-Axis Machining at Dassault Systemes in Woodland Hills, CA. Teachers from the following institutions participated in the class:

• Brigham Young University
• California State University, Los Angeles
• College of Aeronautics
• El Camino College
• Oregon Institute of Technology
• Southern Utah University

We want to thank Buz Nowicki of IBM and Eduardo De Asis and Alvin Santos of Dassault Systemes for their support in helping us build upon what we have learned and used from CATIA V5 Fundamentals with this new class devoted to manufacturing. We all look forward to bringing what we learned back into the classroom and making our students aware of what's going on in industry.

Our next Academic event takes place in April 2002, and we want to extend an invitation to educators to join us at the upcoming COE 2002 Spring Conference & TechniFair being held in Palm Springs, California. We will have four breakout sessions at this COE. The COE conference is an excellent way to gain insight into how companies around the world are using and integrating CATIA V5 and to meet other teachers from around the country and share experiences. We hope you will join us in Palm Springs.

IBM-Dassault HEAT Program Create Winners in Academia and Industry

The IBM-Dassault HEAT Program is completing its fourth year. Many colleges have signed up for the CATIA software and other benefits of the program. We are all aware of the rapid changes and improvements that are taking place in the business world. One of the many improvements in the HEAT Program is the Academic Track segment of the COE organization. Many of the colleges have taken advantage of the opportunity to be part of this dynamic group, it is the perfect networking arena for industry and academia to mingle, learn and exchange ideas. Many of the schools have made presentations at COE conferences since the Fall '98 meeting when HEAT was introduced. Brigham-Young University, California State University Los Angeles, Purdue, Wichita State University, Georgia Tech and others have all made excellent contributions to the programs. Faculty and student members of the HEAT Program are active participants at the TechniFair, helping set it up and staffing a booth to show the college programs in CATIA. The COE Board of Directors have been very supportive of the Academic Track and have done a valuable service to the membership, IBM, Dassault, and the colleges.

Another "natural" partnership has evolved from the Academic Track and the COE organization. Most of the colleges in the Program are located near industrial users of CATIA, and as such are prime candidates to co-sponsor Regional Users Groups (RUGS). There are a number of RUGS that meet on a scheduled basis that allows IBM, Dassault, and Industry to meet with their local users. One of these RUGS, the Great Lakes CATIA Operators exchange (GLACOe) has been meeting every other month, since 1995, at Oakland Community College across the street from the Chrysler Headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. This group meeting allows all of the CATIA users and suppliers to Chrysler to exchange ideas and suggestions, among the many topics discussed. Well over 100 people with interest in CATIA are regular attendees at these gatherings. Meetings are scheduled at COE for people interested in local RUG activities.

IBM and Dassault are "Turning up the HEAT" to help colleges stay up-to-date with the new technology. In addition to the CATIA software that has always been available through the HEAT Program, ENOVIA software is now also available. Several colleges are interested in the "Product Manager" software that is now part of the Program. Keeping up with the COE theme of CATIA-ENOVIA-DELMIA products- colleges can now obtain all three of the "Product Lifecycle Management" (PLM) solution software that is being used by the most advanced design and manufacturing companies in the world. CATIA and ENOVIA are available through the HEAT Program, DELMIA software is available on a different plan through that company.

Other topics of interest:

CATIA Student Version, we are working on this important part of the Product lineup. Please keep the information and requests coming in.

"Enhanced Support Services" for CATIA V5 is now offered to HEAT members for Level 1 support. High School interest in CATIA continues to increase- recently we began to offer the HEAT Program on a selective basis, and there are several High Schools that now have CATIA.

See you all at COE in Palm Springs!

The HEAT Program for colleges (and now high schools) offers for curriculum use:

1. CATIA for a nominal fee
2. Free courseware
3. Free training for instructors
4. CBT (CATIA Companion)
5. Support
6. ACADEMIC TRACK at COE and registration fee discounts to HEAT members.

For further information about the "HEAT Program", contact information is listed below:

Q. W. (Buz) Nowicki
CATIA Higher Education an Training (HEAT) Program Manager
Product Lifecycle Management Solutions
18000 West Nine Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 552-5981 IBM Tie Line 896-5981 Fax (248) 552-6886
e-mail qnowicki@us.ibm.com