Orlando is for Educators
By Virgil Seaman, Co-chair, Academic PIC Division - Industry Specific Department of Technology, California State University, Los Angeles

I want to extend an invitation to educators to join us at the upcoming COE 2001 Fall Conference & TechniFair being held in Orlando, Florida. The theme for this conference is "Know No Limits."

Bill Abramson (Co-Chair), Buz Nowicki (HEAT Program Manager) and I have been putting together the Academic Track events for the Fall Conference. We are offering two breakout sessions and one seminar:

AC-A - "Collaboration and Training Using ENOVIA DMU and DELMIA DPM,"
by Travis Fuerst, Yi-hsiang Chang and Josh Richard of Purdue University.

AC-B - "V4 to V5 Conversion Processes - A Joint Venture between
Northrop Grumman and The College of Aeronautics," by George Kizner and Donald O'Keefe of The College of Aeronautics.

AC-C - A Seminar entitled "Work-Based Training and Development," by Joyce Tucker and Mike Olson of Newport News Shipbuilding and Richard Cozzens of Southern Utah University.

Be sure to attend the daily luncheons and join us at the tables marked "Academic Institutions." This is time where we can all sit down and share ideas during our busy day.

If you are an educator who plans to attend your first COE at Orlando, please email me at: vseaman@calstatela.edu. I can then provide you more information. Look forward to seeing you in Orlando for another great experience!

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 Orlando-

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:

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

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