Dassault Systemes Teams with the University of Durham and Oregon State University on PLM Awareness Project.Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003 Universities' joint digital enterprise research laboratory to promote PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design understanding with Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. technology Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : no.13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) today announced an educational partnership with the University of Durham (body, education) University of Durham - A busy research and teaching community in the historic cathedral city of Durham, UK (population 61000). Its work covers key branches of science and technology and traditional areas of scholarship. (England) and Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. (U.S.A) for the development of Product Lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. Management (PLM) awareness. Under the terms of the agreement, Dassault Systemes will provide the universities with SMARTEAM(R), as well as additional CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. (R) and DELMIA DELMIA Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application (TM) products. In turn, the universities will promote PLM awareness, include PLM-related courses within their curricula, and develop new software applications. The development of PLM awareness will be driven through the universities' joint Global Digital Enterprise Research Laboratory (GDERL). Present on both campuses, the GDERL focuses on the development of Digital Enterprise Technology research and education. This focus embraces Dassault Systemes' products and vision of PLM. The GDERL currently uses DELMIA and CATIA V5. "The University of Durham and Oregon State University are highly-respected institutions with close ties to industry in the U.K. and U.S.A.," said Paul Maropoulos, Professor of Design and Manufacturing, University of Durham. "Product Lifecycle Management is vitally important in today's rapidly changing business environment. Access to Dassault Systemes' latest technology will give staff and researchers at GDERL exciting opportunities to establish leading edge research collaboration with industry in both countries and with Dassault Systemes." "The GDERL's reputation as an international center for advanced research and higher learning higher learning n. Education or academic accomplishment at the college or university level. will be strengthened by our partnership with Dassault Systemes," said Bill Reiter, Boeing Professor Design/Manufacturing, Oregon State University. "Our students will be exposed to cutting-edge PLM solutions that will help them in their research and design activities, not to mention prepare them for their careers in the workplace." "This agreement will have the twofold benefit of increasing awareness about PLM on both sides of the Atlantic," said Francis Bernard Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (1712-16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Francis was born in Brightwell, Oxfordshire, England to the Rev. Francis and Margery Bernard and was christened on July 12, 1712. , Executive Committee Advisor and Member of the Board, Dassault Systemes. "In addition, promoting the Digital Enterprise by providing strategic technologies to academic institutions is a major focus of our ongoing efforts. This partnership will help to leverage the power of our joint knowledge, expertise and innovation to enhance the competitiveness of local industry." About Dassault Systemes As world leader in PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions, the Dassault Systemes group brings value to more than 55,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systemes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire life cycle of products from conception to retirement. Its offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SMARTEAM), general-use 3D solutions (SolidWorks), and 3D components (SPATIAL). Dassault Systemes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (no.13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com About the University of Durham Founded in 1832, Durham is the third oldest university in England. Durham is one of the UK's principal research-led universities with an associated strong record in teaching and knowledge-transfer activity with business and professional sectors. It is a leading developer of Digital Enterprise Technology methods which harness computing power to investigate and resolve a wide range of manufacturing, production and management issues. Other key disciplines include mathematics, chemistry, physics, biological and biomedical sciences, geography, history, law and languages. The University has more than 10,000 undergraduates and 2,500 postgraduates, drawn from 112 countries. Durham was the first English University to offer a course in Engineering in 1837 and the present degree is a four year Master in Engineering (MEng) programme. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise carried out by the UK Government, the School of Engineering was rated as a Grade 5 Department (on a scale of 1 to 5). For more information visit http://www.dur.ac.uk About Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. ) provides diverse educational opportunities through the undergraduate and graduate programs of its 12 colleges, including the College of Engineering, the largest college on campus. Academic choices include studies in scientific, technological, professional and liberal arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. fields, with an emphasis on collaborative, interdisciplinary teaching and research. A land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university with beginnings in the 1850's, OSU is now home to approximately 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students representing more than 80 countries. The OSU College of Engineering has graduated more than 25,000 engineers and is rapidly becoming one of the top-25 in the U.S. For more information, visit http://www.engr.oregonstate.edu |
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