Texas A&M University Adds COSMOS/ to Its Engineering Department.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002 COSMOS/, the analysis business unit of SolidWorks Corporation, today announced that Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG TAMUG Total Army Microcomputer Users Group TAMUG Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in Galveston ) will incorporate 25 seats of COSMOS/DesignSTAR into its Marine Engineering Technology Engineering Department. U.S. News and World Report lists Texas A&M's engineering program as being among the top 50 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . TAMUG, the only branch campus of Texas A&M, specializes in marine/maritime studies. The Marine Engineering Department, together with Maritime Transportation, forms the Texas Maritime Academy, one of only six in the nation and the only one in the South. Its curriculum prepares students for engineering technologist positions in the maritime profession. As a thermal power-oriented specialization, Marine Engineering Technology focuses on power cycles, principles, and methods used to convert fossil fuel fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. energy into useful power. Students who elect to pursue the license option obtain the right to become engineer officers on ships. The others work in the maritime field or the energy sector. COSMOS/DesignSTAR will be introduced to students at the freshman level in the Intro. to Mechatonics course but will be mainly used in the sophomore year in the Mechanics of Materials Mechanics of materials is a field of study at the boundary of two disciplines, Applied mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering, focussing on relations between the mechanical behavior of materials and their microstructures. course. About the University of Texas A&M at Galveston (TAMUG) Rated as one of the top four public universities in Texas by Time Magazine, Texas A&M offers 139 fields of undergraduate study within its nine colleges and ocean-oriented branch campus at Galveston. This location provides a small private school environment at public school costs. With field trips, research exercises, and ocean voyages, practical hands-on experience is an integral part of the curriculum. TAMUG offers 13 programs of study for its 1,400 students, all who wish to work and study in an ocean environment. Faculty members there operate 17 different research institutes, centers, programs, and laboratories. The quality of instruction has consistently scored a high national ranking, in both the Gourman Report The Gourman Report is Dr. Jack Gourman's own ranking guide for undergraduate programs and professional programs in American and International Universities. It has been widely criticized for not disclosing criteria or ranking methods,[1][2] , and by U.S. News and World Report. For more information, see the university's Web site www.tamug.edu. About COSMOS/ COSMOS/ is a strategic business unit of SolidWorks Corporation focused on developing analysis and simulation solutions for the mechanical computer-aided engineering See CAE. Computer-aided engineering Any use of computer software to solve engineering problems. With the improvement of graphics displays, engineering workstations, and graphics standards, computer-aided engineering (CAE) has come to mean the computer market. For more information and a product demonstration, contact your local COSMOS/ distributor or reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. today, or call COSMOS/ directly at 1-800-469-7287 (outside of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , call 1-310-207-2800). For the latest news and information from COSMOS/, see the company's Web site www.cosmosm.com. |
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