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ABSTRACT. THE CONCURRENT ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LAB (NUPES) IS A UNIVERSITY-RELATED SPIN-OFF, WHICH WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE SIEMENS SUBSIDIARY FOR TELECOM IN BRAZIL. AT THE FEDERAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION IN TECHNOLOGY (CEFET-PR), TEN KILOMETERS APART FROM THE SIEMENS PLANT, COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS USING CAE (COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING) TOOLS ARE USED TO VALIDATE BOTH ELECTRONIC AND MECHANICAL DESIGNS. THE ANALYSIS PERFORMED MAY CONTAIN DIGITAL, ANALOG OR MIXED SIMULATIONS, THERMAL ANALYSIS, AND EMI (ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE) ANALYSIS. IN THE MECHANICAL WORLD, STRUCTURAL, THERMAL AND TOOLING VERIFICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF PROFESSORS AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS PARTICIPATES ON REAL PROJECTS, WITH TRUE SCHEDULES, WHICH CHALLENGES THEM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING POTENTIAL FAILURE SPOTS AND POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO DESIGN ENGINEERS AT SIEMENS, PRIOR TO ANY KIND OF PROTOTYPING. PROFESSORS CAN KEEP UP WITH MODERN TECHNIQUES AND METHODS, WORK IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT AND ASSURE THE PROPAGATION OF NEW EXPERIENCES THROUGH REGULAR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AND EXTRA COURSES ORIENTED TO PROFESSIONALS.
KEY WORDS: CONCURRENT ENGINEERING, SIMULATION , COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING. |
