#SEU12 - 203 academia and industry - frank mill
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Academia and Industry
Frank Mill
Alexander Dennis Ltd
• ADL is the world’s leading supplier of
double deck buses
• It has 4,500 two-axle double decks
operating in London and a further 4,000
three-axle vehicles in Hong Kong
• Collectively, these fleets carry almost
10 million passengers per day
• In North America ADL double decks
are now operating in Toronto, Vancouver,
New York, Washington D.C., Las Vegas,
San Francisco, Sacramento and Seattle
Vehicle Design Methods –
Solid Edge Software
Under body steelwork
Side Frames
Glass Reinforced Plastic Components -
Staircase
Glass Reinforced Plastic Components – X Front
Glass Reinforced Plastic Components – Drivers Cab
Glass Reinforced Plastic Components – Rear
Wheelboxes
Glass Reinforced Plastic Components – Rear 5 person
seat
Inter Deck
Top Deck GRP – Pulpit & Int. Dome
Top Deck Framing
Left Side Frame
Roof & Side Panels
Paint Scheme
X- Section through Enviro 500
UCP
MTEM Ltd (now PGS)
• 2004: School of Geosciences
• 2007: Sold for £275M
Who am I?
• SE user since v2
• 1 year with Redcastle Systems (reseller)
• Chartered Mechanical Engineer
• Researcher/PhD in Shape Optimization
• Teacher
• Edinburgh University
placements……
Solid Edge
The University
Vendors
Siemens Industrial Users
Teaching
Research
Consultancy
Development
Sales
Academic Program
Sales
Support
placements……
CAD Teaching
• CAE3, Design Projects, Postgrad, Staff
• Teaching philosophy
– Project based
– Industrially relevant
– In depth understanding
• Social Networks
CAD Teaching
• CAE3, Design Projects, Postgrad, Staff
• Teaching philosophy
• Social Networks
• Pedagogical support
CAD Teaching
• Context, CAE3, Design Projects, Postgrad, Staff
• Teaching philosophy
• Social Networks
• Pedagogical support
• Strengthen support, consolidate systems
• Improve industrial support
• Synchronicity!
• Visualisation
Research
Research
• Visualisation • Network analysis • Characterization
Research
• Pose, Search and Find
• Visualisation • Network analysis • Characterization
Research
• Pose, Search and Find
Research
• Pose, Search and Find
Benefits - Industry
• Recruitment
• Links to University scholars
– trying things out
– networking with other users
– exposure to research programmes
Benefits - Students
• Motivation
• Relevance
• Deeper knowledge
• Enjoyable and employable
Benefits - Students
• Motivation
• Relevance
• Deeper knowledge
• Enjoyable and employable
Benefits - Academic
• Strengthens impact of research
• Helps bind with industry
• Generates new research
• Gives our courses an advantage, recruitment
• Networking with others through Academic Program
The Future
• Change the concept of local
– Collaborative student projects
– Live action demos
– Student support
• User group?
• Develop PLM
• Introduce new MSc
• More PhDs !
Thank you!
The End
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