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!

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