New Mexico State University Receives Siemens PLM Software

By DE Editors

Siemens PLM Software and New Mexico State University (NMSU) have announced the second largest in-kind corporate contribution ever received by the university. The in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software, with a commercial value of $27.5 million, was presented to the NMSU College of Engineering.

The in-kind grant will help enrich NMSU College of Engineering curriculum, providing training to students preparing to enter the workforce following graduation. The range of software includes Teamcenter, Siemens PLM Software’s digital lifecycle management solution, Tecnomatix digital manufacturing software, NX software, Siemens PLM Software’s digital product development solution, and Solid Edge software, the core CAD component of the Velocity Series portfolio, a
family of solutions addressing PLM needs of the mid-market.

“We will incorporate the use of this software into the industrial engineering curriculum,” says Edward Pines, industrial engineering department head. “It will also be used by mechanical engineering students for senior design courses and possibly some graduate research projects.”

The award was made via the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE), a joint philanthropic initiative of General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens PLM Software, and Sun Microsystems. A PACE contribution in 2007 valued at $112.7 million is the largest in-kind corporate contribution ever made to NMSU. NMSU is part of the PACE collaboration, which now includes 49 universities around the world.

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