MSC.Software Creates University Advisory Board to Accelerate New Technology Development

By DE Editors

MSC.Software Corp. has created a university advisory board (UAB) that will facilitate collaboration between MSC.Software and leading universities, researchers, and students to bring technologies to industry.

The UAB includes professors, researchers and other representatives from a broad selection of universities across the globe,  including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University Of Michigan, Northwestern University, Lulea University of Technology,  University of Cassino, Hangyang University, University of Minnesota, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), University of Wisconsin, Tsinghua University, Inha University, Konkuk University, and others. Members will work with MSC.Software senior management and product development team members to exchange information on contemporary advancements in numerical methods, computational mechanics, and other new technologies.

“We are excited to join MSC.Software’s UAB and impressed with the thought leadership MSC is demonstrating with its creation,” said Dr. Abolhassan Astaneh, professor of structural and earthquake engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. “The future of engineering simulation lies in the hands of the students who represent its next generation of innovators and problem solvers. To be open to allowing universities to closely partner to shape this future is a transformative step for both MSC.Software, academia, and the industry as a whole.”

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.