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Howard University to Receive $70.6 Million from PACE
Contribution Represents the Largest in the University's History
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Partners for the Advancement of
Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) has selected Howard University to
join its academic partnership and receive an in-kind contribution of software
and other technology valued at $70.6 million. The in-kind contribution, the
largest in the University's history, includes computer-based product
management, engineering, design and manufacturing software as well as hardware
and training.
A corporate alliance between General Motors Corp., EDS, Sun Microsystems Inc.
and UGS, PACE was formed in 1999 to enhance engineering, science and art
curricula that prepares students for careers in the automotive, technology and
engineering fields.
PACE's contribution supports "The Campaign for Howard: Leadership for America
and the Global Community," a five-year initiative to raise $250 million.
Launched in March 2002, the campaign aims to harness resources to enhance the
University's academic programs and create new facilities for research and
learning. To date, the campaign totals more than $163 million in
contributions.
"The PACE partnership greatly enhances our interdisciplinary science and
research capabilities," said Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert.
"It plays a critical role in ensuring that Howard maintains its place among the
elite research universities in America."
The software Howard will receive includes modeling and simulation programs such
as NX(TM), Teamcenter(R), MSC Nastran and Fluent. These programs will enable
students to design projects from airplanes, to hybrid vehicles or biomedical
devices. For example, the Fluent software allows a user to design and run a
simulation of blood flowing through arteries and veins, or the movement of
liquid through an engine.
"Digital sculpting, the creation of computer designs for three-dimensional
objects, has become one of the hot skills for designers around the world," said
Ed Welburn, Vice President, Design, GM North America. "Whether designing new
cars or creating fantastical worlds on the movie screen, digital sculptors are
literally changing the way the world looks. So it is important that students
have the opportunity to work with the latest math-based tools. Helping provide
these resources to schools like Howard University is what makes PACE such an
important program.
Selected universities are invited to participate based on several criteria,
such as: a long-term relationship with GM as a primary educational partner and
a strong recruiting relationship; strength in design, engineering and science
programs; and the institution's current and intended interest in developing
curricula using PACE products and processes. Other PACE institutions include
Northwestern University, Virginia Tech and Purdue University.
Howard University is one of 48 U.S. private, doctoral/research-extensive
universities and comprises 12 schools and colleges. Founded in 1867, students
pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and
professional degrees. Since 1998, the University has produced two Rhodes
Scholars, a Truman Scholar, five Fulbright Scholars and nine Pickering Fellows.
Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D.s than any other
university in the world.
For more information on Howard University, call 202-238-2330, or visit the
University's web site at http://www.howard.edu/ .
For more information on General Motors, visit http://www.gm.com/ .
For more information on Sun Microsystems, visit http://www.sun.com/ .
For more information on EDS, visit http://www.eds.com/ .
For more information on UGS, visit http://www.ugs.com/ .
For more information on PACE, visit http://www.pacepartners.org/ .
DATASOURCE: General Motors Corporation
CONTACT: Brandy Merritt of GM Communications, +1-586-492-6495,
; or Derede McAlpin of Howard University,
+1-202-238-2332,
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