The CES EduPack Community

Welcome to the CES EduPack community resource page.

CES EduPack is now used at over 700 universities and colleges worldwide. This section helps you to participate in that community and to get maximum benefit from CES EduPack. Download teaching resources, provide feedback to tell us what you want to see in next year's version, share resources, and get hints, tips, and support.

These pages are for professors and lecturers. (Information for students >>>)

You may also be interested in background information, including on how the use of CES EduPack is changing - with increasing emphasis on use across multiple courses, and to support varied teaching approaches. Also, find out about our industry links.

Download EduPack teaching resources

PowerPoint lectures, white papers, student projects and exercises, sample selection charts, getting started guides for the EduPack software, and more can be downloaded here. These are available to professors and lecturers at user institutions, requiring a registered e-mail address and password.

ACCESS THE TEACHING RESOURCES >>>

What's new in CES EduPack 2010?

The latest release provides some great new capabilities for both new and existing users. For example, a number of new features will aid the use of EduPack in project work, while a new Nuclear Power Edition (pictured) widens support for interdisciplinary teaching. Other enhancements include: video tutorials to help students and academics get started with EduPack, more for courses on sustainability and energy, many usability improvements, and a new Spanish language edition.

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Part of an image of a pressurized water reactor from the new Nuclear Power Edition

Feedback and participation

The effective development of the CES EduPack software and resources depends on close collaboration between Granta Design and EduPack users. We are very grateful for any feedback or suggestions that you can provide. You can give input directly to your Granta representative, at events such as those outlined below, via the "Submit Feature Request" button in the main menu of the CES EduPack software (right), or using this form >>>.

Another way to participate is to share your lectures, project files, or exercises with other EduPack users via this website. Contact us if you have resources you would like to share.

Hints & tips - the CES EduPack Bulletin

The quarterly CES EduPack Bulletin is available to anyone with an interest in materials education - simply register to receive it. It provides hints and tips for using CES EduPack as well as sample teaching resources for free download, teaching case studies, hints and tips for users, and the latest EduPack news.

HINTS & TIPS (AND BULLETIN ARCHIVE) >>>

Events and training

Regular events organised by Granta Design provide opportunities to get new teaching ideas, network with other members of the EduPack community, or receive training. Join web training, attend web seminars, or come to one of our short courses or Materials Education Symposia.

EVENTS AND TRAINING >>>

Upcoming Symposia

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ (Mar 18-20)

University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK (Mar 24-26)

CES EduPack documentation

Extensive documentation and background information for CES EduPack is provided through the CES Help utility within the EduPack software. CES Help is accessible from the "Help" menu item or using the CES Help icon on the toolbar (shown, below).

New in CES EduPack 2010 - the CES Help system includes video tutorials.

A user manual is also provided with the software, and release notes and a Getting Started Guide can be downloaded from the teaching resources area.

Advanced teaching and research

Did you know? CES EduPack information resources also support advanced teaching and research via links to in-depth information from organizations such as ASM International, The Welding Institute, the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL), and the National Institute of Materials (NIMS) in Japan.

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As a CES EduPack user, you may also be interested in using Granta's industrial products to support your research - GRANTA MI helps you to manage and share materials research data; CES Selector provides advanced materials selection software and data.

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