This is archived information on the CES EduPack 2010 release. For information on the CES EduPack 2011 release, see here »
2010 Archive—What's new?
The latest release of the world-leading teaching resource for materials and process education provides some great new capabilities for both new and existing users. Some of the areas in which CES EduPack 2010 provides extra support include:
- Getting started with CES EduPack—new video tutorials make it easier than ever before for both students and academics to get going with the EduPack software
- Project work—the new user defined records feature makes it easy to view and plot your own data alongside data from the extensive EduPack information resources, and to use it in project work
- Courses on sustainability and energy—both get more support with enhancements to the Eco Audit Tool and eco data and a new Nuclear Power Edition
- The interdisciplinary nature of CES EduPack is reinforced with a new Nuclear Power Edition and Sustainability & the Built Environment Edition, plus updates to Aerospace, Polymer, Eco Design and Architecture Editions
- The worldwide community of EduPack users—a new Spanish language version is added to existing English, French, and German versions
More details are provided below on these and other enhancements that will benefit every EduPack user, including updated data and teaching resources, usability enhancements, and information on phase diagrams. You can even spruce up your walls with our new materials wall charts!
PDF datasheet summary of CES EduPack 2010 developments (500Kb) »
CES EduPack 2010 Highlights
New video tutorialsA set of 18 new bite-sized video tutorials makes it even easier for both students and academics to learn the essential functionality and find out about the range of things that you can do with CES EduPack. Tutorials cover various aspects of browsing and searching the EduPack information resources, selection and graphing, and using tools such as the Eco Audit Tool. |
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Add your own recordsIt is now quick and easy to add materials to graphs and selection projects in CES EduPack. Just one mouse-click opens a simple form in which you can enter a material name and any properties that you wish to consider. This enables instant comparison of your own materials, or materials being studied in your course, to the full range of materials represented in CES EduPack. The feature is particularly useful for project work and for exercises or lectures that explore the position of materials or materials classes in materials space. (Note, for more advanced database editing appropriate to advanced teaching and research projects, research licenses are available for the industrial CES Selector and CES Constructor software). |
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Eco Audit Tool and eco dataMany universities and colleges now use CES EduPack to help introduce students to sustainability and eco design. The Eco Audit Tool helps to teach key eco design concepts, allowing students to explore the environmental impact of products and answer 'what if?' questions in exercises and project work. Enhancements include improved calculation of end-of-life scenarios and the ability for users to define the percentage of recycled content in the product. The eco property data available with the Eco Design Edition (and now with the new Sustainability & the Built Environment Edition) has also been updated with: revised data for manufacturing processes, extended data for composite processes, and updated eco indicator values. |
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Introduction to phase diagramsPhase diagrams have been added to the records for all (19) applicable alloy systems in Level 2 of the Materials & Process Database and a new "Teach Yourself Phase Diagrams" guide is available for students to download. These help to provide students with an introduction to alloying and the influence of processing on microstructure and performance.
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New Nuclear Power EditionTraining a new generation of nuclear engineers is becoming a high priority for engineering faculties worldwide. EduPack can now help. A new Edition provides:
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New Sustainability & the Built Environment EditionThis new Edition takes the full data set of the CES EduPack Standard Edition, adds the additional environmental property information of the Eco Selector database (updated in this release), and then adds specific information on construction materials and structural sections. The result is a comprehensive materials teaching resource for courses in Civil Engineering, Stuctures, the Built Environment, and for Architectural courses wishing to go into greater depth on engineering materials or environmental properties. |
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Other updates to the standard databaseThe standard 3-level Materials & Processes Database covers the full range of material classes. A number of additions and updates have been made to this data. Prices—new estimated prices have been generated using an improved and updated price model Property data—enhancements at Level 3 include:
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Updates to other editionsPolymer Edition:
Aerospace Edition:
Architecture Edition:
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Support for textbooksA 2nd Edition of the text Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design from Ashby, Shercliff, and Cebon is now available. This first and second year undergraduate text includes exercises using the CES EduPack software. A new edition of Ashby's Materials Selection in Mechanical Design is also due out this year. CES EduPack's information resources provide cross-references to these texts, as well as to other books by Ashby & Jones, Askeland and Phulé, Budinski and Budinski, Callister, and Shackelford. Would you like EduPack to reference the textbooks that you use? Contact us and tell us which books! |
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Usability and presentationA series of additional enhancements simplifies use of the CES EduPack software and improves the user charting and selection experience. These include:
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Teaching resource updatesCES EduPack teaching resources are updated, with additions including:
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Materials Wall ChartsWith CES EduPack 2010, Granta is releasing a set of 5 attractive wall charts created by Professor Mike Ashby, covering these topics:
You can buy the charts or (CES EduPack users only) download PDFs and print-your-own. |
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Spanish versionLevels 1 and 2 of the CES EduPack database have been translated into Spanish—all datasheet content (with the exception of Science Notes) has been translated. There are now English, French, German, and Spanish versions of CES EduPack. EduPack en français | auf Deutsch | en español |
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