Cambridge, March 16th 2006

News Release

GRANTA RELEASES CES EDUPACK 2006 FOR ENHANCED MATERIALS ENGINEERING EDUCATION

World-leading teaching resource is extended and updated

Cambridge – March 16, 2006 – Granta Design has announced the release of the CES EduPack 2006, a new version of the world-leading teaching toolkit for materials and process education in engineering. EduPack, with users at over five hundred universities worldwide, now offers enhanced support for introductory materials courses and significantly improved graphical visualization features. Major additions and updates have been made to EduPack’s extensive database of properties and processes. A new edition is designed for courses in architecture.

CES EduPack embodies a proven teaching method, developed by Professor Mike Ashby at the University of Cambridge and centered on the CES EduPack software. Innovative learning is supported by a range of books, teaching resources, and on-line tutorials and texts.

The new EduPack 2006 software includes detailed descriptions that explain the underlying materials science behind each property held in its database. Written by Professor Mike Ashby, and linked directly to database entries, this information allows students to explore, in context, important engineering attributes such as Young’s modulus, fracture toughness, or dielectric constant. The result is excellent support for introductory materials courses, helping students to connect materials science and engineering.

Professor Ashby worked with Professor Jon Fernandez of MIT to create the new EduPack edition for architecture and the built environment. This augments existing specialist editions covering materials, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, polymers, product design, and eco-engineering.

All users will benefit from new visualization features that help students to study families of materials and to learn about the science that defines them. Database improvements include new information on biopolymers, the addition of key properties for eco-engineering, and updated material prices.

“CES EduPack is a collaboration between Granta and the worldwide EduPack community,” says Professor Mike Ashby. “This new release responds to many of the key suggestions and feedback from that community, and I am delighted that we are able to further enhance their teaching and learning experience.”

Links

Media resources page for hi-res images: http://www.grantadesign.com/news/media.htm
CES EduPack homepage: http://www.grantadesign.com/education/index.htm