{"id":1492,"date":"2017-09-21T15:37:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T22:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-News\/Siemens-Grants-373-Million-to-Gannon-University\/ba-p\/434526"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:57:46","slug":"siemens-grants-373-million-to-gannon-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/siemens-grants-373-million-to-gannon-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Siemens Grants $373 Million to Gannon University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H5><SPAN>Last week Siemens announced that it has given an in-kind PLM software grant with an estimated commercial value of $373 million to Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. The grant is intended to help prepare a highly-skilled STEM workforce for the advanced manufacturing industry.&nbsp; The university is also exploring how it can leverage the software grant to develop a retraining program that could provide both employed and unemployed workers with the skills they need to succeed in the digital factory of the future.<\/SPAN><\/H5><\/p>\n<p><H5>The PLM software will be an integral component of the industrial engineering program established in 2015, and other engineering programs. Students will implement course and capstone projects using the software suite. Additionally, the software will enable the students to create digital twins (simulated versions) of their final products as a more efficient alternative to creating a physical prototype.<\/H5><\/p>\n<p><H5>This in-kind grant of software includes:<\/H5><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/tecnomatix\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Tecnomatix\u00ae&nbsp;portfolio,<\/A> the industry-leading digital manufacturing software<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/nx\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX\u2122&nbsp;software<\/A>, a leading integrated solution for computer-aided design (NX Design), manufacturing (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/nx\/for-manufacturing\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Manufacturing<\/A>) and engineering<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/fibersim\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Fibersim\u2122<\/A>portfolio of software for composites engineering<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/simcenter\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Simcenter\u2122<\/A>portfolio, a mechatronic simulation software, testing systems and engineering services<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/open\/kineo\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kineo\u2122<\/A>Kit Lab software, which will be used for teaching robot path planning and kinematics<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<H5>&nbsp;<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5>Ikechukwa P. Ohu, Professor, Industrial Engineering at Gannon University said, \u201cWe are already using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/products\/tecnomatix\/manufacturing-simulation\/human-ergonomics\/jack.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jack software<\/A> (from the Tecnomatix portfolio) for our ergonomics class. We will be using the Manufacturing Process Planner for our forthcoming Project Management and Production Planning and Control courses, to demonstrate digital process design and management. We plan on having our Computer and Information Sciences colleagues use the application too.\u201d<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5>&nbsp;<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5>\u201cWe will also be using the PLM applications for teaching factory layout and optimization, dimensional quality (in the Quality Assurance and Control course), factory production throughput assessment and optimization (Supply Chain &amp; Logistics Engineering, and Production Planning &amp; Control courses). We are also developing a course on computer aided design, manufacturing, and engineering.\u201d<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5>&nbsp;<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5>Read the announcement press release, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en\/about_us\/newsroom\/press\/press_release.cfm?Component=258655&amp;ComponentTemplate=822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Gannon University Receives In-Kind Software Grant of $373 Million from Siemens<\/A>,\u201d and let us know what you think in the Comment section below.<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5>&nbsp;<\/H5><br \/>\n<H5><SPAN>&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/H5><br \/>\n<H5><SPAN>&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/H5><br \/>\n<H5><SPAN>&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/H5><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Siemens announced that it has given an in-kind PLM software grant with an estimated commercial value of $373 million to Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. 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