Simio Awards $198,000 Grant to Lund University

Aug. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Simio, a developer of 3D object-oriented simulation software, has awarded a $198,000 grant to Lund University. The school, founded in 1666, is consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the world and was ranked as the top university in Sweden in the most recent Times Higher Education ranking.

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Lund University is now one of over a 190 universities worldwide to join Simio’s academic program, which offers Simio’s 3D modeling software to schools at no charge. Simio Academic Edition is fully capable software with no model size limits and includes discrete and continuous modeling, object library development, and 3D animation.

“The faculty at Lund University is committed to providing the best environment for their students to learn simulation,” said Dr. Dennis Pegden, Founder and CEO of Simio. “We are honored to provide them with the best software available to teach their students."

Simio will be used in courses on Master level mainly for the Mechanical Engineering Program, related to production, automation and robotics.

“Simio provides a great opportunity to use state of the art simulation software in courses related to automation and production,” Gunnar Bolmsjö, Professor (Robotics), Dept. of Design Sciences.

Students at the school will be able to model systems using intelligent objects and the software’s direct connection to Google’s 3D Warehouse – two features unique to Simio.

The intelligent objects are built by modelers and then may be reused in multiple modeling projects. These objects can be stored in libraries and easily shared. Simio’s connection to Google’s 3D Warehouse gives access to a free online library of thousands of graphic objects – providing students with the ability to solve real-world problems in visually-rich environments.

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Simio is a simulation modeling software that can be used to predict and improve the performance of dynamic systems with a wide range of applications including manufacturing, supply chain, healthcare, service systems, and warehousing/logistics.