Em uma das mais completas implantações de sistemas PLM ja feitas em universidades da America Latina, A Universidade Bolivariana e a Siemens PLM trabalham juntas para formar Engenheiros melhor preparados para o mercado de trabalho.

1. Solid Edge • NX • Teamcenter • Tecnomatix
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Demonstrating leadership and innovation through advanced PLM curriculum
Industry University provides students its opinion when acquiring new design
Education with real-world experience for software, even asking that our institution
provide training on how to better take
each stage of the product
advantage of Siemens PLM Software’s
Business challenges lifecycle; graduates adopt tools,” says Silvio Andrés Salazar Martínez,
cutting-edge PLM tools in the a mechanical engineer and research leader
Provide students with cutting-
edge tools that allow them to workplace at UPB.
experience every stage of the
product lifecycle Trendsetter among higher Salazar notes, “UPB and Siemens PLM
education institutions Software have similar business priorities,
Attract the right students and In 1998, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana as we both have a long-term vision for our
help them excel in a highly (UPB), located in Medellín, Colombia, was relationship with customers. In our case,
competitive field in search of the latest 3D design tools, we want our students to be successful and
including those used by other higher edu- competitive in the real world, both at the
Keys to success cation institutions around the world. After local and international levels. Siemens PLM
conducting research to determine the Software has helped us accomplish that
Siemens PLM Software’s holis-
most advanced product lifecycle manage- goal.”
tic offering, from 3D design to
ment (PLM) tools across industry and edu-
actual production
cation, UPB contacted the leading PLM
Ease of use and user-friendly providers. Ultimately, UPB found Siemens
interface PLM Software’s technology not only to be
Providing students academic among the most advanced, but UPB also
knowledge and understanding noted that the Siemens team was the most
that helps to prepare them for proactive in assisting the university with
the job market its requirements. This resulted in UPB
receiving a grant for using Solid Edge®
software in the classroom. In fact, UPB was
Results Siemens PLM Software’s first customer in
A solid, long-term relationship Colombia.
that has allowed UPB to offer
students real-world experi- That was the beginning of a 12+ year rela-
ence for each stage of the tionship between Siemens PLM Software
product lifecycle and UPB, a relationship that UPB credits
with enabling the university to become
established as a pioneer and trendsetter
among higher education institutions
around the country. “UPB has become a
point of reference as other schools request
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2. Results (continued)
UPB considered a leader and
innovator by other education-
al institutions, with diverse
educators seeking advice from
UPB on PLM technology and
its role in the curriculum
Students adopting Siemens
PLM Software tools in the
workplace – proof of
impact on graduates’ profes-
sional lives
Alumni providing outstanding
PLM curriculum program
support
UPB is currently training its students using comfortable with these tools that, when
a broad array of product lifecycle manage- they graduate, they introduce them to
ment tools from Siemens PLM Software: their new employers; therefore, the
Solid Edge® software, NX™ software, Siemens PLM Software solutions continue
Teamcenter® software, and Tecnomatix® being part of the professional lives of most
software. of our alumni,” states Salazar.
The “relationship” – a critical Offering students real-life, concept-
success factor through-production experience
“Siemens PLM Software is a true ally for Fifty-five years ago, UPB became the first
UPB, offering the institution the ability to university to offer a Mechanical
handle all stages of the product lifecycle Engineering degree in Medellín. Now,
with CAD (computer-aided design), CAE there are four other regional schools offer-
(computer-aided engineering) and CAM ing that degree; so the competition to
“Using the product lifecycle (computer-aided manufacturing) tools,” attract the right student body is high. UPB
management tools of says Salazar. “In addition to the Solid Edge continues to excel through curriculum and
Siemens PLM Software, we 3D solution for design, we use Siemens’ program innovation. Salazar explains,
have accomplished our mis- NX, which provides comprehensive “UPB’s long-term vision has allowed it to
sion. Our alumni are fully digital product development; Siemens’ attract the best students and offer them
ready for real life; hence, Teamcenter, which manages the entire the greatest opportunities. In 2004, the
they are grateful and loyal, digital lifecycle; and the Tecnomatix solu- university started an international program
and they support our new tion, which includes a complete digital where its students have the opportunity to
projects to help the next manufacturing suite.” go on-site and apply their newly acquired
generation of students.” skills internationally, including in Australia,
Having all of these solutions allows stu- England and the United States.”
Silvio Andrés Salazar Martínez
dents in the industrial, mechanical and
Mechanical Engineer and
aeronautical engineering curriculum, as UPB’s goal is to offer students real-life
Research Leader
well as in the industrial design program, to experiences that equip them for the com-
Universidad Pontificia
master the design of components and petitive job market. That’s why the institu-
Bolivariana
equipment. It also enables them to actu- tion’s next plan is to have students who
ally mechanize and produce the final proj- have attained different levels of academic
ect. In fact, about 150-160 students use achievement work on group projects, with
tools from Siemens PLM Software every each student taking care of a specific stage
semester. “Most of our students feel so of the product lifecycle – from digital

3. Solutions/Services design to actual production. This affords
Solid Edge the students the chance to apply a variety
www.siemens.com/solidedge of CAD/CAE/CAM tools throughout their
academic careers. The students manage
NX
project information and collaborate with
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each other using Teamcenter.
Teamcenter
www.siemens.com/ Currently, the institution is participating in
teamcenter the Formula SENA, a project organized by
Tecnomatix the National Educational Service for
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tecnomatix which several students from various higher
education institutions are working
together on manufacturing a car that will
Customer’s primary business ultimately compete in a race. The student fostered valuable feedback and enabled
Universidad Pontificia group is using Solid Edge for the car improvement of each design component.
Bolivariana (UPB) is a non- design. In addition, with Teamcenter, the
profit, higher-educational group is able to manage each others’ car “Using the product lifecycle management
institution supervised by the components, regardless of the product tools of Siemens PLM Software, we have
Archdiocese of Medellín. Now development software that each student accomplished our mission,” says Salazar.
in its 75th year, UPB is a legal, uses. Students involved in the project indi- “Our alumni are fully ready for real life;
ecclesiastic entity, possessing cated that, with the Siemens CAD/CAE/ hence, they are grateful and loyal, and
the high-quality institutional CAM and product data management (PDM) they support our new projects to help the
accreditation granted by the tools, the team was able to easily combine next generation of students.”
Ministry of National Education the design, engineering and manufactur-
of Colombia. UPB offers ing processes. During development, this
extensive program options,
including 69 undergraduate,
1 technology, 22 master’s,
and 7 doctorate, to a student
population of 17,500 in
undergraduate programs and
2,600 in graduate programs.
UPB utilizes 820 internal
teachers and more than 1,000
external educators.
www.upb.edu.co
Customer location
Campuses at Medellín,
Bucaramanga, Montería,
Palmira and Bogota
Colombia
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