Global Collaborative Multi-user Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (ν-CAx).
ν-CAx is the acronym for a new NSF I/UCRC Center site, located at Brgham Young University, that falls under the NSF sponsored Center for e-Design. It stands for New (Nu) Computer-Aided Applications that are truly collaborative. ν-CAx will transition current single user CAx architectures to multi-user where several users can simultaneouslymodify CAx models, including assemblies. Dr. Jensen is currently the director of the ν-CAx site.
Customization of CAx Tools and Methods (ParaCAx).
ParaCAx is the acronym for a BYU research laboratory that focuses on the development of custom design, engineering and manufacturing methods that interoperate with commercial CAD, CAM, CAE tools. It stands for Parametric Computer-aided Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. For more than 30 years faculty and students at BYU have been writing API code that extends the functionality of commercial CAx tools. Engineering firms have provided research contracts to explore the blending of proprietary methods with commercial CAx tools to improve standard work processes for design, analysis, and manufacturing. Dr. Jensen has directed this laboratory for the past 18 years.
Model, analysis and manufacturing processes that have historically taken weeks, months and even years have been reduced to minutes and days through the automation, customization, and integration of optimization frameworks (wrappers) that programmatically blend proprietary methods with commercial engineering CAx tools.
Engineering Modeling, Design and Analysis–Parametric CAx Modeling, Computer-Aided Geometric Design, and Multi-discipline Optimization (PACE).
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Manufacturing Processes and Machining–Direct Machining of CAD Geometries and Curvature Matched Machining of Complex Geometries.
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