In addition to these new features, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funded a program where Fluent Inc. has collaborated with Iowa State University, Howard University, Cornell University and the University of Iowa to create 3 new FlowLab templates to be released in September over the Worldwide Web to FlowLab users. These templates are tailored to engineering curricula requirements specified by the academic institutions involved. Other templates created by European universities will be made available on the www.flowlab.fluent.com website next month also.

"FlowLab 1.0 was well received by universities in the US and Europe," notes Shane Moeykens, Fluent's University Program Manager. "FlowLab 1.1 builds upon the success of the first release, takes on board feedback from university users across the world, and extends the software’s capabilities to meet ever-changing curriculum needs. We are hearing exciting things about the way FlowLab exposes students to the concepts of CFD analysis as undergraduates thus preparing them for an engineering world that’s embracing CFD design and analysis methods more and more," adds Moeykens.

Fred Stern, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa, and advisor to the National Science Foundation (NSF) stated, "Increasingly the undergraduate engineering curriculum in the United States is changing in response to rapid advancements in simulation technology. We believe that the use of simulation-based design and ultimately virtual reality will eventually dominate engineering practice. FlowLab certainly promotes the understanding of simulation-based design pedagogy and we are pleased that Fluent is taking the lead in this area."

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