Sewickley, Pa. – Simio, a developer of 3D object-oriented simulation software, has awarded a $19,800 grant to the University of Colorado Denver Business School. In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked UC Denver Business School one of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
UC Denver Business School is now one of over 140 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 the Business School 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."
The school’s first use of Simio will be in its capstone course for our Decision Science major where students have to model and solve a significant problem brought to us by a company in the Denver area. This term, the students are modeling and analyzing traffic flows in downtown Denver for the Downtown Denver Partnership. Beyond this project, the school plans on using Simio in its simulation course and on future projects for the business community.
“I’m amazed by the simultaneous ease of use and power of Simio,” said Dr. Gary Kochenberger, Professor of Decision Science at UC Denver Business School. “The object orientation augmented by the add-on process and agent-based capabilities makes Simio a terrific choice for serious simulation modeling and analysis. I’m confident Simio will quickly become the market leader in simulation software.”
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.
Located on the University of Colorado Denver’s downtown campus, the Business School at UC Denver is the largest accredited graduate school of business in Colorado with more than 19,000 alumni. The school serves more than 1,200 graduate students and 1,400 undergraduate students each year. Students and faculty are involved in solving real-world business problems with area businesses every semester through classroom work, guest lectures and research projects. Currently, the school is preparing to move into a new location at 1475 Lawrence Street in the heart of downtown Denver. The new building will serve as a hub for all aspects of business education for students, faculty and community business partners.
Simio LLC is an enterprise software business delivering disruptive solutions uniquely positioned to improve the design and operation of our customers’ businesses. Simio software is based on ground-breaking Simulation technology and is trusted by decision makers in the world’s largest companies. We are an agile, fast-growing business solving the challenges of the 4th industrial revolution. For more information about Simio LLC and the Simio Forward Looking Digital Twin, visit www.simio.com.