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Design Engineers Find Professional Education International’s New SolidWorks/Excel Integration Course Eye-Opening

Professional Education International’s “SolidWorks/Excel Integration Using VBA-API” course will be held in Encino, California November 13-15, 2006. The course will be taught by leading expert Chris Stimson. Information on this exciting course may be found at www.spreadsheet-cad.com.

Encino, CA -- September 5, 2006 -- Professional Education International’s “SolidWorks/Excel Integration Using VBA-API” course will be held in Encino, California November 13-15, 2006. The course will be taught by leading expert Chris Stimson.

This three-day course addresses the development of computer aided design automation and application linkages. The course will explain the process of creating data linkages between SolidWorks and Excel. An understanding of this process will enable the development of customized SolidWorks tools. “For example, a point cloud tool can be developed for importing data points into SolidWorks from Excel or any text file” says Mr. Stimson. There will be a key discussion on SolidWorks automation as it relates to SolidWorks parts, assembly and drawing documents. This will facilitate a design engineer to develop sub procedures to implement tedious processes such as transferring a solid model to a drawing format. Further information about this course and more SolidWorks’ materials may be found at www.spreadsheet-cad.com.

This hands-on workshop is designed to have an immediate impact on the way that SolidWorks CAD users can integrate their CAD models with systems level analysis, trade studies, and system level optimization. Excel Spreadsheets are utilized as the system level tool integration platform. The underlying key to implementing this process is for the user to gain experience and knowledge on the use of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in both Excel and SolidWorks. Extensive use of VBA is the key to unlocking all the features of SolidWorks and reducing the amount of tedious work. This provides the ability to move away from the CAD interface to the more familiar Excel application. Those who attend this intensive hands-on workshop experience a dramatic change in their use of SolidWorks in the design integration process. Benefits include increased productivity, automation of tedious tasks, SolidWorks’ part and assembly automation, development functions, forms and templates, improved documentation and configuration management, and improved team interaction and parameter sharing.

This workshop requires knowledge of SolidWorks and Excel/VBA. Design engineers using CAD programs will find this course immediately useful, practical and eye-opening. Participants should have a computer background including basic keyboard and Excel skills.

The instructor, Chris Stimson, received his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and is currently employed as a Project Engineer at Moog, Inc. in Chatsworth, California. He is a SolidWorks/Excel Applications Specialist for SpreadsheetWorld, Inc. and is an instructor at CSUN. Mr. Stimson is a pioneer in the integration of Excel and SolidWorks using the VBA Application Programming Interface (API). At Moog, he oversees the development of their space components product line. He teaches an advanced design integration graduate course at CSUN which includes topics taught this workshop. His Master’s Project at CSUN focused on “Automation of the CAD Design of a Positive Displacement Pump” using the integration of SolidWorks and Excel. In his project, he developed the concept of using the Excel platform to command, control and communicate design parameters to Excel.

Professional Education International offers over 200 engineering short courses in on-site and public formats. More information is available on their website at http://www.peinternational.com or by calling toll-free 1 (866) 272-8095 or (818) 325-8095.

Contact:
Joshua Boxer
Professional Education International
P.O. Box 261158
Encino, CA 91426-1158
(818) 325-8095 telephone
(818) 907-9437 fax
http://www.peinternational.com
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Professional Education International Fires up New Avionics & Weapons System Flight Test Course

Professional Education International’s “Avionics & Weapons System Flight Test” course will be held in San Diego, California August 28-31, 2006. The course will be taught by leading expert, Robert McShea, of the National Test Pilot School. Information on this exciting course may be found on our website at www.peinternational.com/1372.

Encino, CA - - May 23, 2006 - - Professional Education International’s “Avionics & Weapons System Flight Test” course will be held in San Diego, California August 28-31, 2006. The course will be taught by leading expert, Robert McShea, of the National Test Pilot School.

This four-day course addresses the evolution of the flight test program: the need for the flight test program, assets required and the data types identified. The mystery of decrypting 1553 data, setting realistic testing goals and analyzing test data are explained. The types of Time Space Position Information (TSPI) are discussed as well as their relationship with test requirements. The differences in test programs and organizational structures are explained as well as the test community's relationship with the customer. The latest advancements in data acquisition, correlation, merging and analysis will be studied with an emphasis on true performance vs. the predicted. Each section contains an in class exercise used to reinforce the lecture series. A new section on Statistics Requirements for the Flight Test Engineer has been added at the request of previous participants. This section will attempt to answer the age old question, "How many test points do I need?" The lecture is augmented with video instruction as well as real life examples of flight test success and failures.

This course is designed for personnel involved with requirements definition, integration, development and test of avionics and weapons systems. Although the course is slanted to the test of systems in flight, the concepts are valid for ground and flight labs as well. Engineers new to the field as well as test managers will gain useful information from the course. Time is allotted within each section to discuss problems/questions which may be of particular interest to individual participants. No previous course or prior experience is required.

Robert E. McShea, B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Syracuse University, Director, Avionics and Systems Academic Programs at the National Test Pilot School, Mojave, CA. Responsible for the formulation, preparation and instruction of all Avionics and Weapons Systems taught at the school. Mr. McShea was formerly employed as a Senior Technical Specialist at the Northrop­Grumman Corporation in Palmdale, California. His primary responsibilities include the integration, development and test requirements definition or the B­2 RADAR. Prior to that assignment, he was employed by the Grumman Corporation in Calverton Long Island as a Group Manager for Avionics and Weapons Systems Test, Test and Evaluation Department. His responsibilities included the development and test of new and upgraded avionics and weapons systems. A collateral duty involved the development of lectures on Flight Test Methodology and Requirements presented to potential FMS customers. Past positions within Grumman include: Project Engineer, F­14D Super Tomcat, Lead Test Conductor and Team Leader, F­14D upgrade, Research Engineer, Inertially Guided Technology Demonstrator, and Lead Vehicle Systems Test Engineer, X­29A Forward Swept Wing Technology Demonstrator. Mr. McShea was formally a Captain in the US Air Force flying as a Weapons Systems Officer in the F­4 C/D/E aircraft. He has presented and published papers for AIAA: Flight Testing of the X­29A Technology Demonstrator and SFTE Symposium Advanced Techniques in Avionics Systems Flight Test.

Professional Education International offers over 200 engineering short courses in on-site and public formats. More information is available on their website at http://www.peinternational.com or by calling toll-free 1 (866) 272-8095 or (818) 325-8095.

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Professional Education International in cooperation with SpreadsheetWorld, Inc. Sails to Mackinac Island with Powerful Spreadsheeet/VBA Course for professional engineers, scientists and managers

Encino, CA - - May 17, 2006 - - Professional Education International, a leading provider of public and on-site short courses for professional engineers, scientists and managers taught by the leading experts in their fields, and SpreadsheetWorld, developer of the highly successful Spreadsheet Aided Engineering course series is bringing the power of the Excel Spreadsheet to beautiful Mackinac Island, MI.

“The principals taught in this hands-on workshop will help Harley-Davidson engineers to develop reusable performance models used in our engineering practice,” says Tom Spehert an engineer in product development at Harley-Davidson who is a course alumnus.

“The spreadsheet & VBA are powerful tools that are vastly under utilized in the engineering profession.  There is a tendency to view the spreadsheet in terms of its limited capability in early versions, but it is important that engineers become more aware of the power and capability of current versions.” says Dr. Tom Mincer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University and President of SpreadsheetWorld.

The course taught by Dr. Mincer and David McDaniel is designed to achieve that objective by reinforcing the concepts with real time work on the computer.  Students develop an increased overall understanding of their systems and processes, increased integration of engineering disciplines and better intuition of performance dependence on design parameters.

Dr. Mincer has developed this outstanding workshop over the last 11 years.  Spreadsheet Aided Engineering has been offered over 200 times to more than 2,500 engineers at companies such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, NASA, Dow Chemical, General Motors, Goodyear Tire & Rubber and Pratt & Whitney.  It is available in on-site, public and self-study versions.

Professional Education International offers over 200 engineering short courses in on-site and public formats.  More information is available on their website at http://www.peinternational.com or by calling toll-free 1 (866) 272-8095 or (818) 325-8095.

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