Autodesk Software Speeds Nanotech Research Development at Brookhaven National Laboratory
SAN RAFAEL, July 28, 2010 —
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has named Brookhaven National Laboratory
(Brookhaven Lab) — a national research laboratory overseen by the Office of
Science of the U.S. Department of Energy — as the Autodesk
Inventor of the Month
for July in recognition of its innovative nanotechnology equipment.
Brookhaven Lab is the current home of the National Synchrotron Light Source
(NSLS), one of the world’s most widely used scientific user research facilities.
Each year, thousands of researchers use the facility’s bright beams of X-ray,
ultraviolet and infrared light while conducting research in such diverse fields
as biology, medicine, chemistry, environmental sciences, physics and materials
science.
Brookhaven Lab is building NSLS-II, an electron storage ring designed to
produce X-rays more than 10,000 times brighter than the current NSLS. Nearly 900
feet in diameter, the NSLS-II will enable scientists to focus on important
scientific challenges at the nanoscale level, such as generating new types of
materials to harvest solar energy or developing high-temperature superconductors
to transmit electricity more efficiently.
Brookhaven Lab mechanical designers, engineers and scientists are relying on
Autodesk Inventor software
from authorized Autodesk system integrator Widom Associates to design and
digitally prototype
the complex NSLS-II equipment.
“There’s so much information we can get from a digital prototype created in
Inventor software,” said Mike Loftus, supervisor of the mechanical design group
for the NSLS-II project at Brookhaven Lab. “Inventor helps us select different
materials, perform analysis and truly visualize our designs of the NSLS-II.”
Brookhaven Lab keeps track of its designs using
Autodesk Vault Manufacturing
software and uses Autodesk
Navisworks software to share project models with Torcon, the general
contractor charged with building the facility that will house the various
NSLS-II components. The enhanced communication helps Brookhaven Lab and Torcon
collaborate effectively while ensuring that construction of the NSLS-II remains
on schedule.
“On the largest and most complex mechanical engineering projects, Digital
Prototyping keeps everyone on the same page,” said
Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior
vice president, Manufacturing Industry Group at Autodesk. “Brookhaven Lab’s
NSLS-II venture shows how digital prototypes enable efficient coordination
across myriad internal and external teams, helping to avoid mistakes and reduce
overall time and costs.”
Each month, Autodesk selects an Inventor of the Month from the users of
Autodesk Inventor software, which takes manufacturers beyond 3D to Digital
Prototyping. Winners are chosen for engineering excellence and groundbreaking
innovation. For more information about Autodesk Inventor of the Month, contact
[email protected].
One of 10 national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office
of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National
Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical and environmental
sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. For
additional information, visit www.bnl.gov.
Torcon is a leading U.S. construction manager that also offers general
contracting, design/build, and project management services to leading
corporations and private institutions. For more information, visit
www.torcon.com.
As one of Autodesk’s premier resellers, Widom Associates helps companies
develop affordable, turnkey engineering solutions that increase profitability,
improve productivity and reduce the time it takes to bring products to market.
For more information, visit
www.widom-assoc.com.
Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and
3D design, engineering and
entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and
media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art
software to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are
built. Fortune 100 companies ¾ as well as the last 15 Academy Award winners for
Best Visual Effects ¾ use
Autodesk software tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to
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www.autodesk.com.
An interview with Brookhaven Lab is available on the Autodesk YouTube Channel
at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdh4yM04dEw.
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