National Instruments and Asia Pacific College Open Graphical System Design Laboratory
News Highlights
-- Asia-Pacific College and National Instruments enters a joint
partnership to develop industry-relevant curriculum and training
programs to enhance learning and research development
-- GSD Laboratory promotes "experiential engineering", giving
undergraduate students an opportunity to solve industry-specific
engineering challenges, thus increasing their employability value
in the jobs market
-- Partnership reinforces APC motto of "Real Projects, Real Learning"
SINGAPORE, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- National Instruments (NI) and Asia Pacific College (APC) in the Philippines today announced their partnership and a joint Graphical System Design (GSD) Laboratory setup. Located at the APC School of Engineering, the GSD Lab aims to help engineering students move from theory to actually designing and prototyping systems using graphical tools like LabVIEW, an industry-leading visual programming environment that helps automate measurement, test and control of hardware.
"Our collaboration with Asia Pacific College is a testament to our commitment to the academia. Through the Graphical System Design Laboratory and by using tools like LabVIEW to enhance learning, we demonstrate what experiential engineering is all about, and enable students to take their ideas to the next level and see them come to life," says Chandran Nair, Managing Director for National Instruments Southeast Asia.
Graphical system design is a faster way for engineers to design systems that work in the real world. Unlike model-based design, which centers on mathematical modeling, graphical system design helps engineers focus on solving the application rather than working on computations.
"The GSD Lab conforms with our motto of "Real Projects, Real Learning" and promotes our mission at the School of Engineering to lead in applications-based learning. We are delighted to have National Instruments as partner in world-class training," says Dr Paulino Tan, President of Asia Pacific College.
Complementing the GSD Lab hardware and software endowment are NI Academy courseware integration into APC's Computer and Electronics Engineering curriculum, and a range of research and design projects, according to Stanley Glenn E. Brucal, Program Director, School of Engineering, Asia Pacific College. "With the acquisition of industry-relevant equipment and tools like LabVIEW, we can better train our students with skills needed by the modern electronics industry. We are also looking to optimally leverage the GSD Lab for our students and faculty members' research projects," Brucal adds.
APC takes pride in its focus on rigorous conceptual learning coupled with application-based projects. The institution offers degree programmes in information technology, commerce, engineering, accountancy, entrepreneurship, and multimedia arts.
APC and NI signed the Memorandum of Agreement for the GSD Lab and related collaborations today at the APC campus in Makati City, Philippines.
About National Instruments
Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI's graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company's long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.
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