The School of Engineering and Engineering Technology has four computer laboratories containing 110 machines with speeds ranging from 400 MHz to 800 MHz, including manufacturers such as Gateway, IBM, and Hewlett Packard.
All workstations are multimedia capable and are networked with Internet and e-mail access.
100 Gigabytes of disk space, and 512 MB memory provides disk space for engineering and engineering technology applications. The software program includes preprocessing, solid modeling, analysis, postprocessing, graphics, and design optimization. BlowView is specifically designed to address the unique simulation requirements of the blow molding industry. The software includes simulation for extrusion, injection stretch, multilayer, sequential, and 3-D extrusion blow molding operations. The use of these applications in the design stage ensures that the part is maufacturable, while allowing for changes to optimize product costs, process time, and material usage.