CALCE research opportunities at the University of Maryland

The University of Maryland has initiated an integrated program in computer-aided life cycle engineering (CALCE) to assist the nation´s industries in competitively meeting the foreign challenge both economically and technically. To meet current needs in electronic design, the University of Maryland established an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center whose research theme is to promote basic study in the application of advanced technologies to the engineering design of electronic equipment. The CALCE effort places special emphasis on development and optimization of those design techniques which lend themselves to intelligent manufacturing, reliability, and maintainability; multiparameter optimization, evaluation of materials, and structures in unique environments; and advanced modeling, simulation, and prediction for industrial applications. The history of this CALCE effort is reviewed, and the CALCE Center organization, facilities, and research are described