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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