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Dear Reader
Welcome to Quanser's December issue of eNEWS. Each month we aim to inform and inspire Deans, Department Heads, Professors, Partners and Distributors with news on engineering education worldwide.
Looking back on 2008, despite the recent economic turmoil, it was a succesful year - thanks to all of you - our customers, partners, distributors and supporters.
The secret our success is simple - we have been passionate about control engineering for 19 years and we are always listening and learning from you. When you talk to us at tradeshows, voice ideas at panel discussions, give feedback to our academic advisors or technical support engineers, we listen. 2009 is going to be an exciting year as we will introduce new and improved technology for engineering education and research that was instigated by listening to all of you.
Thank you again and see you in 2009.
Sincerely,
Zuzana Fabusova, eNEWS Editor
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Teaching and Research Tools
Celebrating Quality and Success
|  Quanser's lab equipment is now certified to meet strict safety requirements. The CE mark will appear on equipment shipping in 2009. Paul Gilbert, Quanser's CEO highlights some other successes of 2008 in his New Year's message: - about 85% of U.S. universities and many top-ranking educational institutions worldwide use Quanser lab equipment; - we have added 10 new products to our 70+ experiments for teaching and research, including 2DOF Ball Balancer, the first vision-based rotary motion experiment, Omni Bundle for teaching robotics and haptics, and QuaRC�, the new rapid prototyping control software. |
New Developments
Simulate an Automobile in Your Lab
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 Soon your mechanical engineering students will be able to master another cutting-edge technology in the engineering lab with Quanser's Active Suspension Experiment. Used in a new generation of vehicles, active suspension technology improves suspension travel, road handling and passenger comfort. Watch what a difference it makes.
Watch a short demo on our blog and read how this device was used to simulate and analyze vertical motions of a real car.
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Industry Spotlight
Research Helps Lower Manufacturing Costs
|  Quanser's extensive expertise in mechatronics design and rapid prototyping is proven by another industry-driven project. The same device that can teach students real-world servo control fundamentals - Quanser's Industrial Mechatronic Drive Unit ( IMDU), also helps the automotive industry reduce parts manufacturing costs by detecting faulty car components. Read more about the project funded by Precarn, where Quanser teamed up with Laurentian University (Sudbury, Canada) and Litens Automotive Group (Woodbridge, Canada), linked to auto-parts giant Magna International Inc. |
| In Your Own Words |
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"Using Quanser's software, we can easily design control systems for many plants. We can apply complex control strategies quickly and effectively - and it is very easy to verify theory on the real plant."
Dr. Kenichi Yano, Gifu University, Japan
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