CAE/CAD/CAM curricula implementation - experience at the National University of Singapore

A step-by-step approach to implement CAE/CAD/CAM curricula for undergraduate engineering courses at the National University of Singapore is presented. As the student workload is already quite heavy, each course is examined in detail and the CAE/CAD/CAM contents are carefully blended with the existing course structure. Some students are also assigned CAE/CAD/CAM specific projects to allow them to develop expertise in developing new software packages and building interfaces to existing packages. Experience indicates that CAE/CAD/CAM programmes at the undergraduate level should be implemented in various phases. It is also necessary to consider the state of the local industries in the adoption of the CAE/CAD/CAM technology so that the effort by the university is well synchronized with industry.