Created: 05 February 2016
SIMULAB is a collaborative platform for the economic and technical management of projects in companies, being members of DAC (Campania Aerospace Cluster)
It is a research project which aims at the implementation of a Simulation Laboratory for the development of aerospace innovation programs and is based on a technological platform allowing both knowledge sharing and integration of technology and procedures in companies members of DAC.
The project was funded with a grant from the Campania region Innovation Office, within the Campania Region Operational Program (FESR 2007-2013) and is conducted by the Campania Aerospace Cluster with FORMIT Foundation, CIRA (Italian Centre for Aerospace Reserch), Sixtema and Msc Software.
SIMULAB pilot version was presented during the event which took place on 1st February 2016 at Naples Industrial Union to the DAC member companies and the regional councilor for Production Activities Amedeo Lepore [1]. SIMULAB is made up different sections: the economic and planning management area (Xmanager of Sixtema), the technical and planning management section (SimManager of MSC Software) and the eLearning area (created by FORMIT based on Moodle technology).
Currently the platform operates on an ICT infrastructure made available by DAC at CIRA premises allowing to gain access both remotely (via internet) and on site in dedicated and equipped rooms at DAC.
During the meeting Professor Luigi Carrino (DAC President) declared that “thanks to SIMULAB, the aerospace cluster intends to promote activities addressed to the acquisition of advanced knowledge and to the development of innovative technologies for the planning of new products, productive processes and services, which will allow to further develop the technological and industrial areas in the aerospatial sector. The simulation laboratory will also represent an incubator for engineering best practices as well as a way to develop effective synergies between companies and resources.”
[1] Other participants were Ambrogio Prezioso (President of Naples Industrial Union), Costanzo Iannotti Pecci (President of Campania Industrial Federation), Umberto Minopoli (President of Campania Development) and Luigi Carrino (President of DAC).
For further details on SIMULAB visit the project details page