Ansoft Donation Begins Educational Partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's New Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking

    PITTSBURGH--Oct. 17, 2002--Ansoft Corporation today announced that it has formed an educational partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's new Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking (CWBN) by donating advanced software for the virtual design of high-frequency technology.
    The in-kind contribution, which begins a new three-year partnership between Ansoft and CWBN, includes an initial donation of Ansoft's HFSS(TM) and Ansoft Designer(TM) packages as well as support. The Center's students, faculty, and other members will use the software to help them design, analyze, and understand wired, optical, and wireless networks and systems.
    "Ansoft's tools will be an integral part of our research," said Dan Stancil, CWBN Director and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. "We're glad to have Ansoft as one of our first partners and look forward to using their innovative software tools to advance our understanding of networks and telecommunications."
    The Center, founded in 2001 and publicly announced this past April, was designed to create and disseminate knowledge about advanced heterogeneous networks through research, teaching, and technology transfer. The center, featuring more than 20 Carnegie Mellon faculty members and more than 50 research projects, is organized into four distinct areas of expertise, including networking, wireless communication, telecommunications policy, and optical communications.
    "We're pleased to provide our software to CWBN," said Dr. Zoltan J. Cendes, Ansoft's Chairman and Chief Technology Officer and Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon. "The contribution not only establishes a partnership with the Center, but it also represents our continuing effort to foster the development of engineering skills throughout the electronic-design community."
    To learn more about Carnegie Mellon's Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking, visit http://broadband.web.cmu.edu. For information on HFSS and Ansoft Designer, visit www.ansoft.com/products.cfm.

    About Carnegie Mellon University
    Founded in 1900, Carnegie Mellon University is a national research university of about 7,500 students and 3,000 faculty, research, and administrative staff. The university, which consists of seven colleges and schools, provides a diverse and nationally recognized blend of academic disciplines. The university has established prominence in the arts and has become a national leader in technological fields such as computer science, robotics, and engineering. To learn more, visit www.cmu.edu.

    About Ansoft
    Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to design state-of-the-art electronic products, such as cellular phones, Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), automotive electronic systems, power electronics, and fuel-cell technology. Ansoft markets its products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, visit www.ansoft.com.

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