Teaching Materials with Ansys Granta EduPack™ Level 1

Instructors: Kaitlin Tyler & Claes Fredriksson

From space shuttles to hip implants to toothbrushes, every physical product is made from materials. Engineering and design students need to understand how materials compare to one another and how best to choose the right material for the application.

Ansys Granta EduPack™ is a teaching software for materials education. Designed to enhance student learning, Granta EduPack includes a database of materials and process information, materials selection tools and a range of supporting resources.

In this workshop, attendees will learn the basic functions of Granta EduPack, explore materials selection via the Ashby Selection Methodology, and develop their own short activity to implement in their courses right away.

Software Access

Access to Granta EduPack will be provided in the workshop- no need to bring a personal computer. No previous experience with Granta EduPack is required.

Certification

Free assessment and certification are available after completion of this workshop.

Workshop Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Perform the basic functions of Granta EduPack
• Understand how the Ashby Selection Methodology can be implemented in Granta EduPack
• Create and present a short class activity utilizing Granta EduPack

Proposed Agenda: (Full day workshop)

TIME	ACITVITY
9:15-9:30am	Arrival, Check-in, Coffee and Tea
9:30-10:15am	Introduction to Granta EduPack and Basic Granta EduPack Functions: Browse, Search, Chart/Select, and Eco Audit
10:15-10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am-12:00pm	Basic Materials Selection
12:00-12:45pm	Lunch
12:45-1:00pm	Personal break
1:00-2:00pm	Advanced Materials Selection
2:00-3:00pm	Course Activity Development Part 1
3:00-3:20pm	Coffee Break
3:30-3:45pm	Coffee Break
3:20-4:15pm	Course Activity Development Part 2
4:15-4:45pm	Course Activity Presentation (required for certification)

Reference Materials

Materials Selection White Paper | Ansys
Material Property Charts in Ansys Granta EduPack

Teaching Sustainable Product Design with Ansys Tools Level 1

This workshop is now full

Instructors: Wen Zhao & Harriet Parnell

In pursuit of realizing a responsible production (United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No.12) of goods, sustainability considerations are becoming indispensable in an engineer’s decision-making process throughout the product development. 

Holistic product design must consider the functional, geometric, and material needs as well as environmental impact. This can be challenging to teach to students, especially when various degree programs often focus on specific portions of the design process more than others. To support this, we have developed a Sustainable Product Design (SPD) Methodology, which combines materials selection (building on the Ashby Selection Methodology), functional and geometric analysis via simulation, and a simplified LCA and trade-off analysis.

In this workshop, attendees will implement the SPD methodology utilizing Ansys Granta EduPack™ (a teaching software for materials education) and Ansys Discovery™ (a 3D product simulation software) and explore how to implement this in their existing courses.

Software Access

Access to Granta EduPack will be provided in the workshop- no need to bring a personal computer. No previous experience with Granta EduPack is required.

Certification

Free assessment and certification are available after completion of this workshop.

Workshop Learning Objectives

• Understand how materials selection, simulation, and product life cycle considerations can be used in the classroom for teaching sustainable product design
• Explore the connection between Granta EduPack and Discovery software for teaching
• Create and present a short class activity utilizing the Sustainable Product Design Methodology

Proposed Agenda: (Full day workshop)

TIME	ACITVITY
9:15-9:30am	Arrival, Check-in, Coffee and Tea
9:30-10:15am	Introduction to the Sustainable Product Design Methodology and Materials Selection of a Longboard
10:15-10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am-12:00pm	Topology Optimization of a Longboard Deck
12:00-12:45pm	Lunch
12:45-1:00pm	Personal break
1:00-2:00pm	Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment of a Longboard Deck
2:00-3:00pm	Course Activity Development Part 1
3:00-3:20pm	Coffee Break
3:20-4:15pm	Coffee Break
3:45-4:15pm	Course Activity Development Part 2
4:15-4:45pm	Course Activity Presentation (required for certification)

Reference Materials

Utilizing Materials Selection and Simulation in Design | Ansys
Case Study: Bike Crank Design Optimization – Towards Sustainable Product Design

The social dimension of sustainability with Ansys Granta EduPack™ and the Social Impact Audit Tool

Instructors: Tatiana Vakhitova, Nicolas Martin, & Piers Ireland

Sustainability is a complex topic to teach, involving many aspects related to the Natural, Human & Social, and Manufacturing capitals. One area that can be overlooked is the social dimension of sustainability.

In this workshop, we will provide tools and knowledge on how to support students being decision-makers with a holistic view on sustainability. The foundation of this workshop is Ashby’s 5-Step Methodology for Sustainability Assessment, a well-established active-learning approach to introducing sustainable thinking in the classroom.

Two tools will be used to aid in implementing this methodology. The first is Ansys Granta EduPack™, a teaching software for materials education that is often used in this methodology for fact-finding and decision making. The second is the Social Impact Audit Tool (SIAT), which helps to enhance students’ understanding of social impact along a product’s life cycle. First developed in 2019 as an excel-based tool, a web-based app of the SIAT is scheduled to be released in 2025 and will be the main format used in this workshop.

The new app follows UN Social-LCA Guidelines (2009, 2020) and when combined with Granta EduPack saves time on data research, data visualization, and analytics. Details on practical curriculum enhancement recommendations and shared experiences from fellow academics will be included.

Software Access

To access Granta EduPack and the Social Impact Audit Tool app for the workshop, please bring a personal computer that can run Windows (Mac running Windows via Bootcamp or Parallels will work). Previous experience with Granta EduPack is recommended, but not required.

Workshop Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants gain knowledge and understanding of:

1. Sustainability Assessment 5-step Method (Ashby 2016)
2. Granta EduPack and its Sustainability Database
3. Fundamental concept of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA)
4. Social Impact Audit Tool with its streamlined analytics of potential social impact in product-related decisions
5. How to spark discussion on social sustainability with students by exploring different scenarios and analyzing social hotspots’ heatmap
6. Learn about experience from instructors and students from higher education establishments around the world on the use of the SIAT

Proposed Agenda: (Full day workshop)

TIME	ACITVITY
12:00 – 12:45pm	Lunch
12.45 – 1.00pm	Arrival, Check-in, License Setup *please arrive promptly at 12:30pm to avoid delays
1.00 – 1.40pm	Introductions, Agenda and Background
1.40 – 2.20pm	Introduction to: Ansys Granta EduPack & Sustainability Database (L2) Eco Audit Tool Ansys Academic Social Impact Audit Tool
2.20 – 3.00pm	Case study introduction: Work in groups guided by prompts Part I
3.00 – 3.20pm	Coffee Break
3.20 – 4.00pm	Work in groups guided by prompts Part II (SIAT)
4.00 – 4.30pm	Group discussion & Final remarks

Reference Materials

Paper: Social Life-Cycle Assessment and Social Impact Audit Tool | Ansys
Materials and Sustainable Development | ScienceDirect