Computer-aided Engineering, Design, and Information Systems and Services at the Steven Muller Center for Advanced Technology

The Engineering and Fabrication Branch, TEO, occupies the first three floors of the Steven Muller Center for Advanced Technology at APL. The first floor i dedicated to microelectronic , the second houses the conventional electronic fabrication faci lities and the Materials Laboratory, and the third is home to the Engineering Design (TED) and Engineering Design Automation (TEA ) Groups. The TEA Group, formed in 1990, unites people with diverse backgrounds who will integrate the various computer-aided engineering (CA E) and computer-aided design (CAD) tools used throughout APL with the CAE. CAD, and computer-aided manufacturing (CA M) tools available within the TEO Branch. The group is responsible for support of both the APL-wide CAE network and the prime computer (Computervision) CAD/CAM systems within TEO, and for support and development of the local area network (TEonet) that links all the TEO groups with each other and to the rest of APL. The support role encompasses user training and assistance with applications, network administration, workstation etup and connection to the network, network software installation , and software development. Each role will be examined in more detail in this article. The TEA Group has three sections: Component Engineering, Applications Engineering, and Network Operations. Each has a specific function aimed at smoothing the flow of engineering design data from APL engineers through packaging design and on to fabrication .