Maplesoft today announced a partnership with the University of Waterloo, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Toyota Corporation, that will produce new methods for modeling physical systems. The Industrial Research Chair is being granted to Dr. John McPhee, from the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and Executive Director of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR). Dr. John McPhee and his team will collaborate with experts at Maplesoft and Toyota to develop math-based models and computer simulations, with a focus on automotive applications.