[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":119},["ShallowReactive",2],{"gv597yxl4QRMeIutEyg7NyVOo2zjFj-v3TB0IpiZVjI":3,"article_solidworks-education-advocate-alejandro-de-luna-shares-10-years-of-poza-rica-its-robotics-club_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":117,"_apollo:identified":118},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","solidworks-education-advocate-alejandro-de-luna-shares-10-years-of-poza-rica-its-robotics-club","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":116},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":30,"content":31,"date":32,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":33,"masterings":46,"globalTags":50,"products":59,"disciplines":73,"seo":105,"__typename":115},"cG9zdDo0NzQ1Nw==","SOLIDWORKS Education Advocate – Alejandro De Luna Shares 10 Years+ of Poza Rica ITS Robotics Club","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fsolidworks-education-advocate-alejandro-de-luna-shares-10-years-of-poza-rica-its-robotics-club","\u003Cp>Alejandro De Luna is a SOLIDWORKS Champion, 3DEXPERIENCE Student Champion, and Certified…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":29},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":25,"thumbnail":26,"srcSet":27,"sizes":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-1.jpg.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-1-768x617.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-1-150x150.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-1.jpg.webp 803w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-1-300x241.jpg.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-1-768x617.jpg.webp 768w","(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Falejandrodelunaa\u002F\">Alejandro De Luna\u003C\u002Fa> is a SOLIDWORKS Champion, 3DEXPERIENCE Student Champion, and Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert (CSWE). As a mechanical engineer with manufacturing experience, Alejandro is also an advisor for the Poza Rica ITS Robotics Club of Mexico, his alma mater, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Poza Rica.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch1 class=\"text-heading-xlarge inline t-24 v-align-middle break-words wp-block-heading\">\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-615x615-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47459\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-615x615-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-615x615-1-300x300.jpg.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-10-615x615-1-150x150.jpg.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\u003C\u002Fh1>\u003Cp>\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alejandro joined the club as a student, thanks to his friend, Gabriel. Founded more than 10 years ago, these students have traveled far to compete in Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Japan, and Romania.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-5-615x330-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47460\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-5-615x330-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-5-615x330-1-300x161.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Thanks to Alejandro, the ITS Robotics Club uses SOLIDWORKS to design their competitive robots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-cover-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47461\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-cover-1.jpg.webp 607w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-cover-1-300x267.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Competition categories include: mega sumo, insects, humanoids, line followers and war robots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-1-615x354-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47462\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-1-615x354-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-1-615x354-1-300x173.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>With the SOLIDWORKS Student Team Sponsorship, ever team member gets a copy of SOLIDWORKS.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alejandro stated, “To create our competition robots, we want accuracy and precision in our designs so that everything works correctly, as well as always looking for innovation in our designs and SOLIDWORKS is the one for this, as well as CAM and SIMULATION tools that help us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The team also get advice from Alejandro, who has achieved Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert (CSWE) status, our highest certification. Alejandro has been using SOLIDWORKS for 5 years and when combined with his engineering and manufacturing skills, you can see why he is truly a champion in the SOLIDWORKS community.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-2-615x334-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47463\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-2-615x334-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-2-615x334-1-300x163.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>As a 3DEXPERIENCE Student Champion, Alejandro knows the importance of other team building skills such as collaboration, management, documentation and using the SOLIDWORKS model beyond 3D CAD.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-7-e1726248473885-615x309-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47464\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-7-e1726248473885-615x309-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-7-e1726248473885-615x309-1-300x151.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>The ITS Robotics Club competes throughout the year. You can find out more about ITS Poza Rica on their \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FITSPozaRica?mibextid=LQQJ4d\">Facebook\u003C\u002Fa> page.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-4-copy-e1726240745282-615x361-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47465\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-4-copy-e1726240745282-615x361-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fits-pr-robot-solidworks-edu-blog-4-copy-e1726240745282-615x361-1-300x176.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Thank you Alejandro for sharing with the SOLIDWORKS community and all you do to help students.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>SOLIDWORKS supports student teams all over the world through our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fproduct\u002Fstudents\u002Fsolidworks-sponsorship-student-teams\">SOLIDWORKS Student Team Sponsorship\u003C\u002Fa>.  We provide both SOLIDWORKS for PC and cloud applications.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>We support educators and their students through our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsolidworks-certification-program\">Certified SOLIDWORKS Academic Provider\u003C\u002Fa> program to create the skills needed to compete on all levels and life-long learning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Design well.  Marie\u003C\u002Fp>","2024-09-13T13:29:16",{"node":34,"__typename":45},{"nicename":35,"description":36,"slug":37,"name":38,"firstName":39,"lastName":40,"avatar":41,"__typename":44},"marie-planchard","Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. 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