Education
National Pi Day: A True Holiday for Engineers
So I’ve just found out it's National Pi Day here in the States because they write today's date as 3/14 rather than 14/3. I guess that means Pi Day back in Europe should be July 22nd (22/7). It's a somewhat serendipitous event, as I'm analyzing an assembly which is a mass of screw thread, spheres and cyclic mechanism. When you stop and think about it, pretty much the whole of engineering is built upon that two-letter constant.
... ContinuedToday is National Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Today is a very special day here in the US, especially for those of us here at SolidWorks—Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. If you’re not familiar, this is a day intended to spotlight engineering as a real career opportunity for girls and women, sponsored by the National Engineering Week Foundation.
... ContinuedHelping prepare Rwanda’s students for the future with SolidWorks
As some of you may know, we at SolidWorks have been active in Rwanda for a number of years. SolidWorks' founder Jon Hirschtick first heard of Rwandan president Kagame’s vision for improving Rwandan design and manufacturing education from a friend (and SolidWorks customer) in 2005.
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Ed Gebo
Name: Edson Gebo Title: Owner, Mechanical Designer, SolidWorks Administrator, Eastern SolidWorks User Group Network Representative, Executive Officer of the Connecticut SolidWorks User Group, blogger wanna-be Job description: Anything I can get my SolidWorks hands on. Company: Digital Detail & Design
... ContinuedNew SolidWorks tutorials page available on SolidWorks.com
One of the things I learned from being a college professor is that people learn in different ways; perhaps you like to read, watch a video, or follow along with the 100’s of step-by-step tutorials inside SolidWorks software and SolidWorks
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday: Senai Andai, student at University of Texas at Arlington
Name: Senai Andai Title: Mechanical Engineering Student, Battlebots IQ Team founder School: University of Texas at Arlington Hometown: Dallas, Texas 1. Why do you choose to study engineering? How do you find yourself on this career path?I was sitting
... ContinuedThe young life of Riley
Riley Lewis, 13 and a quarter years old, is an archery instructor, jazz flutist, blacksmith (in the Victorian style), inventor, and the youngest known user of SolidWorks software. After a 15-minute chat, you want to add genius to the list,
... ContinuedNot your father’s John Deere #sww11
Nope, this tractor is quarter-scale, stripped down for competition, and optimized to ride a one-inch wheelie down the 200-foot pulling track. In the Midwest United States and increasingly in the South, grownups have leagues where they compete on these things
... ContinuedACTE, National Robotics League, and Howe & Howe Premiere
The following entry was originally posted by Marie Planchard on the Learn. Create. Succeed SolidWorks Teacher Blog. It's been a busy week. Congratulations to Bay Path Regional Vocational High School who won the National Robotics League Brawl at the
... ContinuedBatter Up–Let’s Go Design Project #2 Is Live!
After designing and building something for the designers out there, Jeremy Luchini and the Let’s Go Design team decided to shift gears for their second project and design something that can be used for working off all of those sugary
... ContinuedSolidWorks releases new LEGO and robotics student tutorials
Why do engineers love being engineers? It’s sort of like playing with LEGO®s. Take some parts and build something wonderful. In fact, most engineers start with “kids’ stuff” like LEGOs, Tinkertoys, Erector Sets. Fun with toys can propel young people
... ContinuedSolidWorks teams up with the Boy Scouts of America on the Inventing Merit Badge
The Boy Scouts of America came into being 100 years ago, way back in 1910. And until 1915, there was a merit badge for inventing. The story goes that the BSA retired it because only ten boys ever earned the
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Jason Balser of Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Name: Jason Balser Title: Development Engineer, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Hometown: Medina, Ohio About: Jason graduated from Ohio State University in March with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He worked on the university’s Formula SAE team designing
... ContinuedFormula SAE Events
Recently I have had the opportunity to attend a couple of Formula SAE events around the country. One of the things I noticed first was the complexity of the cars that the students had built and designed. The first event
... ContinuedRacing toward a greener future with Formula Hybrid
As a featured arena for NASCAR paint-swappin’, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., ain’t exactly blooming green. Stock cars consume gas and rubber like Mountain Dew and corn chips, and no one complains if you leave your rig
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