Author Archives: Marie Planchard
NOVA’s D-Day’s Sunken Secrets Preview Features Passion for Innovation 3DEXPERIENCE
Hundreds of 3D glasses were given to D-Day veterans and special guests at the WGBH studios in Boston on Thursday. Imagine exploring the coast of Normandy on D-Day and the days that followed. With the help of DASSAULT
... ContinuedBlood, Sweat, Tears and SolidWorks Gets University of Houston SAE Team to Formula Hybrid
It has been a long, hard journey for the University of Houston SAE Formula Hybrid team. With blood, sweat, tears and SoldiWorks, engineering students, Bradlee Henderson, Dixon Valbuena, Jaime Gonzalez reached their goal to participate in Formula Hybrid 2014 and
... ContinuedSolidWorks to Gazebo Robot Simulation
The world of simulating robots in play just got easier with the help of students TJ Watson and Michael Strickland from WPI. These students have worked to bring SolidWorks models into Gazebo in URDF file format. Using WPILIB Java, software
... ContinuedWhat’s New in SolidWorks Education Edition 2014-2015: Path Dimension
SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 has some great new features. I will be sharing some of my favorites over the next few weeks. The Path Dimension is a great sketch feature for robot and FSAE teams that need to design with chains
... ContinuedWhat’s New in SolidWorks Education Edition 2014-2015: Curve Driven Patterns
SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 has some great new features. I will be sharing some of my favorites over the next few weeks. The Curve Driven Pattern feature is great to use in an assembly at the part level. Assemblies now offer
... ContinuedBuilding Competitive Teams with the SolidWorks Education Edition
Thank you Kristen Wilson for sharing with the SolidWorks Community, republished from the SolidWorks blog. Marie One of the things I love about working for SOLIDWORKS is our Education Program (I’m a teacher’s kid, so education is something near and
... ContinuedSmart Robot Prosthetic Hand from WPI wins 2014 Cornell Cup by Intel
When students, Thanacha Choopojcharoen, Adam Jardim, Deniz Ozgoren, Sean Casley, under the direction of professors Cagdas D Onal and Taskin Padir; worked on their Master Qualifying Project at WPI last Fall, they never imaged a first place win at the highly prized Cornell Cup presented
... ContinuedIntroducing the SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 – Design without Limits
Today we introduce the SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 to instructors and students around the world. The new SOLIDWORKS Education Edition is based on SOLIDWORKS Premium 2014, the same software that engineers from every industry design their new products with. The SOLIDWORKS Education
... ContinuedSolidWorks Helps to Send Your Name to the Asteroid Bennu
The 321 Science program creates simple videos about space for your students, videos such as Asteroid Fact vs Fiction. You can find the complete playlist here. Osiris-Rex is a partnership between the University of Arizona, NASA/ Goddard Space Flight
... ContinuedBoys and Girls Club celebrates STEAM with SolidWorks Engineers
On Saturday, DS SolidWorks engineers Vajrang, John, Even, Jie, Lin, Roberto and Bonny celebrated Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) with 250 children at the Boys and Girls Club of Leominster/Fitchburg Massachusetts. The event attracted children, ages preschool to
... ContinuedSafety Glasses are the New Fashion Statement
The best in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) was celebrated at the FIRST Robotics 2014 Championship in St Louis. Teams FRC 469, FRC 254,FRC 2848 and FRC 74 were crowned champions in this engineering celebration. I have known Team 469
... Continued2014 Baja SAE UTEP Feel the Road
You can get some air and feel the road at the 2014 Baja SAE event at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) this weekend. Thanks to videos from UTEP. Visit with the teams. Good luck Baja SAE teams!
... ContinuedInnovative Robots at 2014 FIRST Championship
Innovative robots fill the St. Louis Convention Center & Edward Jones Dome featuring the world finals for FIRST Lego League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). FRC Team 3238 from Anacortes, WA, proudly displays their compact
... ContinuedUnder the Tents, Next to the Trucks, Flying High with SAE Aero Design
I read a case study about our SolidWorks commercial customer, SelectTech GeoSpacial Advanced this week. The story reveals how with SolidWorks Premium design and analysis software, SelectTech GeoSpatial more rapidly delivers C2ISR systems by accelerating design, production, and assembly operations.
... ContinuedNevada STEM Events Raise the Education Bar
Nevada’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) events this month brought out the best in students at exciting competitions. The 5th annual Solar Car Challenge was held at Northwest Career and Technical Academy. Mechanical Technology students raced the solar cars
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