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Nevada 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
... ContinuedStudents Achieve CAD Certification Success with CSWA Exams in Poland
It’s Saturday – so who would volunteer to take an exam? In Poland, SOLIDWORKS Reseller, CNS Solutions opened their doors on Saturday to 40 students with an offer to take the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Exam. It wasn’t part of
... ContinuedStill Time to Celebrate with Robots and Students this Weekend
One more weekend of exciting robot competitions!The SOLIDWORKS community is always looking for a great event to celebrate engineering and design. There are local user group meetings held through the SolidWorks User Group network. Once a year, it is SolidWorks World.
... ContinuedGreat Events to Celebrate Engineering with SolidWorks and Students
The SolidWorks community is always looking for a great event to celebrate engineering and design. There are local user group meetings held through the SolidWorks User Group network. Once a year, it is SolidWorks World. But this weekend, there
... ContinuedRobots are in Boston this Weekend at Northeastern University
Robots are in Boston this weekend competing at the Northeastern University New England FIRST District Qualifying Event. I got a chance to talk to mentor, Brandon Holley about this NE FRC Regional Event. For years, Brandon has been the organizer
... ContinuedSpartan Robotics FRC Team 971 Share their Story from Sacramento Regional
When students and mentors from Spartan Robotics send us a great story, we need to celebrate their achievements in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with our SolidWorks community. Thank you FRC Team 971 for using SolidWorks, showing us the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Opens WPI First Robotics Championship (FRC) Qualifying Event
First Robotics Championship (FRC) qualifying events exploded with excitement this weekend as high school teams prepared for their place in the District Events and the FRC World Championship in April. Yesterday I opened the WPI District Qualifying Event in Worcester,
... ContinuedETS DRONOLAB Autonomous Aircraft Flies High
To be a member of the École de technologie supérieure, ETS DRONOLAB, student club, you need passion for aviation and a passion for anything the flies – no matter what the weather. In February, motivated students did not let the snow
... ContinuedEngineered for Dakar 2014
Dakar 2014, a race through the toughest terrain in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chili challenges the best in engineering. Han University, Netherlands, took that challenge. With the support of many SolidWorks customers, including our Value Added Reseller, Cad2m, Petra Meulenkamp, Team HAN
... ContinuedGirls of Steel Are My New Engineering Role Models
I found new engineering role models as I work on my new goal to increase the number of women engineers and designers in the SolidWorks Community. They are the Girls of Steel, a FRC FIRST Robotics high school team
... ContinuedPenn State’s Lunar Lion – the first ever university-led mission to the Moon
The launch date is set, the spacecraft design is is complete, and at the moment, it looks like the Penn State Lunar Lion team might just win the Google Lunar Prize by being the first non-government group ever to accomplish so technical
... ContinuedDassault Systemes supports i.am.angel foundation and FRC 4964 i.am FIRST “Street Bots” robotics team
It’s not every Saturday morning I wake up to an email from Bernard Charles, president and CEO of Dassault Systemes. But today is an exciting day! I have to share the new i.am.angel foundation video created by First Robotics Championship
... ContinuedThe Mechanical Engineer’s New Dream for SolidWorks Education
My dream became a reality when I was center stage at SolidWorks World speaking with Max Lizarraga and Jerry Miranda from Mt Sac Community College, sharing their story with the SolidWorks community. A story of providing students the best in
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education + SolidWorks Certification = The Best Careeers
100,000 SolidWorks certified users. 100000 is the big announcement at SolidWorks World Day 3 General Session from the SolidWorks Certification team. This milestone could not have been reached without dedicated educators in our Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Academic Provider
... ContinuedHoly Cows FIRST Robotics Team Featured at SolidWorks World
Inspiration. That is just one of the reasons the Holy Cows FRC 1538, FIRST Robotics team will be featured in the Partner Pavilion at SolidWorks World in San Diego. The Holy Cows team and mentors truly are changing the world. I got
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