Sustainability
Manufacturing + STEM = Dynamic Learning
When you combine SolidWorks with Manufacturing and add Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), students make mistakes, learn, and then create great designs. The Center for Dynamic Learning in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, knows about putting a great program
... ContinuedTeam Apollo and Team Anemo join to Race Aeolus Den Helder
After racing in the Shell Eco Marathon in Rotterdam, Team Apollo, a high mileage vehicle with low drag, running on bio-ethanol, could have a restful summer. Instead, Team Apollo joins Team Anemo, a wind power vehicle built with sustainable
... ContinuedReinventing the Toilet and Wastewater Treatment System
We get up in the morning. Brush our teeth, take a shower, and use the toilet. In the western world, we don’t think about clean water or the waste water process. In the developing world, designing a system to reduce
... ContinuedCambridge University ECO Racing Team Prepares for the Race of Their Lives
With less than 200 days to go, Helena Barman, Peter Mildon, Yang Lu and the entire Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) team are preparing for final exams and the race of their lives. The CUER team is the number 1
... ContinuedSolidWorks – Helping Students with the Fundamentals of CAD and Simulation
How do you prepare your students to work for talented SolidWorks customers, like Franck Muller Watchland? You need to start with the fundamentals. My colleagues from the SolidWorks Web Team put together a series of 200 videos to help our
... ContinuedDestination Zero Carbon Powers the Generation of ECO-Imagineers
We need clean energy. Students have creative energy. As Eco-Imagineers, they explore science, engineering and math, to overcome our challenges. SolidWorks reseller, 3D ClassWorks and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore held the global premier of Destination Zero Carbon (DZC) Inter-School Competition.
... ContinuedSolidWorks – Up Where the Air is Clear
It's the last unofficial weekend of the summer so do something fun with your family or friends. Take time to dream. I always dreamed about para sailing. Luckily David agreed to try too - always ready to test the laws of physics
... ContinuedCongratulations to The University of Michigan Solar Team
On Saturday, The University of Michigan (U-M) solar racing team won its fourth consecutive American Solar Challenge (ASC), which is a 1,600 mile, week-long endurance race that began in Rochester, NY and concluded in St. Paul, MN. The win earned
... ContinuedItalian Teachers use SolidWorks to Promote Innovation and Student Employment
Istituto Professionale Fossati, in the beautiful northern town of Sondrio, Italy, is a school that embraces new technology focusing on students’ future employment. In a recent event named, Innovation and Career, students (Ages 13-18) and their teachers showed how their
... ContinuedEXPIRED: SolidWorks Summer Edition, 3D CAD Software for Students and Educators!
Please note: this offer expired August 31, 2012 Are you a student or educator interested in using SolidWorks this summer to learn what it has to offer, or get ahead of the game for next year? Try our FREE
... ContinuedSolidWorks Certification Leads Haile Middle School Students to rewarding STEM Careers
SolidWorks Certification has been offered at universities, colleges and technical high school providers that administer the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Exam. The CSWA Exam tests fundamental competencies in Engineering Design, STEM principles and the use of SolidWorks. This week I learned
... ContinuedStories on innovation for your classroom with SolidWorks users who are Born to Design
When I was teaching, seaching for innovation stories for students was a challange. Now SolidWorks has made it easier. Join the world's most innovative SolidWorks users on Born to Design As SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot said at SolidWorks Word 2012,
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education hosts Regional NASCAR STEM Student Racing Challenge
STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math. If you combine these subjects with RC Racing, Tony Schumacher – U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster and seven-time champion and SolidWorks customer, 25 engineers from the US army and community, along with a great
... ContinuedSolidWorks Expands the Science Fair to Amazing Products
Students use SolidWorks to visualize great ideas for Science Fairs and Technology Fairs. But former high school science fair winner, Ben Gullak has taken his winning project into amazing products to start his own company, BPG-Werks in just a few years. The
... ContinuedGreen Initiatives in Engineering featured in Good Magazine
How green are the products we teach young engineers to design? Paper or plastic or your own bag? A question you get in the grocery store. I am fortunate that my colleague Asheen is not only the sustainability product
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