SOLIDWORKS Education App for Teachers and Students
Our SOLIDWORKS Education community asked us to put together an App all about SOLIDWORKS for teachers and students. Educators are busy. Students are busy. So we put together the tools to help teachers and students use SOLIDWORKS more effectively on your
... ContinuedLove Robots? SOLIDWORKS might be for you!
Designing competitive robots can be challenging and resource consuming! Sure, you love doing it, but wouldn’t you rather spend less time and money while doing the same thing on a computer? This way you can optimize it before you
... ContinuedGirls Who Build – Make Your Own Wearables Workshop
This weekend, some very talented women engineers will be hosting the event, Make your own Wearables for high school girls at MIT Lincoln Labs in Lincoln, MA. The “Make your own wearables” workshop for high school girls is an introduction
... ContinuedTINSI Race Cars Develops Future Engineers of India
To get the best designers and engineers, you have to start early. That is why TINSI Race Cars created the SHARP initiative to develop future engineering design professionals in India. Miss Zubia Nasir, 8th grade, JB Academy, expresses her dreams
... ContinuedGrace Hopper – Walter Issacson’s The Innovators Discussed at Harvard University
Image Credit: HUPSF Computers (2), Harvard University Archives. Tomorrow, Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Science will be hosting author Walter Issacson’s in a discussion about his new book The Innovators – How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the
... ContinuedAchieving SolidWorks Certification – Job Ready Skills
When Ben Nuebel, Pre-Engineering & Technology Education Teacher Cherokee Trail High School & Technology Student Association (TSA) Advisor for Colorado contacted us with a request from a student we were surprised. For this was no ordinary high school student. Nick Johnson was determined to become
... ContinuedWomen’s Technology Program Application Available for Summer 2015 at MIT
MIT’s Women’s Technology Program (WTP) is a rigorous four week summer academic and residential experience where female high school students explore engineering through hands-on classes, labs, and team based projects in the summer after 11th grade. There are two WTP’s: 1)
... ContinuedSolidExpert VAR Poland Announces “You Can Design Rebelia” Contest Winners
SolidExpert, our Value Added Reseller in Poland announced the winners of the “You Can Design Rebelia” Student Design Contest. These designs are truly impressive with a high degree of technical detail. The panel jury had a difficult decision in scoring
... ContinuedGoldie Leads Engineering Girls in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Engineering girls love to create things, design things, make things, and have fun. Girls of all ages will be watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and see a new engineering role model, Goldie. Goldie is the creation of engineer, Debbie Sterling, that
... ContinuedFirst Flight Brasil Takes Off To Set A World Record
Paulo Iscold is working to set another world record with his students – to design and build the world’s fastest four cylinder airplane. At the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil, Professor Iscold teaches Aeronautical Engineering. He is providing his
... ContinuedSimulation Results – Made Easy
This week I was talking to my colleague, Delphine Genourvrier, about ways SOLIDWORKS applications can be used together to make student capstone design projects and competition presentations easier to explain. Delphine reminded me on how SOLIDWORKS Simulation results and eDrawings can be
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Military Veterans Program
On Monday, Veteran’s Day, here in America, we honor those who serve in the US armed forces. The SOLIDWORKS Military Veterans Program (MVP) allows US veterans to obtain SOLIDWORKS for educational purposes through the SolidWorks Military Veterans Education store. US Veterans can obtain
... ContinuedNational University of Singapore – Inspirational Visit
National University of Singapore (NUS) is one of the leading engineering institutions in the world. When you walk towards the engineering building you are greeted by its mission, “to nurture engineer-leaders and to address global challenges through research, innovation, inspiration and
... ContinuedMIT Students Prepare for Flight of OSIRIS-REx NASA Mission
OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer) is a NASA New Frontier’s mission scheduled for launch in 2016 that will travel to the asteroid Bennu and return a pristine sample of the asteroid to Earth. The REgolith X-ray
... ContinuedMaritime RobotX Challenge Singapore
The Inaugural Maritime RobotX Challenge was held in Singapore October 20-26. This event featured countries working together to advance USV technologies that ultimately benefit all of humankind! Congratulations to the MIT/Olin Engineering team that finished first overall and Florida
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