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Czech Republic Educators Connect SOLIDWORKS Students to Global Competitions & Industry
Last week I found myself Wenceslaus Square, city center of Prague, Czech Republic. The Velvet Revolution of November/December 1989 created a new country with students ready to compete on a global stage. Josep Maley and Veronika Kubínová SOLIDWORKS Value Added
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Sponsorship for FIRST Robotics Teams
After talking with FRC teams at the FRC World Championship, District and Regional events, the SOLIDWORKS EDU team opens our FIRST Robotics 2015-2016 sponsorship today. Why? Many FIRST Robotics teams have summer camps, summer activities and summer learning sessions.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Community Six Degrees of Freedom
Engineering mechanics teaches you that a “body” has six degrees of freedom, 3-translational and 3-rotational. Traveling this week, I realize the SolidWorks Community also has 6 degrees of freedom. They are SolidWorks 1. customers, 2. value added resellers, 3. educators,
... ContinuedWill NIU Shell Eco-marathon Engineers Exchange Cars with Jay Leno?
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has strong competitive, Society of Automotive and Aerospace Engineering teams in FSAE, BAJA, Clean Snowmobile, Aero Design and Supermileage. The NIU Supermileage Team competes in the Shell Eco-marathon, a
... ContinuedUNH Formula SAE and Baja SAE Engineered for Racing
The SAE shop is very busy as University of New Hampshire engineering Formula SAE Precision Racing and BAJA SAE Racing teams prepare for SAE competitions. You can feel the students’ pride as they share their designs and engineering stories with the SolidWorks
... ContinuedStudent Hexapod Design wins WPI ME Provost Award
The “Design and Manufacture of a 3D Printed Wireless Hexapod” won the 2015 WPI Mechanical Engineering Provost Award. The multi-discipline engineering team of Tyler Collins, Cody Woodward-Wallace, Aras Nehir Keskin, Andrew Beaupre brought together mechanical design, engineering analysis, electrical design,
... ContinuedCobra MOTO Mentors Jonesville HS Robot Team – More than just the Robot
By day, Phil McDowell is chief engineer at Cobra Motorcycles. Cobra MOTO produces premium race-ready mini motocross bikes for youth riders that are serious about competing, starting at age 4! Cobras claim more than 300 national titles since the company was
... ContinuedLet Girls Go To School. Let Girls Be Engineers. Let Girls Learn.
Today is International Women’s Day, the day set aside to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality around the world. Let Girls Go to School is a simple statement. Globally, ~ 30 million adolescent girls are not
... ContinuedYoungest Self-Taught Student in Turkey Achieves CSWA
When Bertrand Sicot visited Istanbul, he met Egemen Ertem, then 13 years old. Egemen has a real passion for SOLIDWORKS, design and 3D Printing. I got to interview this young designer on his path to passing the CSWA exam. Marie:
... ContinuedEngineering Girls SolidWorks World 2015
At SOLIDWORKS WORLD yesterday, Bri Pettis stated there were so many “dudes” in the audience. I was fortunate to talk to our SOLIDWORKS Community about the need for us, as a community to support engineering girls. In order to get more women
... ContinuedUniversity of Arizonia BAJA SAE Team Featured at SOLIDWORKS WORLD
The University of Arizona BAJA SAE Engineering Design team has been selected to be at SOLIDWORKS WORLD Product Showcase this year. Each year the UA BAJA Racing team members design, build and race a custom single-seat off-road race car. They
... ContinuedArizona State University EcoCAR3 Team Showcased at SOLIDWORKS WORLD
Arizona State University has been chosen to be showcased at the Product Showcased at SOLIDWORKS WORLD. ASU was one of 16 teams chosen to participate in the EcoCAR 3 competition. With a strong history of student participation and success in
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World – Innovation in Education
SOLIDWORKS World 2015 is less than 2 weeks away in Phoenix, Arizona. We expect over 6000+ attendees. This is the engineering event not to be missed. If you cannot attend, we will be streaming General Sessions every day. We are fortunate
... ContinuedOhio State Engineering Students Achieve 100% Passing Rate in SolidWorks Certification
Engineering students from The Ohio State University Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing course achieved 100% passing rate on the Certified SolidWorks Associate Exam (CSWA). Students with majors in mechanical, aerospace, nuclear, electrical and computer engineering, and integrated systems engineering develop different projects
... ContinuedAndyMark – Passion for Robots – Passion for FIRST
AndyMark Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes mechanical and electrical parts for the mobile and competitive robotics market with a passion for both robots and the FIRST Robotics community. I got to talk with president and founder Andy Baker who explained to me
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