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Love 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
... 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
... 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks World – Showcase Educators Innovation
Jussi Liikkanen, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland, was supposed to speak at SolidWorks World 2014. Unfortunately he broke his Achilles tendon, now in a pink cast, and will not be able to take the 20 hour plane ride. Jussi,
... ContinuedFor the Love of Engineering – How FRC Robot Team 971 Drives the Future
Engineers. We need them to solve problems and create the products we use every day. 20 years ago, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) to show every student how learning about science, technology and solving problems is
... ContinuedChildren from the Netherlands use SolidWorks to Prepare for FLL Robot Competition
As children from the Netherlands, ages 9-12, prepare for the First Lego League (FLL) robot competition, they face many challenges in design methodology, physics, teamwork and planning. With the help of Bas Kooman, Technical Director from SolidWorks Reseller, Cadmes, these
... ContinuedTeaching CAD with SolidWorks? You are not alone and SolidWorks can help.
? When I first started teaching engineering design courses I was the only instructor at my college. I was hired on Friday and classes started Tuesday. Luckily there was a holiday on Monday. So our EDU team put together curriculum
... ContinuedBattlecry 13 at WPI – Robots that Keep on Playing with SolidWorks Support
Battlecry BC13 was a blast! A record number of students attended this year's robot competition at WPI in Worcester, MA, USA. When the first team shows up at 0800 this morning for our 1600 opening, you know there is going to be
... ContinuedASEE Contests in Review – Sponsored by SolidWorks
At ASEE in San Antonio we got to meet alot of great students. Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the year robot design contest. Team Monroe Community College made me feel great even getting on a plane at 6:00am
... ContinuedCool Robots with SolidWorks
SolidWorks supports many robot events around the world. When the SolidWorks EDU team gets great models, images and stories – we like to share. WPI was the first school in the US to offer an undergraduate program in Robotics Engineering.
... 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 in Education featured at SolidWorks World 2012
Day 3 at SolidWorks World has always been student day. We bring in high school students from the surrounding community. This year we also highlighted the success of educators that work with us to bring innovative tools to their students. Ireland has
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education at SolidWorks World 2012
SolidWorks World 2012 starts Sunday in beautiful San Diego where engineers and designers gather together to celebrate design and innovation. There are so many SolidWorks educators and students coming to SolidWorks World that I thought I would summarize the SolidWorks
... ContinuedTechnology Education Tour of Ireland with t4
Irish hotels are great to include breakfast. I had breakfast this morning with Remy, Director of Science and Technology in Education for Rwanda. Remy told me his story. As a young boy he moved quickly from village to village to
... ContinuedIt’s National Pi Day 3/14 and I have been celebrating SolidWorks all weekend!
National Pi Day! Who would have thought that this little greek letter could have so much power! I started my celebration early, this weekend I say "Apple Pi" the mascot for the FRC Robotics Team 2067 at the WPI FIRST
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