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SolidWorks Curriculum for Educators on the SolidWorks Customer Portal
SolidWorks provides curriculum, tutorials and projects for educators on our SolidWorks Customer Portal. This video shows how you obtain your SolidWorks serial number, create an account and access the Customer Portal right inside of the SolidWorks Education Edition. The projects
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: CO2 Dragster from Team CudaCountry
SolidWorks Tutorials by master teacher, Pat Haley astound me again with his lastest SolidWorks Tutorial featuring a CO2 dragster. Take a look at the updated CO2 Dragster Car Tutorials at Cudacountry https://www.cudacountry.net/html/sw_co2car.html New in the SolidWorks 2011 tutorials: Mate References
... ContinuedLinking Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Around SolidWorks
The University of Western Ontario, under the direction of Paul Kurowski, has built an undergraduate design curriculum around SolidWorks. A number of non-design courses are also linked to that design stream. Graduating students leave UWO with working knowledge of CAD and Simulation and with
... ContinuedWomen Stars make Engineering Exciting for Students
Every week I get to meet amazing students, educators and commerical customers that make it truly exciting to be an engineer. This week is no exception. On Tuesday, Professor Barbara Hughey from the MIT Women in Technology program got to talk
... ContinuedSolidWorks Drawings Keep on Truckin’
Using SolidWorks Drawings can save you time when design changes enevitably occur. The drawings I saw from the SAE team at Concordia Univerisity were amazing because they were placed on their Ford F150 truck! I asked Concordia's vice president Jimmy Stabio to
... ContinuedRobocon 2011 Finals
The Robocon 2011 Finals were last Friday. My colleague Christian, his two children and I got to attend, I have to thank my other colleague Ryan and my intern Greg for helping out last week teach these students about
... ContinuedSolidWorks Air Boat Model, FEA Results, Video and Presentation
Brad Smith, student at Baker College, created this Air Boat model for Professor Robert Cadwell's class and I am fortunate to share his final project with you. The zip file contains the models, finite element analysis results on a engine
... ContinuedPlastics Engineering Tutorials for Your Classroom
When I taught SolidWorks Design Summer Camp at University of Massachusetts Lowell, I took my young campers to the Plastics Engineering department for a project. I always wished I had a way to show my own students the plastics manufacturing process
... ContinuedEngineering Education Tour of Ireland with t4
On the last day of my trip to Ireland, I observed the interaction between educators in Ireland’s t4 and Rwanda, I can only look to a great future as t4 has agreed to assist Rwanda in implementing their engineering and
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 4 – For the Love of Engineering
After a heavy thunderstorm, the temperature has dropped. Drivers had to make a gambling tire decision for a wet or a dry track. I continue to find the love of engineering today, first I met the Northwestern team waiting in
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 3 – For the Love of Engineering
Last night the team had dinner at a Jackson restaurant and were greated by thankful cheers from the University of Akron for their SolidWorks sponsorship. We truly considers ourselves fortunate to meet such passionate young engineers. Today we also met members
... ContinuedF1inSchools drives success for STEM education
Sometimes you just have a good today. That was today in Michigan at the US F1inSchools finals at Formula SAE. I met Team Raptor, Kelly, Sabine, Anna, and Claire. These girls, now in East Cobb Middle School, Marietta Georgia have been using SolidWorks
... ContinuedTexas A&M SAE Aero Design Team Flies with SolidWorks
I first met members of the Texas A&M SAE Aero Design team when they displayed their plane at SolidWorks World 2011. So what is SAE Aero Design? You think of SAE for Formula, Baja, Hybrid – cars. But there is
... ContinuedSabertooth Robotics gets ready for AUVSI and other Robotic Competitions
WPI's Sabertooth Robotics students are getting ready for colleagiate robot competitions including RICC (ricc.wpi.edu) on April 10 and AUVSI on August 16. I was lucky to see their work unfold on their website and flickr photos and asked for
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorials – New SolidWorks Resources
One of the things I learned from being a college professor is that people learn in different ways; perhaps you like to read, watch a video, or follow along with the 100’s of step-by-step tutorials inside SolidWorks software and SolidWorks
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