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WPI Engineers Build FSAE Car for Competition in a Closet and Succeed at Formula Hybrid + Electric
In 2019, WPI Engineers had passion to build a competitive FSAE vehicle for Formula SAE Michigan. What they didn’t have is space. Assigned the former machinist’s closet the team successfully converted the space to design, build, test, widen the closet
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur: Worcester Clean Tech Incubator Developing the Worcester Entrepreneurship Community
Founded around the mission to support Clean Tech startups, Worcester Clean Tech Incubator (WCTI) is rapidly developing and increasing their capacity to serve the innovation economy. WCTI is creating a well-coordinated support system for the Entrepreneurs in the Worcester, Massachusetts
... ContinuedContinuous Learning with SOLIDWORKS Certification
When WPI faculty member John “Jack” Hall received his PhD from the University of Florida in 1962, he began a career in vibration analysis and soil mechanics. Jack has a drive for continuous learning. After learning SOLIDWORKS during this summer, Jack earned his Certified
... ContinuedWPI Pioneering Engineering Education, Research, and Community with SOLIDWORKS
Since 1865, WPI has pioneered innovation in engineering education, research, and community. In our latest SOLIDWORKS case study with WPI, we interviewed Michael Gennert, Robotics Engineering Program Director at WPI. WPI was the first college in the USA to offer an
... 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,
... ContinuedWPI SAE Students Drive Towards Competition
The WPI FSAE Team sent us their new video. Engineering students Zachary Sears and Joseph Samela created the video with a GoPro. The video takes you through the WPI campus as the driver of a vehicle. You can visit inside the shop to view Sanding
... ContinuedSolidWorks Opens WPI First Robotics Championship (FRC) Qualifying Event
First Robotics Championship (FRC) qualifying events exploded with excitement this weekend as high school teams prepared for their place in the District Events and the FRC World Championship in April. Yesterday I opened the WPI District Qualifying Event in Worcester,
... ContinuedSolidWorks Model of a Human Skeleton on My Kitchen Table
I found a SolidWorks model of a human skeleton on my kitchen table, so it was time to review thisproject. Every 7 weeks, David teaches an Introduction to CAD course at WPI and corrects the final projects at home. Students
... ContinuedRobotics Engineering Advances at WPI
Robots are everywhere at WPI. Last week I visited WPI and met the VP of Manufacturing from Rethink Robotics, who introduced me to Baxter. Baxter is an adaptive manufacturing robot. It contains cameras, sensors and sophisticated software that enable it
... 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
... 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.
... 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
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