{"id":14948,"date":"2023-04-24T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=14948"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:01:57","slug":"solidworks-sponsors-spaceport-america-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2023\/04\/solidworks-sponsors-spaceport-america-cup.html","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Sponsors Spaceport America Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14950\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14950 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-615x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SpacePort-America-Cup-University-of-California-Berkeley-728x546.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">University of California Berkeley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceportamericacup.com\/about\/\">Spaceport America Cup<\/a> is the world\u2019s largest Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) \u00a0\u00a0for student rocketry teams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14951\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14951 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-615x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-615x615.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1-728x728.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Spaceport-SOLIDWORKS-EDU-Blog-1.jpg 1547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Image Courtesy of Spaceport America Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So where in the world do you host a rocket competition? Spaceport America is located between Las Cruces, New Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The Jornada Mountain Range separates Spaceport America from White Sands Missile Range. Sharing the controlled airspace allows student rocketeers to achieve new heights for their rockets.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth year that SOLIDWORKS provides software to Spaceport America Cup teams through our <a href=\"https:\/\/files.solidworks.com\/education\/DS_SWEDU_StudentSponsorship_FINAL.pdf\">SOLIDWORKS Student Sponsorship<\/a> program.\u00a0 Students can request SOLIDWORKS Desktop.\u00a0 Students can also request 3DEXPERIENCE Engineer for cloud storage, sharing information, and SIMULIA analysis tools like Abaqus for a Modeling-Simulation (MOD-SIM) approach to design.<\/p>\n<p>With over 140 teams from colleges and universities in 32 countries, the competition continues to grow every year. Students compete at a bachelors, masters and PhD engineering level.<\/p>\n<p>What is the target altitude? Students launch solid, liquid, and hybrid rockets to target altitudes of 10,000 and 30,000 feet. Impressive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14953\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14953 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-At-SpacePort-615x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-At-SpacePort-615x492.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-At-SpacePort-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-At-SpacePort-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-At-SpacePort-728x582.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-At-SpacePort.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">WPI Engineers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to walk the tents and catch up with students teams \u2013 when they are not presenting to the judges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14954\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14954 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-615x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Yellow-Jacket-Rocket-Team-1-728x546.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Rocketry club featured at 3DEXPERIENCE World (virtual)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Teams.\u00a0 It\u2019s not too early to start planning for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 Dallas, Texas.\u00a0 We are looking for an amazing rocket team to exhibit in our EDU Zone product showcase.<\/p>\n<p>Any Spaceport America Cut Student Team can apply for sponsorship <a href=\"https:\/\/files.solidworks.com\/education\/DS_SWEDU_StudentSponsorship_FINAL.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Design well.\u00a0 Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spaceport America Cup is the world\u2019s largest Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) \u00a0\u00a0for student rocketry teams. So where in the world do you host a rocket competition? Spaceport America is located between Las Cruces, New Mexico and Truth or<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2023\/04\/solidworks-sponsors-spaceport-america-cup.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6862,5498,5381,5499,5492,6712,5210],"tags":[5281,4534,4328,4535,3931,5513,5828],"class_list":["post-14948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3dexperience","category-aerospace","category-cad-2","category-competitions","category-design-2","category-education","category-science-2","tag-3dexperience","tag-abaqus","tag-rocket","tag-simulia","tag-solidworks","tag-sponsorship","tag-student-competition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14956,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14948\/revisions\/14956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}