{"id":8394,"date":"2016-08-27T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2016-08-27T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T21:01:07","slug":"continuous-learning-solidworks-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2016\/08\/continuous-learning-solidworks-certification.html","title":{"rendered":"Continuous Learning with SOLIDWORKS Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8397\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Jack-Hall-CSWA-WPI-615x461.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Hall CSWA WPI\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Jack-Hall-CSWA-WPI-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Jack-Hall-CSWA-WPI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Jack-Hall-CSWA-WPI.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/\">WPI <\/a>faculty member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/academics\/facultydir\/177019.htm\">John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Hall<\/a> received his PhD from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufl.edu\/\">University of Florida<\/a> in 1962, \u00a0he began a career in vibration analysis and soil mechanics. \u00a0Jack\u00a0has\u00a0a drive for continuous learning. \u00a0After learning SOLIDWORKS during this summer, Jack\u00a0earned his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/support\/solidworks-certification.htm\">\u00a0Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate<\/a> (CSWA).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8399 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-Team-Photo-2016-e1472326985578-615x455.jpg\" alt=\"WPI Team Photo 2016\" width=\"615\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-Team-Photo-2016-e1472326985578-615x455.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-Team-Photo-2016-e1472326985578-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-Team-Photo-2016-e1472326985578-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/WPI-Team-Photo-2016-e1472326985578-728x539.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jack is also co-advisor to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/\">WPI <\/a>Formula SAE team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8354\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_8835-e1469620749423-610x615.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8835\" width=\"610\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_8835-e1469620749423-610x615.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_8835-e1469620749423-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_8835-e1469620749423-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_8835-e1469620749423-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_8835-e1469620749423-728x734.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a fisherman, pilot and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaa.org\/eaa\"> Experimental Aircraft Association<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaa.org\/eaa\">EAA<\/a>)\u00a0member, Jack is experimenting with many new ways to use SOLIDWORKS. \u00a0Jack teaches Structural Engineering, Dynamics &amp; Signal Analysis, Engineering Experimentation, and advises senior design Master Qualifying Projects (MQPs).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-Simulation-Displacement-e1472328494261.jpg\" alt=\"SOLIDWORKS Simulation Displacement\" width=\"447\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-Simulation-Displacement-e1472328494261.jpg 447w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-Simulation-Displacement-e1472328494261-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since finding out about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/products\/simulation\/solutions.htm\"> SOLIDWORKS Simulation<\/a>, Jack\u00a0is working to incorporate examples into classes and student projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8401\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-SImulation-Frequency.jpg\" alt=\"SOLIDWORKS SImulation Frequency\" width=\"392\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-SImulation-Frequency.jpg 392w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-SImulation-Frequency-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jack is an active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astm.org\/ABOUT\/overview.html\">ASTM <\/a>Member, winning the C.A. Hogentogler Award (2014) and\u00a0Richard S. Ladd Standards Development Award (2015, 2016).<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Jack on achieving CSWA and sharing with the SOLIDWORKS community. \u00a0Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When WPI faculty member John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Hall received his PhD from the University of Florida in 1962, \u00a0he began a career in vibration analysis and soil mechanics. \u00a0Jack\u00a0has\u00a0a drive for continuous learning. \u00a0After learning SOLIDWORKS during this summer, Jack\u00a0earned his\u00a0Certified<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2016\/08\/continuous-learning-solidworks-certification.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5207,5381,5760,5203,5204,5491,5492,4015,5211],"tags":[5816,5817,4632,5804,4064,5698,5699,3931,5818,4219],"class_list":["post-8394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis-2","category-cad-2","category-certification","category-current-affairs","category-curriculum-2","category-customer-stories","category-design-2","category-mechanical-engineering","category-technology-2","tag-astm","tag-civil-engineering","tag-displacement","tag-eaa","tag-fsae","tag-mechanical-engineering","tag-sae","tag-solidworks","tag-vibrations","tag-wpi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394","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=8394"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8404,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions\/8404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}