{"id":684,"date":"2019-03-06T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Academic-News\/From-the-TODAY-show-A-high-school-student-and-Solid-Edge-help-an\/ba-p\/574660"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:07:40","slug":"from-the-today-show-a-high-school-student-and-solid-edge-help-an-injured-veteran-get-moving-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/from-the-today-show-a-high-school-student-and-solid-edge-help-an-injured-veteran-get-moving-again\/","title":{"rendered":"From the TODAY show: A high school student (and Solid Edge) help an injured veteran get moving again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline\" style=\"width: 410px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/09\/Solid-Edge-student-TODAY-show-2.png\" alt=\"Solid Edge student TODAY show.PNG\" title=\"Solid Edge student TODAY show.PNG\" \/><\/span><\/P><br \/>\n<P>This article was originally posted <a href=\"https:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/From-the-TODAY-show-A-high-schooler-and-Solid-Edge-help-an\/ba-p\/571945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Solid Edge blog<\/A> by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/33625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Amy<\/a><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>How did a high school student, an engineering class and <a href=\"https:\/\/solidedge.siemens.com\/en\/solutions\/users\/students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Solid Edge<\/A> change the life of a Marine veteran? Check out the story of Ashley Kimbel, featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">TODAY show<\/A> (a major US morning news and talk show) this morning. Ashley is a 17-year-old high school senior from Alabama with an interest in biomedical engineering, who put her skills to good use when she met Kendall Bane, a Marine and leg amputee.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Ashley, who had been introduced to Solid Edge through the <a href=\"https:\/\/solidedge.siemens.com\/en\/pages\/greenpower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Greenpower program<\/A>, used the software to design and build a lightweight prosthetic foot to help Kendall again enjoy his favorite outdoor activities.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><a title=\"Ashley and Kendall on the Today Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/how-a-high-schooler-helped-an-injured-veteran-get-moving-again-1447814211634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Check out the replay of Ashley and Kendall on the Today Show here.<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><IFRAME src=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/today\/embedded-video\/mmvo1447814211634\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/IFRAME><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>What a great example of how software can enable users like Ashley to push the boundaries of what is humanly possible\u2014and change lives.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><a title=\"Solid Edge and Bioengineering Change the Life of a Veteran\" href=\"https:\/\/new.siemens.com\/us\/en\/company\/sustainability\/business-to-society\/developing-jobs-and-skills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Watch the full video of Ashley\u2019s story here!<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Download our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/topic\/student-software-download\/41339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">free student<\/A> downloads and enter our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Student-Design-Contest\/con-p\/Student-Design-Contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">student design contest<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally posted Solid Edge blog by&nbsp;@Amy <\/p>\n<p> How did a high school student, an engineering class and Solid Edge change the life of a Marine veteran? 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