{"id":7670,"date":"2020-07-01T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:35:42","slug":"student-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2020\/07\/01\/student-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve heard it time and time again in your courses, \u201c<em>the skills you pick up in college will help guide you in your future careers<\/em>\u201d. We\u2019re all striving for the best, so why not start with the best PCB software tools? PADS Professional Student Edition provides students the only fully-integrated PCB design solution and now you can put your skills to the test with a Student Design Competition!<\/p>\n<p>This design competition gives you the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of software used by some of the world\u2019s most successful technology companies and organizations. With easy to follow resources and training videos, you\u2019ll find yourself learning professional skills to excel in the PCB world, regardless of whether you\u2019ve designed tons of boards or if this is your first time getting your hands in the PCB design process. What a great chance to pack that resume! Design and analysis skills are excellent abilities that most recruiters are looking for. It shows you know how to problem solve and work through real-life engineering projects.<\/p>\n<p>Reuse a class project, plan ahead for senior design, or design something new altogether! Using PADS Professional Student Edition, go through the entire PCB design process \u2013 schematic capture, layout, analysis, and even 3D \u2013 and show off your PCB design knowledge and engineering skills. Give it a shot by entering the <a href=\"https:\/\/studentdesign-mentor.secure-platform.com\/a?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PADS Professional Student Design Competition<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/studentdesign-mentor.secure-platform.com\/a?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7709\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/07\/SE-OP-520x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Submit a design created in PADS Professional Student Edition for your opportunity to win an\u00a0<strong>Oculus Quest<\/strong>!\u00a0\u00a0Also, the <strong>Top-10 ranked student designs will receive a \u201cPCB Design Excellence\u201d certificate<\/strong> signed by the Senior Vice President of the Electronic Board System division of Mentor, a Siemens Business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve heard it time and time again in your courses, \u201cthe skills you pick up in college will help guide&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10813,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions\/10813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}