Dora Smith

Dora Smith is the senior director of the global academic program for Siemens PLM Software. The program empowers the next generation of digital talent through project-based learning, STEM competitions and industrial strength software and curriculum to support students and academic institutions worldwide.

Innovation in the Classroom with NASA and ASU’s Sheri Klug Boonstra

Innovation in the Classroom with NASA and ASU’s Sheri Klug Boonstra

June 19, 2020
Do you remember the first time you looked up at the night sky after learning that those tiny twinkling lights...
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NASA’s L’SPACE Education for the Next Generation

NASA’s L’SPACE Education for the Next Generation

June 19, 2020
Do you remember the first time you looked up at the night sky after learning that those tiny twinkling lights...
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Soft Skills in the Workplace

Soft Skills in the Workplace

January 10, 2020
Over the next six years, millennials will outnumber generation X 3:1. In her book Millennial Reset: Reimagining a Workplace that Works...
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Innovation in the Classroom with Purdue’s Mary Pilotte

Innovation in the Classroom with Purdue’s Mary Pilotte

January 10, 2020
Listen to our podcast to hear bright minds in engineering education share insights and best practices to empower the next generation of digital talent.
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Developing Robot-Proof Engineers in the Classroom

Developing Robot-Proof Engineers in the Classroom

January 8, 2020
Innovation in the Classroom by Siemens explores best practices to empower the next generation of digital talent. In this podcast, I...
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Innovation in the Classroom with Dean Ishwar Puri

Innovation in the Classroom with Dean Ishwar Puri

January 8, 2020
Innovation in the Classroom by Siemens explores best practices to empower the next generation of digital talent. In this podcast, I...
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Kicking off the FIRST Robotics Season with New Degrees of Freedom

Kicking off the FIRST Robotics Season with New Degrees of Freedom

January 4, 2020
An interview with Team 6413 Mentor Izzy Thalman By Donna Wright I had a chance to connect with Izzy Thalman,...
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Crash Course in Siemens Software

Crash Course in Siemens Software

January 3, 2020
In many schools engineering education is the same today as it was 30 years ago. This podcast series seeks out...
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Innovation in the Classroom podcast with NX guru Parikshit Borgowda

Innovation in the Classroom podcast with NX guru Parikshit Borgowda

January 3, 2020
Listen to our podcast to hear bright minds in engineering education share insights and best practices to empower the next generation of digital talent.
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Innovation in the Classroom podcast with student interns Greg Barker and Chase Ashby

Innovation in the Classroom podcast with student interns Greg Barker and Chase Ashby

December 10, 2019
Listen to our second podcast to hear bright minds in engineering education share insights and best practices to empower the next generation of digital talent.
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The Experience of Being an Intern at Siemens

The Experience of Being an Intern at Siemens

December 10, 2019
Engineering’s future is in the classroom today. Some of the smartest minds stretch beyond the classroom through internship and coop...
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Innovation in the Classroom Podcast with Antonia Nănău of BEST

Innovation in the Classroom Podcast with Antonia Nănău of BEST

October 31, 2019
We are kicking off a new podcast series. Check it out. Listen to hear some of the brightest minds in...
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Innovation in the Classroom Podcast with Antonia Nănău of BEST

Innovation in the Classroom Podcast with Antonia Nănău of BEST

October 31, 2019
Listen to our podcast to hear bright minds in engineering education share insights and best practices to empower the next generation of digital talent.
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Charged Up for the next 125 Years- ASEE 2019 Annual Conference

Charged Up for the next 125 Years- ASEE 2019 Annual Conference

July 11, 2019
This past June 16-19, The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) hosted their 126 th annual conference and exposition in Tampa, Florida. Attendees were given the opportunity to attend mor...
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Insights from ASEE’s 2019 Engineering Deans Institute

Insights from ASEE’s 2019 Engineering Deans Institute

May 3, 2019
Recently engineering deans collaborated at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)’s annual Engineering Deans Institute. They convened on merging physical, digital, and biological worlds...
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How can students gain tech skills for Industry 4.0?

How can students gain tech skills for Industry 4.0?

November 15, 2018
Digital forces are transforming the way we do business in every phase of innovation. It’s called Industry 4.0 – an industrial revolution using automation technology and intelligent connectivity to qu...
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Rethink engineering education with real-world technology

Rethink engineering education with real-world technology

June 6, 2018
How do you make students more employable? How can colleges and universities increase placement rates? How can companies fill jobs with employees well-trained and highly-skilled? To answer ...
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Deans share engineering education best practices and challenges at ASEE Engineering Deans Institute

Deans share engineering education best practices and challenges at ASEE Engineering Deans Institute

April 25, 2018
This month engineering deans across North America convened at the American Society of Engineering Education’s annual Engineering Deans Institute. There was a wide range of topics discussed about the ...
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Taking engineering education and training to the next level

Taking engineering education and training to the next level

February 14, 2018
Throughout this series, we have identified the validity of the skills gap and its implications across industries. We know that a higher number of companies need of work-ready talent. We also know tha...
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Engineering our way out of the skills gap

Engineering our way out of the skills gap

November 2, 2017
  A few years ago when I took on my current role, one of our industry analysts asked me if there really was a skills gap. He had seen conflicting reports. Even recently, MIT’s Technology R...
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How to choose the right engineering competitions

How to choose the right engineering competitions

September 25, 2017
Every time I walk by my sons’ Lego table, I’m reminded of a robotics competition they participated in. They were challenged to interview the senior citizens in the community and create an ...
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Better engineering curriculum for future-ready graduates

Better engineering curriculum for future-ready graduates

July 31, 2017
Engineering companies are having trouble filling their open jobs. They’re experiencing a jump in open positions, and the demand to fill these positions is only going up. Most can’t be filled because ...
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Engineering curriculum’s role in shrinking the skills gap

Engineering curriculum’s role in shrinking the skills gap

June 23, 2017
Companies are having significant difficulties filling open engineering and manufacturing positions. They’ve experienced a rise in open positions over the past decade, and the demand to fill these pos...
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Why the engineering skills gap is so worrisome

Why the engineering skills gap is so worrisome

May 22, 2017
As students near the end of their university education, they dream about their first jobs and where their career might lead. The ideal job will match their passion and skill set in an exciting challe...
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Engineering as a Career: Meet Our CEO Tony Hemmelgarn

Engineering as a Career: Meet Our CEO Tony Hemmelgarn

February 20, 2017
Meet Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. Engineers Week gives us an opportunity to discover the value of engineering education and careers. So let’s start the ...
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Manufacturers meet at Purdue University to discuss data and PLM for better decisions

Manufacturers meet at Purdue University to discuss data and PLM for better decisions

November 29, 2016
Purdue recently held its Fall PLM Center of Excellence meeting at the newly opened Indiana Manufacturing Institute. The state of the art facility houses Purdue’s PLM Center, an interdisciplinary rese...
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New Technology Center Announced at University of Cincinnati

New Technology Center Announced at University of Cincinnati

September 26, 2016
This month we announced a new kind of academic partnership with the University of Cincinnati (UC). We have a long history with UC. Nearly 50 years ago, graduates and a professor from UC formed SDRC a...
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Future engineering and manufacturing talent in China

Future engineering and manufacturing talent in China

April 6, 2016
On a recent trip to China, I saw some dramatic shifts in the country from just six months prior. There is a growing entrepreneurial and maker movement as part of the country’s Made in China 2025 plan...
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#InternationalWomensDay: Why Monica Lingard chose a career in STEM

#InternationalWomensDay: Why Monica Lingard chose a career in STEM

March 8, 2016
Google never ceases to inspire the world with their holiday animated doodles. Today for International Women’s Day, they ask women to share their big dream under the auspice of #OneDayIWill. ...
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Making Engineers in India

Making Engineers in India

April 20, 2015
Last week at Hannover Messe in Germany, India unleashed its lions on the city. India was the official partner country of the fair. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted in his speech at the ina...
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New video on Embry-Riddle’s use of Siemens software for EcoCAR 3

New video on Embry-Riddle’s use of Siemens software for EcoCAR 3

April 20, 2015
Siemens PLM Software has been a partner with the U.S. Department of Energy's advanced vehicle technology competitions for more than 10 years. On the EcoCAR 3 competition, 16 universities i...
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Community Colleges Remix a Technical Future Workforce

Community Colleges Remix a Technical Future Workforce

March 4, 2015
The theme of the recent American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) Workforce Development Institute (WDI) was “Workforce Remix”, “…an innovative blend of new techniques that inspires unique re...
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The PLM Academic Newsletter Just Hit the Stands

The PLM Academic Newsletter Just Hit the Stands

December 5, 2014
Our latest academic newsletter just hit the stands. View PLM Academic News online . It includes updates on the Greenpower Challenge, the PACE Annual Forum, EcoCAR 3, Learning Advantage...
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Epic Student Challenges

Epic Student Challenges

November 19, 2014
Last week – thanks to our friends at Principia College - I took my son to hear Apollo 13’s Captain James Lovell, Fred Haise and Mission Flight Control Director Gene Kranz. It was amazing to hear thes...
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Free CAD Models for Educators and Students

Free CAD Models for Educators and Students

October 9, 2014
Please note a recent blog post reminding educators and students to leverage real-world parts from the more than 600 major manufacturers on the CADENAS part portal. ...
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Meet Future Engineer Sergio Sciume and PACE Team 7’s Trike

Meet Future Engineer Sergio Sciume and PACE Team 7’s Trike

October 7, 2014
Future Engineer Series At the PACE Annual Forum, Team 7 competed with their Personal Assisted Mobility Device- the E7-Trike. Team 7 had student engineers from Politecnico di Torino, Tongji U...
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Free NX and Solid Edge CAD Models for Students

Free NX and Solid Edge CAD Models for Students

October 2, 2014
The most successful graduates are those that participate in real-world projects, competitions or internships in school. It’s why we’re committed to programs like PACE, EcoCAR and Greenpower. EcoCA...
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Meet New Engineer Orlando Velez and PACE Team 6’s Weave

Meet New Engineer Orlando Velez and PACE Team 6’s Weave

September 19, 2014
As Team 6 presented their Personal Assisted Mobility Device (PAMD) at the PACE Annual Forum, lead industrial designer Dominic Dowling called out team captain Orlando Velez. He noted how great...
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Meet University of São Paulo Future Engineers and PACE Team 2’s CubO

Meet University of São Paulo Future Engineers and PACE Team 2’s CubO

September 18, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp0K4qYpMec Tatiana Theoto and Elcio Fiordelisio are future engineers at the University of São Paulo. They attended the PACE Annual Forum for the Personal Assisted M...
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North Carolina Software Revolution

North Carolina Software Revolution

September 17, 2014
This month, the #SoftwareRev will stop in Charlotte, NC for our event on September 24th. We'll discuss apprenticeships, the manufacturing resurgence in Charlotte, & more with government officials...
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Meet Future Engineer Arjun Ballal

Meet Future Engineer Arjun Ballal

September 13, 2014
Future Engineer Series Meet future engineer Arjun Ballal, a mechanical engineering student at  Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering.  In addition to the Personal Assisted Mobi...
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Michigan Solar Car Team on How the ASC Race was Won

Michigan Solar Car Team on How the ASC Race was Won

September 9, 2014
Michigan Solar Car Team Overcomes Adversity for Win If you’ve been reading this blog, you already know that the University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2014 American Solar Challenge (ASC...
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Meet Future Engineer Sen Feng and PACE Team 5’s GoSozo

Meet Future Engineer Sen Feng and PACE Team 5’s GoSozo

August 27, 2014
Future Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6kCD0tdlvw Meet Sen Feng, a future engineer studying at RWTH Aachen University. She  attended the  PACEAnnual Forum where her&nb...
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Meet Future Engineer Srinithish Kandagadla and PACE Team 3’s STAG

Meet Future Engineer Srinithish Kandagadla and PACE Team 3’s STAG

August 23, 2014
Future Engineer Srinithish Kandagadla is a student engineer at the PES University (or Peoples Education Institute of Technology). He attended the PACE Annual Forum where his team compe...
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Meet New Engineer Natalia Jurado Espin and PACE Team 4’s Gazelle

Meet New Engineer Natalia Jurado Espin and PACE Team 4’s Gazelle

August 21, 2014
New engineer is passionate about mechatronics Natalia Jurado Espin just completed her electronic engineering degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey(ITESM)Toluca. I met her at the PACE Annual Forum wher...
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Chat With Chuck Grindstaff Highlights SDI, IoT, Industry 4.0 and More

Chat With Chuck Grindstaff Highlights SDI, IoT, Industry 4.0 and More

August 15, 2014
This week I caught up with our CEO for the latest Chat With Chuck Grindstaff podcast. Listen in to learn more about our work in several key areas. Some of the topics we cover in the 25-minute podc...
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Executive and Student Outtakes from the PACE Annual Forum

Executive and Student Outtakes from the PACE Annual Forum

August 12, 2014
ThePartners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE)recently held its annual forum in Turin, Italy. PACE links GM, Autodesk, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens PLM S...
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Meet Future Engineer and Rodeo Star Colt Capurro

Meet Future Engineer and Rodeo Star Colt Capurro

August 12, 2014
July is supposed to be the hottest and sunniest month of the year in Turin, Italy. However, students attending the PACE Annual Forum competed against wind and rain in the test phase of the Personal A...
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GM Executives Inspire Future Engineers at PACE Annual Forum

GM Executives Inspire Future Engineers at PACE Annual Forum

August 8, 2014
I’m not sure who leaves student competitions with more insight – the future engineers or the industry executives. Last week at the PACE Annual Forum, the students were definitely excited to lear...
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Michigan Solar Car team wins eighth national championship

Michigan Solar Car team wins eighth national championship

July 30, 2014
This Monday, the University of Michigan (U-M) Solar Car completed a seven-day, 1722-mile race to win the 2014 American Solar Challenge. This is the eighth time that the University of Michigan has won...
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University of Michigan solar car team on a mission to win solar car challenge

University of Michigan solar car team on a mission to win solar car challenge

July 11, 2014
In just 10 days, the University of Michigan (U-M) Solar Car team will race in the American Solar Challenge (ASC) from Austin, Texas to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although U-M is the defending champion o...
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Pennsylvania Software Revolution

Pennsylvania Software Revolution

July 10, 2014
The Software Revolution conversation heads to Pennsylvania this month. Academic, government and industry leaders will meet at the National Constitution Center to discuss the future of manufacturing a...
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U.S. Department Of Energy, General Motors, Students Engineer Fantastic Finish to EcoCAR 2

U.S. Department Of Energy, General Motors, Students Engineer Fantastic Finish to EcoCAR 2

June 28, 2014
Students who participated in EcoCAR 2 reached the checkered flag in the competition on L’Enfant Plaza in Washington D.C. outside the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters earlier this month. ...
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Manufacturing a new Middle Class through Community Colleges

Manufacturing a new Middle Class through Community Colleges

June 20, 2014
When I started school, my mom went back to school. She attended our local community college and completed an associate’s degree. She went on to complete a bachelor’s degree at that same college throu...
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Real-World Student Competitions Go Beyond Engineering

Real-World Student Competitions Go Beyond Engineering

June 11, 2014
I’m in Washington D.C. this week judging communications presentations by 15 universities participating in the EcoCAR 2 final competition. I love seeing the students’ creativity, passion and professio...
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New Solid Edge Tutorials for students of all ages

New Solid Edge Tutorials for students of all ages

May 30, 2014
If you haven't visited theSolid Edge Educators pageon our Academic Resource Center in a while, you may have missed new tutorials we recently posted. Check out new tutorials for m...
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PLM Connection Americas Academic Discount

PLM Connection Americas Academic Discount

May 16, 2014
Above, Bill Boswell, senior director of Partner Strategy at Siemens PLM Software, presents with Principia College solar car team representatives at last year's PLM Connection. If you...
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Westminster Expands the Size and CAD Skills of its FIRST Robotics Team

Westminster Expands the Size and CAD Skills of its FIRST Robotics Team

May 13, 2014
At the FIRST Robotics World Championship this year, there were lots of future engineers and lots of robots. 12,000 students from 600 teams traveled from 38 countries to be a part of this robot superb...
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Massachusetts Software Revolution

Massachusetts Software Revolution

April 11, 2014
This month we were in Massachusetts to discuss the future of manufacturing and the future workforce. This is our third in a series of events on the Software Revolution in Manufacturing. Last month we...
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Future of Motor City Manufacturing

Future of Motor City Manufacturing

April 1, 2014
Automation World’s David Greenfield recently shared Reasons for U.S. Manufacturing’s Upswing, insights from a Kiplinger report. He noted that industries that require more advanced technology and&nbsp...
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Tecnomatix Tech Tip Webinars

Tecnomatix Tech Tip Webinars

April 1, 2014
Learn how to use specific Tecnomatix® software capabilities in these live 20-minute webinar demonstrations. Stay online after each demonstration for Q&A and to chat online with ...
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Motor City Software Revolution

Motor City Software Revolution

March 18, 2014
One month ago we were in Cincinnati to kick off a series of events on the software revolution in manufacturing. The conversations at these events focus on the future of manufacturing and the future w...
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Students Can Now Download Jack Human Simulation for Free

Students Can Now Download Jack Human Simulation for Free

March 13, 2014
We've added anotherfreestudent download to our Academic Resource Center. Students can now downloadTecnomatix Jack human simulation software . This provides an opportunity fo...
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Meet Rocket Engineer Joy Wobido

Meet Rocket Engineer Joy Wobido

March 4, 2014
It’s that time of year when parents are signing up their kids for summer camps. I wonder if Joy Wobido’s parents knew that the eighth grade space camp they signed her up for would lead to a career la...
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Training the next generation of technical rock stars

Training the next generation of technical rock stars

February 27, 2014
“It’s up to us to create the thrill about being the next technical rock star.” – Steve Bashada, VP of  Industries, Siemens PLM Software Those words echoed through more than 430,000 sq...
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Software Revolution in Manufacturing Event Livecast

Software Revolution in Manufacturing Event Livecast

February 19, 2014
UPDATE: The link below has a replay of the event. You can also see a summary on this blog post: Training the next generation of technical rock stars . Please tune in 2/19 (1...
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Build the Future Event – Cincinnati, Ohio

Build the Future Event – Cincinnati, Ohio

February 18, 2014
Join us here to watch our Build The Future event live stream from Cincinnati, Ohio and talk about the Software Revolution happening on Wednesday, February 19th. “The manufacturing industry in Am...
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Check out the new NX Quick Tips

Check out the new NX Quick Tips

February 5, 2014
The NX team is producing a series of Quick Tips on NX 9. For those of you who have attended any of our user group events, you're familiar with the infamous John Baker. Check out this first video tip ...
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Provide Your Input to our Community Survey

Provide Your Input to our Community Survey

January 20, 2014
We are conducting a community survey to better serve you.We'd like your input onorganization, navigation and usability when visiting this site. Please provide your...
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New Academic Newsletter

New Academic Newsletter

January 10, 2014
Did you receive the second issue of our new academic newsletter? If you did not receive it directly, you cansubscribe here .This issue includes stories on the new free p...
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Find out why CEO Chuck Grindstaff is excited for 2014 in this podcast

Find out why CEO Chuck Grindstaff is excited for 2014 in this podcast

January 6, 2014
I recently caught up with our president and CEO Chuck Grindstaff to record our latest podcast. We happened to be in the same city at the same time so there is video to boot. I noticed Chuck uses t...
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Access Millions of Parts on CADENAS’ 3D Parts Catalog

Access Millions of Parts on CADENAS’ 3D Parts Catalog

December 4, 2013
We just announced a new academic part portal for students and educators using Siemens PLM software. You already know that integrating real-world applications and projects into t...
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Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

November 27, 2013
  Guest blog post by my colleague Dan Siqueira, Siemens PLM Software This past weekend Infiniti Red Bull Racing team became Formula One World Champions here in Brazil. The race was at the ...
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Row Row Row A Solid Edge Designed Boat – New Student Project Available

Row Row Row A Solid Edge Designed Boat – New Student Project Available

November 12, 2013
AllyPLM has put together curriculum to build a rowboat in Solid Edge. You can access the materials on their website. See more on thepost they published in our Collaborate & Contribute Curr...
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Interesting Academic Story on the NX Simulation Forum

Interesting Academic Story on the NX Simulation Forum

November 8, 2013
The NX CAE Symposium was this week. I wasn't at the event butwatched outtakes on Twitter #NXCAE13 . Check out theinteresting work on planar titanium stentsby&n...
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Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

November 7, 2013
Meet Nicolas Hunter, Atiba Brereton and Matthew Clarke – three very bright future engineers at Howard University. I first met the trio at the PACE Annual Forum in late July where they won first place...
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Are you Subscribed to our Academic Newsletter?

Are you Subscribed to our Academic Newsletter?

November 6, 2013
Did you get a copy of our first academic newsletter in June? It provided updates on academic resources and news around the globe. If you didn't receive it, pleasesubscribe here . The ne...
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NX 9 News and Information

NX 9 News and Information

October 31, 2013
If you are teaching NX, see what's new in NX 9. Complete information can be found on theNX 9 website . To get started on what's new,view this overview video. Check out new d...
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Engineering students race solar car in Australia

Engineering students race solar car in Australia

October 30, 2013
The University of Michigan used NX in the design of the solar car for the 2014 World Solar Car Challenge. Here are some blog posts to provide you more information on the team and the...
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Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

October 25, 2013
Lucas Shoults is a first-year graduate student engineer at Virginia Tech (VT). He is majoring in mechanical engineering and is the business manager of VT’s EcoCAR 2 team. I met Lucas at the EcoCAR 2 ...
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A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

October 17, 2013
I visited the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland (UMD) in September to sit down with Dr. Jewel Barlow, one of the advocates who helped bring Siemens PLM software on campus to locations li...
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Meet University of Michigan Student Engineer Garrett Simard

Meet University of Michigan Student Engineer Garrett Simard

October 11, 2013
The University of Michigan is finishing up the World Solar Challenge and like any good real-world student project, they've experience interesting challenges along the way. We’ll share more about the ...
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Solar Car Racing Goes Blue

Solar Car Racing Goes Blue

October 4, 2013
University of Michigan's Generation solar car in the Australian outback In just two days, the University of Michigan solar car team will begin their race in the World Solar Challenge from ...
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University of Maryland and Siemens PLM Partner to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers

University of Maryland and Siemens PLM Partner to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers

October 1, 2013
Last month we announced an important in-kind software grant to University of Maryland (UMD). This week I wanted to provide a little more of the story and tell you why Siemens and UMD are making this ...
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Mettler Toledo Weighs in on PLM for Precision Instruments at Analyst Event

Mettler Toledo Weighs in on PLM for Precision Instruments at Analyst Event

October 1, 2013
Hilmar Brunn of Mettler Toledo Mettler Toledo is a manufacturer of precision instruments for laboratory, industrial, and food retail use. Hilmar Brunn presented at the Siemens PLM Software anal...
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Interview with Shipbuilder Lürssen at Siemens PLM Analyst Event

Interview with Shipbuilder Lürssen at Siemens PLM Analyst Event

September 27, 2013
Dr. Klaus Borgschulte, Lürssen For those of you out there who own a luxury yacht, this blog post is not for you. You are already well aware of the detailed process that went into developing you...
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IDC Analyst Chris Holmes Shares Insights from Siemens PLM Analyst Event

IDC Analyst Chris Holmes Shares Insights from Siemens PLM Analyst Event

September 18, 2013
I caught up with Chris Holmes, head of Asia Pacific IDC Insights, at our analyst event. He's done some interesting research recently on Big Data & Analytics - Core to Next-Gen Manufacturing.&nbsp...
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Welcome University of Maryland to our Academic Partner Community!

Welcome University of Maryland to our Academic Partner Community!

September 18, 2013
Yesterday we announced a record grant to the University of Maryland. Read the press releaseand watch this video to learn more about how they'll be using Siemens PLM software in their curr...
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CTO Paul Sicking Discusses Industry Catalyst Series, PLM Components & 4GD

CTO Paul Sicking Discusses Industry Catalyst Series, PLM Components & 4GD

September 17, 2013
I caught up with our CTO Paul Sicking at the analyst event to get his take on a few items, including the Industry Catalyst Series, the Belmont Technology news and 4GD (4th Generation D...
By Dora Smith
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United Launch Alliance’s CEO Michael Gass at Siemens PLM Analyst Event

United Launch Alliance’s CEO Michael Gass at Siemens PLM Analyst Event

September 13, 2013
Meet Michael Gass, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA). He spoke at our analyst event last week on ULA's "Siemens experience." He shares in the video interview below how his work is a "...
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CIMdata’s John MacKrell Shares Shipbuilding Industry Insights

CIMdata’s John MacKrell Shares Shipbuilding Industry Insights

September 11, 2013
Industry analyst firm CIMdata recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. So its senior consultants like John MacKrell have deep industry knowledge both in PLM and in specific industry niches. John has...
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Siemens PLM’s Bill Carrelli Provides Update From Analyst Event

Siemens PLM’s Bill Carrelli Provides Update From Analyst Event

September 9, 2013
Last week, our executives met with PLM industry analysts and media in Boston. It's an annual event where executives from our company and our customers share where we're at and where we're headed. We ...
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Siemens PLM CTO Paul Sicking Tells Student Engineers to go High Def With PLM

Siemens PLM CTO Paul Sicking Tells Student Engineers to go High Def With PLM

August 29, 2013
At the PACE Annual Forum last month, our CTO Paul Sicking educated future engineers on High Definition PLM (HD-PLM). He shared with PACE student engineers how we manage innovation and challenged...
By Dora Smith
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Meet PACE Team 1 Student Engineers & Their Innovative Mobility Device

Meet PACE Team 1 Student Engineers & Their Innovative Mobility Device

August 28, 2013
At the PACE Annual Forum last month, seven teams from 32 universities addressed urban mobility in the PACE Portable Assisted Mobility Device (PAMD) project - a two-year global collaboration project i...
By Dora Smith
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Meet VMH International’s Dream Team of Student Engineers

Meet VMH International’s Dream Team of Student Engineers

August 26, 2013
Meet Taylor Jay, Steven Ver Halen, Michelle Erbs, Deck Slone and Tony Bindbeutel. Together they are the “Dream Team” at VMH International, one of our platinum channel partners. This is the second sum...
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Meet Purdue University Student Engineers Kevin Oswald and Adam Fogarty

Meet Purdue University Student Engineers Kevin Oswald and Adam Fogarty

August 22, 2013
PACE and EcoCAR are two different real-world academic programs we support. So I did a double take when I saw an EcoCAR presentation on the agenda for the PACE Annual Forum. EcoCAR 2 student engine...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Student Engineer Garrett Fielding

Meet Student Engineer Garrett Fielding

August 13, 2013
Garrett Fielding was on stage at PLM Connection in June discussing solar car design during Bill Boswell’s keynote: What Has Red Arms, Green Wheels and Defies Gravity? After he exited the stage Chuck ...
By Dora Smith
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PACE Alum Paul Nelson of ATK Inspires Student Engineers

PACE Alum Paul Nelson of ATK Inspires Student Engineers

August 9, 2013
Paul Nelson, PLM architect at ATK, presented to student engineers at the recent PACE Annual Forum. He shared his PACE story from his college days at Brigham Young University (BYU). Attending a P...
By Dora Smith
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What Has Red Arms, Green Wheels and Defies Gravity?

What Has Red Arms, Green Wheels and Defies Gravity?

August 8, 2013
If you missed PLM Connection, catch a replay of Bill Boswell's keynote:What Has Red Arms, Green Wheels and Defies Gravity? It includes live Q&A with an educator and students fr...
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What Has Red Arms, Green Wheels and Defies Gravity?

What Has Red Arms, Green Wheels and Defies Gravity?

July 30, 2013
For those of you who couldn't make it to PLM Connection last month, Bill Boswell's shared some great academic stories in his keynote presentation. Spoiler alert: the answer to What Has Red Arms, Gree...
By Dora Smith
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Beyond Prototyping: 3D Printing to Additive Manufacturing at Siemens

Beyond Prototyping: 3D Printing to Additive Manufacturing at Siemens

July 30, 2013
Siemens Corporate Technology shares in this video examples of how 3D printing can now be used for additive manufacturing. In laster sintering, a laser beam melts metal powder at exact...
By Dora Smith
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Student Engineers Address Urban Mobility at PACE Annual Forum

Student Engineers Address Urban Mobility at PACE Annual Forum

July 29, 2013
PACE or Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education links GM and software/hardware partners with select academic institutions worldwide to develop the automotive PLM team...
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Free CAE and CAM training webinars

Free CAE and CAM training webinars

July 16, 2013
I just got the latest PLM in Action webinar e-mail that lets you know of free training webinars. Here are two I thought the educator community would be interested in. Check out the 10-w...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Student Engineer Tom Gorgia

Meet Student Engineer Tom Gorgia

July 15, 2013
Meet Tom Gorgia, a student engineer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Tom begins his junior year of school next month. I met Tom at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition in May. He shares more a...
By Dora Smith
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Teamcenter Rapid Start

Teamcenter Rapid Start

June 25, 2013
Our Teamcenter team recently announcedTeamcenter Rapid Startto help companies and schools get up and running with PDM quickly and cost-effectively. In a blog post onSimplifying P...
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Come Along for an EcoCAR Ride and Drive

Come Along for an EcoCAR Ride and Drive

June 21, 2013
I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to be a part of the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition where I met some of the amazing future engineers in the photo above - like Nick Skadberg, Zach Stephens and Laura ...
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Meet Graduate Student Engineer Laura Nash of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Meet Graduate Student Engineer Laura Nash of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

June 20, 2013
At the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition, I met Laura Nash from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. (That's her on the far left in the photo above.) Laura is a graduate student who brings to the Rose-Hu...
By Dora Smith
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Meet New Engineer Zach Stephens

Meet New Engineer Zach Stephens

June 19, 2013
Zach Stephens is a recent graduate of Colorado State University (CSU) and EcoCAR2 teammate of Nick Skadberg. I interviewed Zach at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition. See our video and blog intervie...
By Dora Smith
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Learning Advantage for Academia

Learning Advantage for Academia

June 19, 2013
Check out thenew Learning Advantage offering just for academia . You can learn more on ournew Training Resources web page . This self-paced training is convenient and...
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Meet New Engineer Nick Skadberg

Meet New Engineer Nick Skadberg

June 17, 2013
Nick Skadberg just graduated from Colorado State University. He is now working at Siemens Infrastructure & Cities as an energy engineer. I interviewed him at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition a few ...
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Meet Greenpower Challenge Champion Luke Horsfall

Meet Greenpower Challenge Champion Luke Horsfall

June 14, 2013
Meet Luke Horsfall - the 2012 Greenpower Challenge. By day Luke is working as a composite design engineer for Formaplex, a rapid engineering company that specializes in injection-mold tooling, compos...
By Dora Smith
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Student engineer Sean Webb shares how cool Greenpower and Solid Edge are

Student engineer Sean Webb shares how cool Greenpower and Solid Edge are

June 12, 2013
We introduced you to future engineer Sean Webb last month. I got to meet him in real life at the Greenpower Challenge Sunday. Above, Sean prepares Team USA's driver and car for the start of the race ...
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Jeremy Way of Greenpower discusses how the organization encourages more student engineers

Jeremy Way of Greenpower discusses how the organization encourages more student engineers

June 11, 2013
At the Greenpower regional heat on Sunday, I spoke with Jeremy Way, CEO of the Greenpower Education Trust to learn a little more about the organization and why he joined it. Jeremy is pictured here w...
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David Cullimore shares his Greenpower experience at Goodwood

David Cullimore shares his Greenpower experience at Goodwood

June 10, 2013
The leader of the pack at the Greenpower regional event at Goodwood today was David Cullimore. The majority of Greenpower teams are school organizations. That's where David got his feet wet....
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Nick Peterson of Greenpower Team USA on his first electric car race

Nick Peterson of Greenpower Team USA on his first electric car race

June 9, 2013
A year ago Nick Peterson attended Solid Edge University and shared he was interested in the Greenpower real-world project because itprovides experience in aerodynamics, electrical and mechanic...
By Dora Smith
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Tecnomatix Community Update on Oakland University PLM Course

Tecnomatix Community Update on Oakland University PLM Course

May 31, 2013
Please check out our product specific communities. For example my colleagues in the Tecnomatix Community just shared an update on a new PLM course at Oakland University. Read this article from OU for...
By Dora Smith
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EcoCAR2 Year Two Competition Report

EcoCAR2 Year Two Competition Report

May 30, 2013
Several of us were at the EcoCAR 2 Year Two Competition last week in San Diego. Check out the news release and related links for more information on the event and program. Penn Stat...
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Case Studies on Schools With Siemens PLM Software

Case Studies on Schools With Siemens PLM Software

May 15, 2013
There are a number of new case studies on universities and colleges using Siemens PLM software. I wanted to provide you a shortcut link to all our academic case studies, as well as share these links ...
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Principia Solar Car Update and Interview with Student Engineer Kali McKee

Principia Solar Car Update and Interview with Student Engineer Kali McKee

May 15, 2013
You may remember Kali from our post The Secret to Designing Solar Cars. Now I’d like to share a little bit more from and about her. This semester I got the chance to visit the Principia Solar Team in...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Sean Webb

Meet Future Engineer Sean Webb

May 8, 2013
Meet Sean Webb, a first year student at Calhoun Community College. His story is one that highlights how important real-world projects are in STEM education. For Sean the project that did it was Green...
By Dora Smith
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Check Out These CAD CAM CAE Training Webinars

Check Out These CAD CAM CAE Training Webinars

May 7, 2013
If you're not already subscribed to our bi-weekly e-mails on live and recorded webinars, check out these CAD, CAM and CAE webinars. The first is by industry analyst Chad Jackson. The CAM and CAE webi...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Student Engineer Dylan Van Dyne

Meet Student Engineer Dylan Van Dyne

May 1, 2013
Meet Dylan Van Dyne, a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He’s finishing up this senior semester with work on an interesting personal mobility device. When did you k...
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Car Design News Features PACE Project

Car Design News Features PACE Project

April 17, 2013
Car Design News recently featured an overview of Portable Assisted Mobility Device (PAMD). The magazine will be following the teams along as they complete the design this year. Stay tuned for more in...
By Dora Smith
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Check Out These Free Training Webinars

Check Out These Free Training Webinars

March 26, 2013
If you are looking for additional training resources, check out our events webpage. It features live and on demand events. Afew you might be interested in: March 28: NX Industrial Design & St...
By Dora Smith
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Check out the new EcoCar 3 video

Check out the new EcoCar 3 video

March 21, 2013
GM and the U.S. Department of Energy team up again on the next EcoCAR competition. Hear more from both on why real-world projects are so important in developing the next generation of engineers. &n...
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Siemens promotes STEM subjects with free school software

Siemens promotes STEM subjects with free school software

March 18, 2013
Siemens PLM is donating licenses for its Solid Edge CAD software to schools in the Barrow-in-Furness area "In cooperation with the Barrow Engineering Partnership (BEP) and BAE systems, Sie...
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Cal State LA and Siemens PLM Software Collaborate on EcoCAR2

Cal State LA and Siemens PLM Software Collaborate on EcoCAR2

March 9, 2013
Over on the GreenGarageBlog, the Cal State Los Angeles team shared a blog post and video they produced on their use of NX and Teamcenter on their EcoCAR 2 vehicle. "Siemens PLM Software:...
By Dora Smith
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Key Projects and Competitions

Key Projects and Competitions

March 6, 2013
Check out our Projects & Competitions page for links to the key student challenges and competitions we're involved with. They include EcoCAR2, Greenpower, PACE. Also remind your stud...
By Dora Smith
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Solid Edge for High Schools

Solid Edge for High Schools

March 6, 2013
This past November we announced the Solid Edge High School Edition. It is available for free to instructors in secondary schools, for use within both curricular and extracurricular activities. Please...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Software Engineer Rachel Ruggieri

Meet Software Engineer Rachel Ruggieri

February 22, 2013
Happy Engineers Week to all of you current and budding mechanical and software engineers! The theme of this year’s week is “Celebrate Awesome.” So let’s honor some of the awesome engineering brains b...
By Dora Smith
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Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

February 15, 2013
Here is the latest podcast in my Chat with Chuck series. Chuck Grindstaff is president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. This time we cover: new employee growth new inventions like mass...
By Dora Smith
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Student Engineers Plug In To EcoCAR2 Winter Workshop

Student Engineers Plug In To EcoCAR2 Winter Workshop

January 24, 2013
Last week we gave shout out for Kid Inventor Day. Today let's give a shout out to all those student inventors back at school and back at work on real-world design challenges. I especially want to rec...
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Inspiring the Kid Inventor in You

Inspiring the Kid Inventor in You

January 18, 2013
Happy Kid Inventor Day! Last night I asked my son what he would like to invent. He told me software that works on all computers ;-). He gets frustrated when the operating systems of my iPad or his ne...
By Dora Smith
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Math-mazing Snowflakes

Math-mazing Snowflakes

December 21, 2012
For you student and real-life engineers who want some inspiration beyond Mayan math today, I thought I’d share the latest in mathematician Vihart’s fun and educational videos. Check out Snowflakes, S...
By Dora Smith
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Interview With Dr. Hans Hoyer of the Engineering Education Organization IFEES

Interview With Dr. Hans Hoyer of the Engineering Education Organization IFEES

December 13, 2012
We work with many academic organizations around the globe. We recently updated our strategic affiliations web page to note the ones we work closest with. I want to highlight one of those organization...
By Dora Smith
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Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

December 5, 2012
Chuck Grindstaff is president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. In my latest Chat With Chuck, we covered some interesting ground. Listen in to hear his thoughts on: merging cultures and innovati...
By Dora Smith
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The Secret to Designing Solar Cars

The Secret to Designing Solar Cars

December 1, 2012
Earlier this week we had a visit at our St. Louis office from Principia College. They brought their solar car that placed third in the American Solar Car Challenge this summer. Students shared storie...
By Dora Smith
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Why Patrick Hillberg Became an Engineer

Why Patrick Hillberg Became an Engineer

November 13, 2012
If you’ve heard the name Patrick Hillberg before, perhaps it’s from the press release we did earlier this year on Oakland University’s (OU) new PLM course. Patrick is designing that course. Siemens P...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Carolyn Boos

Meet Future Engineer Carolyn Boos

October 25, 2012
Carolyn Boos is a sophomore at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). She is one of our monthly design contest winners for this prosthetic arm designed in Solid Edge software. Here i...
By Dora Smith
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Data Highlights Crisis in Manufacturing (Infographic)

Data Highlights Crisis in Manufacturing (Infographic)

September 24, 2012
guest blog post by Bill Boswell, senior director of partner strategy, Siemens PLM Software Are we on the verge of a crisis in manufacturing? Three circumstances - a global aging workforce, increas...
By Dora Smith
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Academic Event in the UK

Academic Event in the UK

September 19, 2012
Guest blog post by Anna Garton, GO PLM Academic coordinator for EMEA Last week, we held an academic conference at Loughborough University in the UK. The school’s mechanical and manufacturing en...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Runze Gao

Meet Future Engineer Runze Gao

September 18, 2012
Runze is a senior at W J Mouat Secondary school in Abbotsford, BC, Canada. He is one our student design contest winners for this battleship designed in Solid Edge software. He is pictured above with ...
By Dora Smith
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Interview With Rose-Hulman Students on Daniel’s Prosthesis

Interview With Rose-Hulman Students on Daniel’s Prosthesis

September 13, 2012
I hope you've seen the new Siemens /answers Helping Hand video that came out a couple weeks ago. The views keep growing - about 120,000 as I type this. Since it came out we've had a chance to ...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineers and Inventors Will, Nick and Franco

Meet Future Engineers and Inventors Will, Nick and Franco

August 16, 2012
You've already met two of the students in this picture from my previous posts - David Paulk and Michael Nunnelly. Here David and Michael are talking to three students from the Huntsville Center ...
By Dora Smith
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Meet New Engineer Jesse Alley

Meet New Engineer Jesse Alley

August 9, 2012
What do football and engineering have in common? For Jesse Alley, it was a conversation during a football game that eventually led to his first gig as an engineer. Jesse received a bachelor’s degree ...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Alexey Rogovoy

Meet Future Engineer Alexey Rogovoy

August 3, 2012
Alexey Rogovoy won third place in a recent student design contest in Russia. He is a fourth year student of Chuvash Ulyianov State University. His project was this truck transformer developed with So...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Igor Karmakov

Meet Future Engineer Igor Karmakov

August 1, 2012
Igor Karmakov won second place in a recent student design contest in Russia. He is a third year student of Voronezh State Engineering University. He created his the project “Sportcar Star Way” with N...
By Dora Smith
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Free Digital Manufacturing Software for Students

Free Digital Manufacturing Software for Students

July 31, 2012
Yesterday I was reading a blog post about a boot camp for new engineers. The class bridges a gap in education and teaches new engineers how to “design, implement, checkout and commission a process co...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Lubov Voitova

Meet Future Engineer Lubov Voitova

July 30, 2012
Lubov Voitova won first place in our recent student design contest in Russia. She is a fifth year student of Belgorod Shukhov State Technological University. Lubov submitted this kinematics and dynam...
By Dora Smith
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Why Mark Thompson Chose a Career in Engineering

Why Mark Thompson Chose a Career in Engineering

July 21, 2012
Why did Mark Thompson choose a career in the engineering and manfacturing industry? Because he’s a people person. Not all work in the this industry is done on the computer. Mark Thompson does a lot o...
By Dora Smith
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Rocket City High School Engineering Projects

Rocket City High School Engineering Projects

July 17, 2012
Do you wish you could go back and relive high school or college? I hear it quite a bit these days from engineers. It’s not just wisdom talking, wishing they could go back in time knowing all they kno...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Oksana Bondarenko

Meet Future Engineer Oksana Bondarenko

July 15, 2012
Oksana Bondarenko attends Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute in the Ukraine and is one of our student design contest winners. Here is the robot she designed in NX: Here is a little more inform...
By Dora Smith
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Why Doug Stainbrook Became an Engineer

Why Doug Stainbrook Became an Engineer

July 13, 2012
Doug Stainbrook spent 10 years as an engineer designing plastic injection molds and machines. Then his career took a turn when he attended a training class. He enjoyed it so much that he wanted to be...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Sebastian Żuraw

Meet Future Engineer Sebastian Żuraw

July 12, 2012
That’s Sebastian Zuraw on the right receiving a student design award at the recent PLM Connection Poland event. To his left are Siemens PLM Software employees Aleksandra Borys, marketing manager, and...
By Dora Smith
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Why Dan Staples Became an Engineer

Why Dan Staples Became an Engineer

July 10, 2012
Why did Dan Staples become an engineer? “Tumbling shaded blocks!” That’s what stole Dan’s heart and mind nearly 30 years ago and inspired him to become a software engineer. If he had not seen th...
By Dora Smith
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How Jim Wright Went From Finance to the Shop Floor

How Jim Wright Went From Finance to the Shop Floor

July 3, 2012
There were two things I knew about Jim Wright before I met him. He lives in the country and is passionate about CAM. Both of these came through various Twitter conversations before we ever met in rea...
By Dora Smith
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Why Mark Burhop Became an Engineer

Why Mark Burhop Became an Engineer

June 29, 2012
For those of you who only know Mark Burhop by his avatar (above), below is a rare exclusive video so you can see what he really looks and sounds like. Why did he become an engineer? Because he was...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer David Paulk

Meet Future Engineer David Paulk

June 15, 2012
Edison2's Brad Jaeger noted in our interview that he was "blown away" with the Solid Edge skills of the Auburn University FSAE engineers. One of those engineers you already met - Michael Nunnelly. Th...
By Dora Smith
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Inspiring Future Engineers With Greenpower

Inspiring Future Engineers With Greenpower

June 15, 2012
One of the interesting STEM projects we’re involved with is Greenpower. It is a design-make-race challenge to encourage students of all ages to consider a STEM career. It is a compelling challenge...
By Dora Smith
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Why Brad Jaeger Became an Engineer

Why Brad Jaeger Became an Engineer

June 15, 2012
It was inspiring to see three “generations” of Solid Edge users interacting this week - professional, college and high school engineers all talking and sharing ideas. The student engineers enjoyed ta...
By Dora Smith
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Why Oleg Shilovitsky Became an Engineer

Why Oleg Shilovitsky Became an Engineer

June 14, 2012
At Solid Edge University, I got my first live demo of Inforbix (the name meaning information business exchange). As Oleg Shilovitsky showed me the apps, reports, tables and charts, I found similariti...
By Dora Smith
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Podcast With Frank Mill of University of Edinburgh

Podcast With Frank Mill of University of Edinburgh

June 5, 2012
Nearly five years ago when I was researching this thing called "social media", I came across a Solid Edge network on Ning for students at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Today I got to chat ...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Michael Nunnelly

Meet Future Engineer Michael Nunnelly

June 2, 2012
Actually make that CURRENT engineer. Michael just graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering, with minors in Automotive Engineering and Manufacturing and ...
By Dora Smith
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Closing the Technical Workforce Gap

Closing the Technical Workforce Gap

May 31, 2012
Yesterday, I shared Bill Boswell's Crisis in Manufacturing presentation from PLM Connection. In the middle of his presentation was this cute video on the STEM skills gap. It was a TV spot fo...
By Dora Smith
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Crisis in Manufacturing

Crisis in Manufacturing

May 31, 2012
Today this tweet from Manufacturing Executive caught my eye on the #workforce Twitter stream: Chris Chiappinelli’s blog post, Attacking the Manufacturing Workforce Issue, highlights workforc...
By Dora Smith
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Why Become an Engineer?

Why Become an Engineer?

May 24, 2012
I've been spotlighting future engineers to show you some of the great work student engineers are doing. At PLM Connection, surrounded by 1,800 folks who pursued careers in the engineering industry, I...
By Dora Smith
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You’re Hired – Engineering Apprenticeships Develop Future Engineers

You’re Hired – Engineering Apprenticeships Develop Future Engineers

May 22, 2012
Meet Tom Lockwood, a student engineer turned real-life engineer through AESSEAL's pioneering apprentice program. Young engineers like Tom in industry-academic programs like AESSEAL's help close the c...
By Dora Smith
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Project-Based Design and Build Courses at Illinois State University

Project-Based Design and Build Courses at Illinois State University

May 16, 2012
Those are Kevin Devine's hands showing a tool changer rack his students designed. Kevin, an associate professor at Illinois State University, presented last week at PLM Connection on using NX in...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Instructor and Industrial Technologist Joe Vanstrom

Meet Instructor and Industrial Technologist Joe Vanstrom

May 15, 2012
Joe Vanstrom says his job as program chair and industrial technology instructor is "a dream come true." The 6'6" former Iowa State offensive lineman stood a bit taller than most of the attendees at l...
By Dora Smith
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Higher Engineering Education From Arizona to Vietnam

Higher Engineering Education From Arizona to Vietnam

May 11, 2012
Little did Octavio Heredia know when he was doing software engineering for distance learning years ago that one day similar work would take him all the way to Vietnam. He is pictured above getti...
By Dora Smith
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Michigan Tech Summer Youth CAM Camp

Michigan Tech Summer Youth CAM Camp

May 11, 2012
It's that time of year when I'm booking my boys into summer camps. After the FIRST Robotics Competition, they are definitely signed up for a robotics camp. There are a lot of great summer programs fo...
By Dora Smith
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A Conversation With DOL’s Jane Oates

A Conversation With DOL’s Jane Oates

May 10, 2012
By now you may have heard we had a unique keynote presentation Tuesday at PLM Connection. Typically customers speak about what is happening in their business and how they are apply PLM technology to ...
By Dora Smith
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Meet FIRST Robotics Science Teacher Lisa Harding

Meet FIRST Robotics Science Teacher Lisa Harding

May 2, 2012
Just before the FIRST Robotics Championship last week I sat down with Lisa Harding, a chemical engineer and science teacher at Westminster Christian Academy. Lisa has so much passion for her students...
By Dora Smith
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Meet FIRST Robotics Mentor Tim Terlouw

Meet FIRST Robotics Mentor Tim Terlouw

May 2, 2012
Cyborg Cats engineers Lauren Moore and James Zandstra mentioned the Boeing mentors who helped them in the build of their robot. Those "real life engineers" are key to the FIRST experience f...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer James Zandstra

Meet Future Engineer James Zandstra

May 1, 2012
  Meet future engineer James Zandstra - a junior at Westminster Christian Academy. I joined him and his Cyborg Cats teammates on the floor during one of the matches last week....
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Lauren Moore

Meet Future Engineer Lauren Moore

May 1, 2012
Last week at the FIRST Robotics Championship, I met Lauren Moore, the project leader of the Westminster Cyborg Cats - pictured in the center of the pit picture above. Lauren is considering a fut...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Ryan He

Meet Future Engineer Ryan He

May 1, 2012
Last week at the FIRST Robotics Championship, I met Ryan He. Ryan is a Westminster Cyborg Cat and teammate of Jonathan Bopp. I talked with Ryan after each of the first two matches. It'...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineer Jonathan Bopp

Meet Future Engineer Jonathan Bopp

April 26, 2012
Maybe that title should read future “imagineer” since that’s what Jonathan Bopp wants to be one day. Today Jonathan and the Westminster Cyborg Cats will be at the FIRST Robotics National Championship...
By Dora Smith
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Community College Best Practice Revitalizes Manufacturing

Community College Best Practice Revitalizes Manufacturing

April 23, 2012
This weekend the Des Moines Register reported that "Iowa sees shortage of skilled workers." It's not unique to Iowa. Technically skilled workforce shortages abound in the United States. It'...
By Dora Smith
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Meet Future Engineers Luke Jones and Nathan Wygal

Meet Future Engineers Luke Jones and Nathan Wygal

April 18, 2012
Today, Wikipedia says one of the notable past residents of Searcy, Arkansas, is current Arkansas governor Mike Beebe. In the future, the names Luke Jones and Nathan Wygal might be on that list. Th...
By Dora Smith
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Inspiring STEM Careers with a Big Bang

Inspiring STEM Careers with a Big Bang

April 13, 2012
The more I dive into my new gig, the more amazed I am at all the great academic programs happening around the world. This week is National Robotics Week in the U.S. Recently EngineeringUK led Big Ban...
By Dora Smith
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EcoCAR 2 In The News

EcoCAR 2 In The News

March 16, 2012
There have been some interesting stories the past few weeks from EcoCAR2 land that reinforce why students should get involved in these hybrid projects. And why companies are investing in real-wo...
By Dora Smith
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Future Engineer Series: Meet Zach Penland

Future Engineer Series: Meet Zach Penland

March 1, 2012
Zach Penland is a sophomore at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He modeled a pair of headphones in Solid Edge. The design and rendering won him the best student image of the year and ear...
By Dora Smith
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Future Engineer Series: Meet Caroline Tomlinson

Future Engineer Series: Meet Caroline Tomlinson

February 29, 2012
Caroline Tomlinson just graduated from Auburn University and is working as a retail industrial designer. It’s a bit of a jump from where she began her career aspirations. She started off at Auburn as...
By Dora Smith
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Future Engineer Series: Meet Jon Nibert

Future Engineer Series: Meet Jon Nibert

February 22, 2012
It’s National Engineer’s Week in the U.S. It’s a time to honor past, current and future engineers. So meet future automotive engineer Jon Nibert. Jon was always pretty sure he wanted to be an enginee...
By Dora Smith
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Dora’s New Gig

Dora’s New Gig

January 30, 2012
The other night I was reading this book about inventions to my boys. My older son asked if my company’s software was used to make any of them. It was great to hear his interest in not just the invent...
By Dora Smith
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Welcoming Mark Subramaniam to our Blogsquad

Welcoming Mark Subramaniam to our Blogsquad

January 7, 2012
Up until now, our esteemed bloggers Mark Burhop and Al Robertson were the lone CAE voices on this blog. They've blogged about the finer side of finite element analysis and impressed us with terms lik...
By Dora Smith
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PLM Connection Europe Summarized and Storified

PLM Connection Europe Summarized and Storified

October 26, 2011
View "Siemens PLM Connection Europe Summary" on Storify
By Dora Smith
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Marenco Clean Sheets a New Helicopter

Marenco Clean Sheets a New Helicopter

October 24, 2011
Those that know me know I'm a bit partial to the Swiss given family connections there. So I was keen to hear the Marenco Swiss Helicopter presentation at last week's PLM Connection Europe event. CEO ...
By Dora Smith
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Andy Parnell of Rolls Royce at PLM Connection

Andy Parnell of Rolls Royce at PLM Connection

October 17, 2011
Andy Parnell is global integration manager at Rolls-Royce. He presented today on the company's PLM Journey. In our video interview, he says they focus quite a bit of energy on trying to simplify thei...
By Dora Smith
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Guten Morgen From Siemens PLM Connection Europe 2011

Guten Morgen From Siemens PLM Connection Europe 2011

October 17, 2011
Hello from Linz, Austria where we're kicking off Siemens PLM Connection Europe. Approximately 850 customers and partners and Siemens employees are gathered here to share knowledge and best practices ...
By Dora Smith
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Analyst Event Recap Storified

Analyst Event Recap Storified

September 15, 2011
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By Dora Smith
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Soundbite From Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown

Soundbite From Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown

September 10, 2011
Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity attended our analyst event this week. In this video soundbite he shares some of his recent research on product complexity, social innovation and systems engineering. "One...
By Dora Smith
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Mobile PLM 2.0

Mobile PLM 2.0

September 9, 2011
On Wednesday we announced Teamcenter Mobility 2.0, our latest mobile PLM release.  Yesterday Eric Sterling shared the app in more detail to analysts and editors attending our analyst event in Bo...
By Dora Smith
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Soundbite From CIMdata’s Ken Amann

Soundbite From CIMdata’s Ken Amann

September 8, 2011
Ken Amann, director of research at CIMdata, shares in this video soundbite his insights on the latest trends in the PLM market. He also notes takeaways from presentations at this analyst event. He...
By Dora Smith
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Aerojet Propels Product Development With Decision-Based Data

Aerojet Propels Product Development With Decision-Based Data

September 8, 2011
John Hodur, principal quality engineer at Aerojet, spoke yesterday at our analyst and media event. He emphasized decision-based data. One technology they use to enable that is our Tecnomatix Dimensio...
By Dora Smith
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Tony Affuso Highlights Innovation and Customer Commitment

Tony Affuso Highlights Innovation and Customer Commitment

September 7, 2011
Tony Affuso presented this morning at our analyst/media event here in Boston. He focused on innovation, customer commitment and key areas we are winning business. He noted the culture of innovatio...
By Dora Smith
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Cyon Research’s Brad Holtz Soundbite

Cyon Research’s Brad Holtz Soundbite

September 7, 2011
Following on Stan's soundbite, Brad Holtz of Cyon Research shares what's happening in the industry from his point of view. He notes we are going in a different direction than our competitors. ...
By Dora Smith
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CIMdata’s Stan Przybylinski Soundbite

CIMdata’s Stan Przybylinski Soundbite

September 7, 2011
Today we kick off our two-day analyst and press event in Boston. In case you didn't see it yet, our president Chuck Grindstaff kicked off our event blogging with the first post about how we're innova...
By Dora Smith
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Innovation in Asia Pacific

Innovation in Asia Pacific

June 17, 2011
- Report by Molly Hwa Last week, we held our annual Asia Pacific Executive Client Event (APECE) in Singapore. Nominees of the APECE Innovation Awards shared lots of innovation inspiration. It was ...
By Dora Smith
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Happy Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday Blog

May 25, 2011
Does a blog have a birthday or an anniversary? This month, our blog turned 3. What do you get a blog for its birthday? I'm sure our blogsquad would suggest something that begins with i and ends...
By Dora Smith
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Welcoming Mike Atkins to the Blogsquad

Welcoming Mike Atkins to the Blogsquad

May 17, 2011
Meet Mike Atkins. He manages our D-Cubed Components development and support team. Mike has a engineering degree from the University of Cambridge and a PhD. He got his doctorate by computing the flow ...
By Dora Smith
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Geek Versions of X Games and American Idol From COFES

Geek Versions of X Games and American Idol From COFES

May 10, 2011
John Voeller thinks the keys to where we're headed in computing lie in geekier versions of X Games and American Idol. He's serious. The last question I asked Voeller and John Gage to address in ou...
By Dora Smith
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Decisions as Data From COFES and PLM Connection

Decisions as Data From COFES and PLM Connection

May 6, 2011
While I'm not at PLM Connection this week, I've been following the online conversations from our blogsquad, customers, media and analysts in attendance. When Chuck Grindstaff spoke on Monday, he spok...
By Dora Smith
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A Conversation on Computing and Water From COFES

A Conversation on Computing and Water From COFES

April 30, 2011
"Fifty years ago computer science didn't exist, today it is frothing into every aspect of life...By 2047 almost all information will be in cyberspace."" That is a quote from a book John Voeller hig...
By Dora Smith
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A Conversation on Computers as Companions From COFES

A Conversation on Computers as Companions From COFES

April 29, 2011
In the first part of my COFES conversation with John Gage and John Voeller, we discussed the importance of metaphors in computing discussions. Metaphors help us come to a common language and understa...
By Dora Smith
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A Conversation on Metaphors From COFES

A Conversation on Metaphors From COFES

April 27, 2011
Years ago I was chatting with a friend of mine who is an engineer at a large aerospace and defense company. As I was talking technology, PLM and other TLAs, he stopped me and said: "Dora, you ...
By Dora Smith
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Welcoming Tim Egloff to our Blogsquad

Welcoming Tim Egloff to our Blogsquad

April 27, 2011
For those of you who have been reading our blog for while,  you know Markus Erlmann as the voice of digital manufacturing and Tecnomatix here. (Last seen in a video on virtual commissioning from...
By Dora Smith
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Mobile PLM Discussions From COFES

Mobile PLM Discussions From COFES

April 22, 2011
One of the more interesting discussions for me at COFES was on mobile applications in the PLM environment. With our launch of Teamcenter Mobility two weeks ago, we wanted to discuss mobile PDM and PL...
By Dora Smith
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Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity From COFES

Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity From COFES

April 21, 2011
Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity presented at COFES on the results of an annual survey of industry decision makers. Survey responders noted their strategic priorities included new products and hiring. 67 pe...
By Dora Smith
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Augmented Reality From COFES

Augmented Reality From COFES

April 21, 2011
At an event like COFES, there is a lot of thought leadership in the air. It makes you wonder what big ideas will stick and what they will look like when they're implemented. One presentation on pract...
By Dora Smith
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The Future of Innovation From COFES

The Future of Innovation From COFES

April 20, 2011
I mentioned in my previous post - Reporting From COFES - that Brad Holtz connects new event attendees with veterans. My COFES mentor was Christian de Neef of Fast Track Consulting. Christian spoke on...
By Dora Smith
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Reporting From COFES

Reporting From COFES

April 18, 2011
The sun sets on COFES 2011 I spent the last few days at the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES). The agenda promised an interesting mix of thought leadership and discussion by b...
By Dora Smith
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Hannover Messe Recap

Hannover Messe Recap

April 11, 2011
Photo courtesy of our Siemens PLM Germany team via Flickr If you were like me last week, you weren't physically at Hannover Messe. But thanks to modern technology, aka social media, you could foll...
By Dora Smith
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Teamcenter Goes Mobile

Teamcenter Goes Mobile

April 5, 2011
Are you in the growing majority of mobile workers? The latest mobile research from Forrester notes 57% of all employees in 2010 are mobile and that number will increase to more than 90% by 2015. T...
By Dora Smith
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Innovation Leadership Summit Summary

Innovation Leadership Summit Summary

March 24, 2011
The pics my colleague Branco took at the Americas Innovation Leadership Summit made me really wish I was there. Of course her video reports from the event made me feel like I almost was. Below is a c...
By Dora Smith
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Chuck Grindstaff on Innovating Better Decisions in Product Development

Chuck Grindstaff on Innovating Better Decisions in Product Development

March 15, 2011
Our President Chuck Grindstaff presented at the Innovation Leadership Summit last week. “It doesn’t matter whether you are a aerospace company or a retail apparel company, you all have similar nee...
By Dora Smith
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Goodrich Aerospace CIO Steve Hagood on Global Enterprise Alignment

Goodrich Aerospace CIO Steve Hagood on Global Enterprise Alignment

March 15, 2011
Steve Hagood, VP and CIO of Goodrich Aerospace, presented at last week's Innovation Leadership Summit. He is responsible for managing the company’s global enterprise IT organization. He noted: "In...
By Dora Smith
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Fueling Innovation

Fueling Innovation

March 15, 2011
Mathias Boehmisch, manager of design services and configurationmanagement at the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC), attended last week's Innovation Leadership Summit. As the fuel center of exce...
By Dora Smith
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Ben Walker of Black Diamond on NX and Dramatically Shortened Design Cycles

Ben Walker of Black Diamond on NX and Dramatically Shortened Design Cycles

March 15, 2011
"The biggest challenge our type of products present is that it forces the design team to understand what it is our customers want and need. You can look at market research or study up on these acti...
By Dora Smith
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Bob Parker of IDC on Investments in a Recovering Economy

Bob Parker of IDC on Investments in a Recovering Economy

March 14, 2011
Bob Parker, group vice president for research at IDC Manufacturing Insights, attended our Innovation Leadership Summit last week. He shares in the video summary below some of the insights he took awa...
By Dora Smith
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Peter Bilello of CIMdata on Intellectual Assets as the Core of Innovation

Peter Bilello of CIMdata on Intellectual Assets as the Core of Innovation

March 12, 2011
Peter Bilello, president of CIMdata, presented on the theme of intellectual asset as the core of innovation at our Innovation Leadership Summit in Arizona. Below is a video overview from Peter, in wh...
By Dora Smith
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HBR Survey Finds PLM-Managed Innovation Improves Outcomes

HBR Survey Finds PLM-Managed Innovation Improves Outcomes

March 11, 2011
Angelia Herrin of Harvard Business Review presented at our Innovation Leadership Summit earlier in the week. HBR recently surveyed 1,200 readers who are in product development in a joint research pro...
By Dora Smith
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Phil Combs of Belcan at Innovation Leadership Summit

Phil Combs of Belcan at Innovation Leadership Summit

March 11, 2011
Phil Combs, president of Belcan Corporation, presented at our Innovation Leadership Summit this week. He shared how Belcan brings value to its global customers with PLM. Phil has worked with Siemens ...
By Dora Smith
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Innovation Leadership Summit Report

Innovation Leadership Summit Report

March 11, 2011
Here's an update from Branco on the Innovation Leadership Summit along with some video comments from our CEO and Chairman Tony Affuso. Stay tuned for some customer interviews we're uploading now. ...
By Dora Smith
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Americas Innovation Leadership Summit Kicks Off

Americas Innovation Leadership Summit Kicks Off

March 7, 2011
My colleague Branco Liu is at our Americas Innovation Leadership Summit this year and will share some outtakes this week. You can check out some pictures like the Hendricks Motorsports car below on o...
By Dora Smith
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Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 2

Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 2

February 23, 2011
Yesterday we shared part 1 of an interview with engineer Scott Wertel, where Scott talked about why he became an engineer, his career highlights, how engineering has changed since he graduated and w...
By Dora Smith
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Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 1

Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 1

February 21, 2011
To all current and prospective engineers out there, happy Engineers Week! We'd like to start this week with an interview with Scott Wertel, a degreed mechanical engineer and registered professional e...
By Dora Smith
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PLM Connection Americas Hotel Discount Ends Tomorrow

PLM Connection Americas Hotel Discount Ends Tomorrow

February 15, 2011
Today's mailbag blog post from Jerry reminded me of something in my mailbag - a reminder on the PLM Connection Americas hotel discount that ends tomorrow. If you're joining us May 2-5 in Las Vegas...
By Dora Smith
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Resolve to See if These 2011 Predictions Come True

Resolve to See if These 2011 Predictions Come True

January 27, 2011
In part one of this series we looked at some recommended reading materials. In part two, we discussed recommended mobile apps. Since then several more apps have entered the CAD scene. Part three look...
By Dora Smith
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Resolve to Download One of These Apps

Resolve to Download One of These Apps

January 14, 2011
In Part 1 of this Resolve series, we covered some interesting books to read. Now for Part 2 let's look at some recommended mobile apps. While most of these are for personal productivity or fun, it...
By Dora Smith
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Resolve to Read One of These Books This Year

Resolve to Read One of These Books This Year

January 10, 2011
Recommended reading by Develop3D editor Al Dean: I Miss My Pencil It's that time of year for resolutions, predictions, and lots of Top 10 of 2010 lists! The Engineer out of the UK recently shared ...
By Dora Smith
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PLM Connection Summary and Update

PLM Connection Summary and Update

November 30, 2010
If you attended PLM Connection Europe last month, you can now download the papers and presentations. You should have received an e-mail with a link to a survey and then access to the presentations. W...
By Dora Smith
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What Analyst Allan Behrens is Analyzing and Tweeting

What Analyst Allan Behrens is Analyzing and Tweeting

November 4, 2010
This week I shared What Industry Analysts Are Saying on the heels of our recent analyst conference. My conversations with these folks always migrates to what they're seeing and hearing in the market ...
By Dora Smith
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JT Open International Conference Report

JT Open International Conference Report

November 3, 2010
We've addressed open standards a bit on this blog. And is certainly a differentiating point I hear our executives emphasize at every event I attend. One recent event I was not able to attend was our ...
By Dora Smith
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What Industry Analysts Are Saying

What Industry Analysts Are Saying

November 1, 2010
As I mentioned in my last post, we held a Siemens Industry Software analyst conference recently. It was a chance to share with the analysts what is happening across the software lines of Siemens Indu...
By Dora Smith
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Lockheed Martin’s Digital Thread and PLM Approach

Lockheed Martin’s Digital Thread and PLM Approach

October 29, 2010
At our analyst event last month, Amy Gowder of Lockheed Martin presented on her company's PLM Approach. The title of her presentation: "Unprecedented Affordability, Productivity, Confidence and Fleet...
By Dora Smith
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Designing the Product for the Factory and Vice Versa

Designing the Product for the Factory and Vice Versa

October 27, 2010
In going through my notes from last week's PLM Connection Europe event, there were a few more highlights I wanted to share.  I was able to record a few minutes of Chuck's presentation that touch...
By Dora Smith
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Clearing the Clouds – HP on Cloud Computing

Clearing the Clouds – HP on Cloud Computing

October 25, 2010
It was a bit cloudy in Linz, Austria, last week. I took the photos above on Sunday before the conference from the view on top of Linz at the Pöstlingberg. The weather provided a nice backdrop to seve...
By Dora Smith
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Shipbuilding Simulation and Logistics at Flensburger

Shipbuilding Simulation and Logistics at Flensburger

October 25, 2010
Flensburger Shipyard (FSG) was established in 1872. That's nearly 140 years of building ships. Today their 730 employees produce 3-4 ships that can be up to 220m in length. Dirk Steinhauer heads the ...
By Dora Smith
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HP’s 3D Display and Color Printing Without Those Goofy Glasses

HP’s 3D Display and Color Printing Without Those Goofy Glasses

October 23, 2010
It looked like an optical illusion. I met briefly with Brian Armstrong of HP to find out what they were showcasing in their partner booth at PLM Connection. I was looking at a big screen displaying a...
By Dora Smith
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Bloodhound Inspires the Next Generation of Engineers

Bloodhound Inspires the Next Generation of Engineers

October 22, 2010
Richard Noble calls it "education by stealth." He originally met with the UK minister of education to see if he would help get a jet engine for Bloodhound's quest to break the land speed record. He ...
By Dora Smith
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Interview With Tony Affuso at PLM Connection

Interview With Tony Affuso at PLM Connection

October 19, 2010
Here is a brief interview with Tony Affuso at PLM Connection Europe. Tony updated attendees on Siemens PLM's strong performance, increased activity in the automotive space, as well as how the company...
By Dora Smith
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Interview with Steve Nevey of Redbull Racing

Interview with Steve Nevey of Redbull Racing

October 19, 2010
Steve Nevey started his career designing submarines but has spent more than 20 years designing and manufacturing Formula 1 race cars. He spoke today at PLM Connection Europe in Linz, Austria. Here's ...
By Dora Smith
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Steve Nevey of Redbull Racing Revs up PLM Connection Attendees

Steve Nevey of Redbull Racing Revs up PLM Connection Attendees

October 19, 2010
There's nothing like hearing a Formula 1 race car's engine revving up to get an audience engaged. Steve Nevey of Redbull Racing presented today at PLM Connection Europe. He's spent the past 22 years ...
By Dora Smith
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Product and Production Integration at Siemens VAI Metals Technologies

Product and Production Integration at Siemens VAI Metals Technologies

October 19, 2010
Yesterday I heard both Tony Affuso and Chuck Grindstaff highlight our continued focus on integrating product and production integration. The thing that is most compelling about customer events is you...
By Dora Smith
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Michael Hallack of Callaway Golf on the Design Equation

Michael Hallack of Callaway Golf on the Design Equation

October 18, 2010
Michael Hallack's claim to fame is probably one many product designers dream about. One of his designs - CAD screen and all - was in a superbowl commercial. Michael presented at PLM Connection Europe...
By Dora Smith
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Chuck Grindstaff Shares Siemens PLM Vision and Strategy

Chuck Grindstaff Shares Siemens PLM Vision and Strategy

October 18, 2010
In his first public appearance as president, Chuck Grindstaff shared with PLM Connection Europe attendees Siemens PLM's vision from a business, technology and solution standpoint. He covered a lot of...
By Dora Smith
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PLM Connection Europe Kicks Off

PLM Connection Europe Kicks Off

October 18, 2010
Guten Morgen from lovely Linz, Austria. More than 700 folks are here attending PLM Connection Europe this week. You can follow some of the activity here on our blog and on Twitter (hashtag: #plmconx)...
By Dora Smith
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From Machine Tools to Medical Implants at Deckel Maho Gildemeister (DMG)

From Machine Tools to Medical Implants at Deckel Maho Gildemeister (DMG)

October 14, 2010
While we didn't live blog our  Siemens Industry Software analyst a few weeks ago, I did capture a few interviews with some of the speakers that I wanted to share with you. With lots happening ri...
By Dora Smith
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Chuck Grindstaff Talks About New Role as President of Siemens PLM

Chuck Grindstaff Talks About New Role as President of Siemens PLM

October 7, 2010
At the Siemens Industry Software analyst event a couple weeks ago, Helmuth Ludwig ended the Q&A with analysts with a literal passing of a baton to Chuck Grindstaff. Chuck became president of Siem...
By Dora Smith
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Welcoming Al Robertson to our Blog Squad

Welcoming Al Robertson to our Blog Squad

September 20, 2010
I’d like to introduce you to a new voice joining our blog: Alastair Robertson. Alastair, aka Al,is the marketing manager for the Velocity Series CAE products including Femap with NX Nastran...
By Dora Smith
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Chuck Grindstaff for President

Chuck Grindstaff for President

August 26, 2010
In case you haven’t heard already, we will have some changes in our executive team starting Oct. 1. Our president Helmuth Ludwig is moving to a new role heading up Corporate Communications for Siemen...
By Dora Smith
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Welcoming Linda Kerdolff to our Blog Squad

Welcoming Linda Kerdolff to our Blog Squad

August 23, 2010
Hey folks, I want to introduce you to another new blogger to our team. Linda Kerdolff is a brand marketer with more than 20 years experience with consumer product manufacturers. She is a senior mark...
By Dora Smith
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Interview With Josh Mings of SolidSmack

Interview With Josh Mings of SolidSmack

August 19, 2010
Hey folks! Hope you missed me while I was out for a few weeks. I'm back. I was reading Mark Burhop's series on Practical Social Media and it reminded me that sitting in my inbox was Mr. Josh Ming'...
By Dora Smith
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PLM Connection Americas Summary

PLM Connection Americas Summary

July 16, 2010
The level of social media keeps increasing each year at the PLM Connection events. With so much content coming out of the event in Dallas, I wanted to share a summary post with key links for you to s...
By Dora Smith
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Managing Automotive Complexity

Managing Automotive Complexity

July 16, 2010
Managing complexity was a consistent theme at PLM Connection two weeks ago. We shared with customers ways in which the HD-PLM technology framework could help visualize and make sense of that complexi...
By Dora Smith
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More on Corporate Social Networking at PLM Connection

More on Corporate Social Networking at PLM Connection

July 13, 2010
I mentioned in my previous post on the Social Media presentation at PLM Connection that I'd ask Tord to share more on his detailed social networking presentation with Todd Meadows of Microsoft. You m...
By Dora Smith
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Welcoming Jeff Hojlo to our Blog Squad

Welcoming Jeff Hojlo to our Blog Squad

July 12, 2010
Folks, I want to introduce you to a new blogger on our team - Jeff Hojlo. He has more than 17 years of experience in our industry as an analyst, researcher and product marketer. You may have alrea...
By Dora Smith
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Social Media Presentation at PLM Connection

Social Media Presentation at PLM Connection

July 9, 2010
Last week I held a session at PLM Connection on Social Media in PLM. We did one in 2009 that covered industry research,  customer survey feedback and what we as a company were doing from a conte...
By Dora Smith
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Al Dean of Develop3D at PLM Connection

Al Dean of Develop3D at PLM Connection

July 7, 2010
Usually the CAD/PLM editors and analysts get to ask the tough questions. I like turning the tables on these folks and asking a few not-so-tough questions. They have a unique perspective since they ge...
By Dora Smith
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