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.

North Carolina Software Revolution

North Carolina Software Revolution

September 16, 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 12, 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 22, 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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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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