GM Executives Inspire Future Engineers at PACE Annual Forum

GM Executives Inspire Future Engineers at PACE Annual Forum

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…

New inventions on display at Maker Faire Detroit

New inventions on display at Maker Faire Detroit

With Solid Edge, we’re very interested in the “maker movement” which is all about new applications of technology and encourages invention and prototyping; so we are excited to be participating&n…

Plant Simulation Conference: Achieving peak performance

Plant Simulation Conference: Achieving peak performance

Designing and maintaining optimal efficiency of production operations is a challenge without the ability to accurately predict the real-world performance of manufacturing plans. How to use plant…

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

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. …

Manufacturing a new Middle Class through Community Colleges

Manufacturing a new Middle Class through Community Colleges

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…

Solid Edge University UK, young engineers, & Microsoft Surface Pro

Solid Edge University UK, young engineers, & Microsoft Surface Pro

  Product showcase – one of many features of Solid Edge University UK Solid Edge University came to the UK last week and more than 200 Solid Edge users came together to share thei…

Real-World Student Competitions Go Beyond Engineering

Real-World Student Competitions Go Beyond Engineering

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…

New world-class rendering capabilities from KeyShot included with Solid Edge ST7

New world-class rendering capabilities from KeyShot included with Solid Edge ST7

Greenpower challenge electric car image created using KeyShot One of the major announcements at SEU14 was the addition of new, built-in rendering capabilities in Solid Edge ST7, provided b…

GrabCAD demonstrates cloud based collaboration for engineers at SEU14, selects Parasolid

GrabCAD demonstrates cloud based collaboration for engineers at SEU14, selects Parasolid

Viewing a Solid Edge assembly in GrabCAD Workbench This morning at Solid Edge University 2014 we welcomed Hardi Meybaum, CEO of GrabCAD to the main stage where he commented on today’s anno…