Cal State LA and Siemens PLM Software Collaborate on EcoCAR2

Cal State LA and Siemens PLM Software Collaborate on EcoCAR2

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:…

What most schools don’t teach

What most schools don’t teach

My friend, Matt Johnson, came across this great video on “coding” and sent it to those of us working on Solid Edge Developer Day.  It is inspirational. http://youtu.be/nKIu9yen5nc If y…

Meet Software Engineer Rachel Ruggieri

Meet Software Engineer Rachel Ruggieri

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…

Student Engineers Plug In To EcoCAR2 Winter Workshop

Student Engineers Plug In To EcoCAR2 Winter Workshop

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…

Inspiring the Kid Inventor in You

Inspiring the Kid Inventor in You

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…

Math-mazing Snowflakes

Math-mazing Snowflakes

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…

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

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

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…

Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

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…

The Secret to Designing Solar Cars

The Secret to Designing Solar Cars

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…