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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
3 MIN READ
Why Mark Burhop Became an Engineer

Why Mark Burhop Became an Engineer

June 28, 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
2 MIN READ
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
2 MIN READ
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
3 MIN READ