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

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

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…

Meet Future Engineer and Rodeo Star Colt Capurro

Meet Future Engineer and Rodeo Star Colt Capurro

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…

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…

Michigan Solar Car team wins eighth national championship

Michigan Solar Car team wins eighth national championship

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…

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…

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

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…

Pennsylvania Software Revolution

Pennsylvania Software Revolution

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…

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…