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Meet Rocket Engineer Joy Wobido

Meet Rocket Engineer Joy Wobido

March 3, 2014

It’s that time of year when parents are signing up their kids for summer camps. I wonder if Joy Wobido’s parents knew that the eighth grade space camp they signed her up for would lead to a career la…

By Dora Smith
4 MIN READ
Training the next generation of technical rock stars

Training the next generation of technical rock stars

February 27, 2014

“It’s up to us to create the thrill about being the next technical rock star.” – Steve Bashada, VP of  Industries, Siemens PLM Software Those words echoed through more than 430,000 sq…

By Dora Smith
2 MIN READ
Build the Future Event – Cincinnati, Ohio

Build the Future Event – Cincinnati, Ohio

February 18, 2014

Join us here to watch our Build The Future event live stream from Cincinnati, Ohio and talk about the Software Revolution happening on Wednesday, February 19th. “The manufacturing industry in Am…

By Dora Smith
< 1 MIN READ
RIT Formula SAE team uses Femap, achieves almost 3x more accurate torsion simulation

RIT Formula SAE team uses Femap, achieves almost 3x more accurate torsion simulation

February 11, 2014

The Formula SAE® competition is a student design competition organized by SAE International (formerly Society of Automotive Engineers).  Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been a long-s…

By AlRobertson
2 MIN READ
Get Calibrated!

Get Calibrated!

January 22, 2014

In the 1973 movie, Magnum Force, Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) battles a group of vigilante cops led by Inspector Briggs.  It’s a classic action movie with Callahan eliminating the v…

By John_W
4 MIN READ
Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

November 27, 2013

  Guest blog post by my colleague Dan Siqueira, Siemens PLM Software This past weekend Infiniti Red Bull Racing team became Formula One World Champions here in Brazil. The race was at the …

By Dora Smith
3 MIN READ
Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

November 7, 2013

Meet Nicolas Hunter, Atiba Brereton and Matthew Clarke – three very bright future engineers at Howard University. I first met the trio at the PACE Annual Forum in late July where they won first place…

By Dora Smith
3 MIN READ
Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

October 25, 2013

Lucas Shoults is a first-year graduate student engineer at Virginia Tech (VT). He is majoring in mechanical engineering and is the business manager of VT’s EcoCAR 2 team. I met Lucas at the EcoCAR 2 …

By Dora Smith
3 MIN READ
A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

October 17, 2013

I visited the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland (UMD) in September to sit down with Dr. Jewel Barlow, one of the advocates who helped bring Siemens PLM software on campus to locations li…

By Dora Smith
2 MIN READ