{"id":1046,"date":"2011-06-29T15:15:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T22:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Students-Solid-Edge-Edgelings\/ba-p\/334724"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:04:38","slug":"students-solid-edge-edgelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/students-solid-edge-edgelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Students + Solid Edge = Edgelings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>At the Solid Edge ST4 Event (yes, I am still writing about it even though it happened two weeks ago!), Siemens PLM Software announced a (re)new(ed) focus on the <a title=\"Solid Edge Academic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/velocity\/academic-programs\/solidedge.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Solid Edge academic program<\/A>. Led by Mike Brown (<a title=\"Mike Brown Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mjb258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@mjb258<\/A>) an industry veteran, the academic program got off to a great start. <a title=\"CAD Report, Solid Edge Academic Program\" href=\"http:\/\/cadinsider.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2011\/06\/solid-edge-adopt-a-school-aims-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Roopinder Tara from TenLinks caught up with Mike for an interview<\/A> at the event as did I. Mike was kind enough to give me some of his thoughts.<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gpomcBWTU9Y\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/><!--more--><BR \/><BR \/>For those of you that missed Mike&#8217;s presentation, have a look at his plan for the future Solid Edge designers<BR \/><BR \/>[slideshare id=8392611&amp;doc=100-thesolidedgeacademicprogram-deliveringvaluetoacademiaandourcustomers-110622153830-phpapp02]<BR \/><\/P><H2><\/H2><BR \/><H2><STRONG>Solid Edge Academic Design Contest Winners<\/STRONG><\/H2><BR \/>On a&nbsp;separate but related note, we awarded design contest prizes at the Solid Edge ST4 Event for students, whom we affectionately refer to as <EM>Edgelings<\/EM>. Our student design contest runs year round so if you are a student and want to show off your work, <a title=\"Solid Edge Student Design Contest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/forms\/student_design_contest.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">submit it here<\/A>. Here&#8217;s a look at the winners<BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Zachary Penland,&nbsp;University of Alabama Huntsville<\/STRONG><BR \/>Winning Design:&nbsp;Headphones<BR \/>Instructors:&nbsp;Troy Skinner, Marcelo Martins<BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-6594 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/students-solid-edge-edgelings\/zacharypenland_headphones\/\"><IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-6594 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/06\/ZacharyPenland_Headphones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"305\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/><STRONG>Michael Delp,Bob Jones High School<\/STRONG><BR \/>Winning Image:&nbsp;Circular Saw<BR \/>Instructors:&nbsp;Jeremy Raper<BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-6593 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/students-solid-edge-edgelings\/michaeldelp_saw\/\"><IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-6593 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/06\/MichaelDelp_Saw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"244\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>Michael&#8217;s whole family was on hand as he accepted his award. One of our folks caught the moment on film.<BR \/><BR \/><DIV style=\"background-color: #F9F9F9;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;padding: 3px;font: 11px\/1.4em Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0.5em 0pt 0.5em 0.8em;width:350px;\"><IMG src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3293\/5843144459_f9a6168d08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><DIV style=\"text-align:center;\">Michael Delp and his family celebrate his design contest win at the Solid Edge ST4 Event<\/DIV> <\/DIV><BR \/><H2><STRONG>Other Happenings in the Solid Edge Academic Community<\/STRONG><\/H2><BR \/>The SolidEdge @<A href=\"http:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/Formula_EESC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Formula_EESC<\/A> team in Brazil is <a title=\"Formula EESC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DMilPjFtCyQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">scene here testing their assessments<\/A> of improvements for 2011.<BR \/><BR \/>Congrats to the&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/susancinadr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@<\/A><A href=\"http:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/AuburnEngineers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">AuburnEngineers<\/A>!&nbsp; They used&nbsp;SolidEdge &amp; <a title=\"Auburn Engineers\" href=\"http:\/\/ocm.auburn.edu\/featured_story\/lawnmower.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">placed 2nd at Institute of Navigation robotic lawnmower competition<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/>Kings High School, outside of Cincinnati, OH was<a title=\"Kings High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingslocal.net\/Lists\/Announcements\/DispForm.aspx?ID=154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> awarded a $10,000 grant from MIT<\/A> to compete at this year&#8217;s EurekaFest for the InvenTeams program.The team&#8217;s goal was to design (in Solid Edge) and develop a hydroelectric generator for less than $1,000. The students built the final prototype for less than $500.&nbsp;Special thanks to Siemen&#8217;s own Paul Caito whose dedication, time and effort to support the program at Kings is much appreciated. You can expect to hear more about this program in the future!<BR \/><BR \/><DIV style=\"background-color: #F9F9F9;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;padding: 3px;font: 11px\/1.4em Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0.5em 0pt 0.5em 0.8em;width:423px;\"><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-6592 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/students-solid-edge-edgelings\/kingshighschool_inventeam\/\"><IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-6592  \" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/06\/KingsHighSchool_InvenTeam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"303\" \/><\/A><DIV style=\"text-align:center;\">Kings High School Wins $10,000 Grant From MIT<\/DIV> <\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Solid Edge ST4 Event (yes, I am still writing about it even though it happened two weeks ago!), Siemens PLM Software announced a (re)new(ed) focus on the Solid Edge academic program. 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