{"id":458,"date":"2013-06-11T17:04:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T00:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Student-engineer-Sean-Webb-shares-how-cool-Greenpower-and-Solid\/ba-p\/335115"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:31:54","slug":"student-engineer-sean-webb-shares-how-cool-greenpower-and-solid-edge-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/student-engineer-sean-webb-shares-how-cool-greenpower-and-solid-edge-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Student engineer Sean Webb shares how cool Greenpower and Solid Edge are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7293\/9020001060_c62fd1b090.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Webb used Solid Edge to design this electric vehicle\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><BR \/><BR \/>We introduced you to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/meet-future-engineer-sean-webb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">future engineer Sean Webb<\/A> last month. I got to meet him in real life at the Greenpower Challenge Sunday. Above, Sean prepares Team USA&#8217;s driver and car for the start of the race at&nbsp;Goodwood Motor Circuit.<BR \/><BR \/>He was a lead engineer in the design of their electric vehicle. When I asked what he thought of being at Goodwood, he said:<BR \/><\/P><BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;It&#8217;s &#8216;fantastic. It&#8217;s really cool&#8230;It&#8217;s Goodwood Circuit &#8211; how cool is that?! Get to fly out here and go on a circuit that so many legends have driven on and get to be a part of a team that gets to be another legend on that track.&#8221;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><BR \/>Here&#8217;s my video interview with Sean:<BR \/><BR \/><!--more--><BR \/>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ecIxYUXOpVA<BR \/><BR \/>Sean has used Solid Edge in the reverse engineering of the Greenpower kit car. He shares more in the video interview.<BR \/><BR \/><IMG class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3757\/9020024152_0735a39ca5.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Webb used Solid Edge in the design of this Greenpower electric vehicle\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><BR \/><BR \/>Here he is talking to teacher and mentor Mike Evans from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huntsvillecenteroftechnology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Huntsville Center of Technology<\/A> on the Goodwood Motor Circuit.<BR \/><BR \/><IMG class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7297\/9001593122_26a9c317c5.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Webb used Solid Edge to reverse engineer the Team USA electric vehicle\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><BR \/><BR \/>I&#8217;ve uploaded some pics from Sunday&#8217;s race to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31274959@N08\/sets\/72157634032444623\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Greenpower Flickr set<\/A>. Check them out and see the &#8220;coolness&#8221; that has Sean so excited. Also, there is a good read over on AL.com (Alabama): <a href=\"1 comments Huntsville's 'Team USA' wows at UK electric car race, earns spot in finals \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Huntsville&#8217;s &#8216;Team USA&#8217; Wows at UK electric car race, earns spot in finals<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/><BR \/>Siemens provides financial support to Greenpower along with engineering mentors. Greenpower teams can download the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/academic\/projects-competitions\/greenpower.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Solid Edge Formula 24 Kit Car<\/A>&nbsp;and use the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/academic\/resources\/solid-edge\/student-download.cfm?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">free Solid Edge student edition<\/A>&nbsp;to design their vehicles.<BR \/><BR \/>&#8211; Dora<BR \/><BR \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We introduced you to future engineer Sean Webb last month. I got to meet him in real life at the Greenpower Challenge Sunday. 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