{"id":5315,"date":"2017-03-14T06:40:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T13:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/ASME-E-fests\/ba-p\/396951"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:27:48","slug":"asme-e-fests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/asme-e-fests\/","title":{"rendered":"ASME E-fests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right\" style=\"width: 400px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/2017-03-14-09_33_07-Movies-TV-2.png\" alt=\"2017-03-14 09_33_07-Movies &amp; TV.png\" title=\"2017-03-14 09_33_07-Movies &amp; TV.png\" \/><\/span><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Remember WAY back when you were a student? Classwork was something you had to do, but it was the projects outside of class that really held your interest. Lots of things change, but I&#8217;m guessing that&#8217;s one of the things that has stayed the same over the decades.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Siemens is sponsoring ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) in its new E-fests.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>ASME is launching E-Fests (Engineering Festivals) aimed at college engineering students (<a href=\"https:\/\/efests.asme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/efests.asme.org\/<\/A>).<\/P><br \/>\n<P>These events incorporate regional ASME student competitions with opportunities for networking, career development, and some fun activities. There will be career-guidance workshops, TED-like talks, and keynotes as well.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Three events are planned right now. The kickoff event is in India in early March, then one at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn., later in March, a third one in April in Las Vegas.<\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>The India event is scheduled on March 3 \u2013 5 at the LNM Institute of Information Technology in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India;<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>The Vegas event on March 17-19 at UNLV &#8211; Jay Rogers from Local Motors is going to keynote the E-fest West event<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>The Tennessee event will be April 21-23, at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville; Grey Haye from Local Motors is going to keynote the E-fest East event<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><P>Student Design Contests for the annual contest will be hosted on Local Motors co-creation platform, where students can also get a free license of Solid Edge software.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>From a technology perspective, the general focus areas of these three events are advanced manufacturing, 3-D printing, and robotics. We are expecting from 300 to 500 students at each event, plus we are marketing to a database of around 30,000 students. We are hoping to excite kids and motivate them on their career choice, so we\u2019re looking to put together a terrific program.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n Remember WAY back when you were a student? Classwork was something you had to do, but it was the projects outside of class that really held your interest. 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