Dora Smith

Dora Smith is the senior director of the global academic program for Siemens PLM Software. The program empowers the next generation of digital talent through project-based learning, STEM competitions and industrial strength software and curriculum to support students and academic institutions worldwide.

Community College Best Practice Revitalizes Manufacturing

Community College Best Practice Revitalizes Manufacturing

April 23, 2012

This weekend the Des Moines Register reported that “Iowa sees shortage of skilled workers.” It’s not unique to Iowa. Technically skilled workforce shortages abound in the United States. It’…

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Meet Future Engineers Luke Jones and Nathan Wygal

Meet Future Engineers Luke Jones and Nathan Wygal

April 18, 2012

Today, Wikipedia says one of the notable past residents of Searcy, Arkansas, is current Arkansas governor Mike Beebe. In the future, the names Luke Jones and Nathan Wygal might be on that list. Th…

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Inspiring STEM Careers with a Big Bang

Inspiring STEM Careers with a Big Bang

April 13, 2012

The more I dive into my new gig, the more amazed I am at all the great academic programs happening around the world. This week is National Robotics Week in the U.S. Recently EngineeringUK led Big Ban…

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EcoCAR 2 In The News

EcoCAR 2 In The News

March 16, 2012

There have been some interesting stories the past few weeks from EcoCAR2 land that reinforce why students should get involved in these hybrid projects. And why companies are investing in real-wo…

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Future Engineer Series: Meet Zach Penland

Future Engineer Series: Meet Zach Penland

March 1, 2012

Zach Penland is a sophomore at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He modeled a pair of headphones in Solid Edge. The design and rendering won him the best student image of the year and ear…

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Future Engineer Series: Meet Caroline Tomlinson

Future Engineer Series: Meet Caroline Tomlinson

February 28, 2012

Caroline Tomlinson just graduated from Auburn University and is working as a retail industrial designer. It’s a bit of a jump from where she began her career aspirations. She started off at Auburn as…

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Future Engineer Series: Meet Jon Nibert

Future Engineer Series: Meet Jon Nibert

February 22, 2012

It’s National Engineer’s Week in the U.S. It’s a time to honor past, current and future engineers. So meet future automotive engineer Jon Nibert. Jon was always pretty sure he wanted to be an enginee…

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Dora’s New Gig

Dora’s New Gig

January 30, 2012

The other night I was reading this book about inventions to my boys. My older son asked if my company’s software was used to make any of them. It was great to hear his interest in not just the invent…

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Welcoming Mark Subramaniam to our Blogsquad

Welcoming Mark Subramaniam to our Blogsquad

January 6, 2012

Up until now, our esteemed bloggers Mark Burhop and Al Robertson were the lone CAE voices on this blog. They’ve blogged about the finer side of finite element analysis and impressed us with terms lik…

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