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.

Meet Student Engineer Tom Gorgia

Meet Student Engineer Tom Gorgia

July 15, 2013

Meet Tom Gorgia, a student engineer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Tom begins his junior year of school next month. I met Tom at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition in May. He shares more a…

By Dora Smith
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Come Along for an EcoCAR Ride and Drive

Come Along for an EcoCAR Ride and Drive

June 21, 2013

I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to be a part of the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition where I met some of the amazing future engineers in the photo above – like Nick Skadberg, Zach Stephens and Laura …

By Dora Smith
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Meet Graduate Student Engineer Laura Nash of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Meet Graduate Student Engineer Laura Nash of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

June 20, 2013

At the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition, I met Laura Nash from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. (That’s her on the far left in the photo above.) Laura is a graduate student who brings to the Rose-Hu…

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Meet New Engineer Zach Stephens

Meet New Engineer Zach Stephens

June 19, 2013

Zach Stephens is a recent graduate of Colorado State University (CSU) and EcoCAR2 teammate of Nick Skadberg. I interviewed Zach at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition. See our video and blog intervie…

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Meet New Engineer Nick Skadberg

Meet New Engineer Nick Skadberg

June 17, 2013

Nick Skadberg just graduated from Colorado State University. He is now working at Siemens Infrastructure & Cities as an energy engineer. I interviewed him at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition a few …

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Meet Greenpower Challenge Champion Luke Horsfall

Meet Greenpower Challenge Champion Luke Horsfall

June 14, 2013

Meet Luke Horsfall – the 2012 Greenpower Challenge. By day Luke is working as a composite design engineer for Formaplex, a rapid engineering company that specializes in injection-mold tooling, compos…

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Student engineer Sean Webb shares how cool Greenpower and Solid Edge are

Student engineer Sean Webb shares how cool Greenpower and Solid Edge are

June 11, 2013

We introduced you to future engineer Sean Webb last month. I got to meet him in real life at the Greenpower Challenge Sunday. Above, Sean prepares Team USA’s driver and car for the start of the race …

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Jeremy Way of Greenpower discusses how the organization encourages more student engineers

Jeremy Way of Greenpower discusses how the organization encourages more student engineers

June 11, 2013

At the Greenpower regional heat on Sunday, I spoke with Jeremy Way, CEO of the Greenpower Education Trust to learn a little more about the organization and why he joined it. Jeremy is pictured here w…

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David Cullimore shares his Greenpower experience at Goodwood

David Cullimore shares his Greenpower experience at Goodwood

June 9, 2013

The leader of the pack at the Greenpower regional event at Goodwood today was David Cullimore. The majority of Greenpower teams are school organizations. That’s where David got his feet wet….

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