Engineering Education for the Mechanically Inclinedtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12714202011-11-17T07:37:01-06:00TypePadAre you in a VEXing situation?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0153932e4087970b2011-11-17T07:37:01-06:002011-11-17T07:37:01-06:00For students working with the VEX Robotics curriculum or using their data through Project Lead the Way being able to design your robot in Inventor is a great way to understand what is needed to make your physical model. The...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/11/are-you-in-a-vexing-situation.htmlFreedom meets Free-Body Diagramstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef015436e9b7f5970c2011-11-15T07:43:35-06:002011-11-15T07:43:35-06:00So, you say you’re tired of spending hours creating free-body diagrams but you’re just not sure if there’s an easier way? Well don’t tell your professors but there is. Autodesk is committed to making things easier for our customers and...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/11/freedom-meets-free-body-diagrams.htmlStand out from the crowd with Certificationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef014e8c16c46c970d2011-10-07T07:28:58-05:002011-10-07T07:28:58-05:00Simply getting a degree is not enough to get ahead any longer. Getting the valuable application experience of being involved in a student teams will give you an advantage in finding the work that you will enjoy. In the current...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/10/stand-out-from-the-crowd-with-certification.htmlCalling all cars! and bikes, and canoes, and bridges Part 2tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0153917c1eab970b2011-09-10T10:59:04-05:002011-09-10T10:59:04-05:00Are you a student on a team or a faculty advisor for one? If so I have something that you really must check out. SAE International and Autodesk are sponsoring a webcast event; Winning with Autodesk on Thursday, October 6th...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/09/calling-all-cars-and-bikes-and-canoes-and-bridges-part-2.html2012! (The Mayans never saw this coming)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0147e3d6de51970b2011-04-08T15:47:00-05:002011-04-08T15:47:00-05:00Well it’s spring and of course that means Baseball, Student Team competitions, and new releases of Autodesk products on the Education Community. This year the focus of many of the new products was interoperability and consistency of the interface. These...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/04/2012-the-mayans-never-saw-this-coming.htmlComing to a theater near you!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef014e872130fe970d2011-03-30T21:37:24-05:002011-03-30T21:37:58-05:00You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss ten bucks good-bye, but you also just may end up with a career that brings you satisfaction and joy. Join the students at Huntley Boarding School as they meet their new teacher, Mr. McCluskey....Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/03/coming-to-a-theater-near-you.htmlHow to build a better future; one student at a timetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef014e866d1bab970d2011-03-01T17:23:20-06:002011-03-01T17:23:20-06:00Last fall I had the pleasure of offering several presentations to teachers and students at the Project Lead the Way conference in Washington D.C. At the end of one of these presentations a colleague of mine introduced me to a...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/03/how-to-build-a-better-future-one-student-at-a-time.htmlBringing it all together for youtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0147e233692b970b2011-02-01T14:06:21-06:002011-02-01T14:06:21-06:00You may or may not have noticed but while everyone was on their Winter break the Education Community and the scary smart people at Autodesk Labs were hard at work. The changes are “behind the scenes” but will make your...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/02/bringing-it-all-together-for-you.htmlMore Sustainability content on the Autodesk Education Communitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0147e2332f7b970b2011-02-01T13:34:52-06:002011-02-01T13:36:36-06:00A new series of videos focused on Design for a Lifetime have been added to the Sustainability content on the Autodesk Education community. You can find them on the Education Community and it doesn’t even require a log in to...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2011/02/more-sustainability-content-on-the-autodesk-education-community.htmlHelp with your homeworktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0147e091a604970b2010-12-10T15:42:43-06:002010-12-10T15:42:43-06:00Sorry, I know it’s a little late for this semester but I would like to offer to help you see how you can make the CAD models for your lessons. What I would really like to do is to help...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2010/12/help-with-your-homework.html