MTEA Fall Conference Information Here!

Attention ProEngineer Users! US Department of Energy's Real World Design Challenge: Minnesota will be among the pilot states for this engineering challenge. The Department of Energy's Real World Design Challenge aligns secondary education with 21st Century workforce needs, and strengthens professional development for teachers by providing training and support by mentors from National Laboratories. The Real World Design Challenge is a prime example of how the government, private industry, and our educational system can work together to keep our workforce the best in the world.

St. Cloud State - Pro/Engineer Schools Edition Workshop - Free Computer Aided Design Software w/Windchill v4.0: September 25th, 26th, 27th, 2008. Saint Cloud State University, HH212-232 labs in Headley Hall, 720 Fourth Avenue South St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301. This workshop will be run in conjunction with the MTEA Fall Conference. The schedule has been set to allow the instructor and participants to attend meetings and presentations at the main conference site. Workshop participants earn license to install up to 300 copies of ProEngineer Schools Edition on their school systems for FREE. Participants are also licensed to give the software to their students, also for FREE, with no limit on the number of students they can give the software to. Click here to download a workshop registration form! PTC has additional information and resources posted on their web site: Click here!

FIRST Robotics! 2008 PTC Technology Day for Instructors that already have ProEngineer Schools Edition licenses: Saturday, October 4th, 9am – 4pm at PTC's Offices, North Park Corporate Center, 1210 West County Road E, Arden Hills, MN. Use PTC products to manage the development of your next FIRST robot! Hands-on tutorials on part design, assembly design and making drawings. Advanced Pro/E - See a demonstration from a PTC Product expert on Pro/ENGINEER. It'll cover simulation with FEA and mechanism functionality. Learn how to build a FIRST robot and verify its function in software before making a physical prototype. Windchill Project Management - Project management is also a part of the design process. Students will get a chance to use our enterprise software project management software to help manage data, timelines and processes. Mathcad - We'll let students/mentors/all work with our Mathcad product for natural math notation documentation of designs. This will give students a background for them to be able to use Mathcad for the number crunching work and documenting designs. Space is limited! Register now at: www.ptc.com/go/firsthow

Contact us if your school is interested in hosting a ProEngineer Schools Edition Workshop!

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