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CONCORD, Mass., USA, May 10, 2010 – An excellent education can also be a blast.
That’s a bedrock principle at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering, where students use SolidWorks® software in a wide range of activities that are always academically serious, and occasionally outrageous.
Take twist carts. These are low-riding vehicles powered by wiggling the hands, feet, and hips and raced throughout the hallways for bragging rights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adx3Tu7gzTY). Students design and build them, and every cart must exhibit innovation beyond the current state-of-the-art technology.
“Dartmouth engineering students are already ravenous learners, and we strive to cultivate that passion,” says Assistant Professor Solomon G. Diamond, PhD. “Standardizing on SolidWorks has been a big part of that. Students can produce substantial designs from day one, when the tutorials get them hooked. Then we’re off to the races.”
SolidWorks Student Edition 2010-2011 is available at an education discount price of $99.95.
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