Topic: Academia

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Robotics and AI Pioneer Ayanna Howard Named 2021-2022 ACM Athena Lecturer

May 12, 2021 · Ayanna Howard, the 2021-2022 Association for Computing Machinery Athena Lecturer, discusses her career, diversity efforts, and hope for the future in engineering.

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Five UC San Diego Teams Win $100,000 to Research Autonomous Vehicles

February 5, 2021 · Each team will receive $100,000 from Qualcomm to pursue cutting-edge research on autonomous vehicles, natural language processing and other areas, school says.

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Purdue University Uses Machine Learning to Classify Mechanical Objects

November 20, 2020 · Purdue University mechanical engineers creates comprehensive open-source annotated database of more than 58,000 3D mechanical parts

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HP Launches HPBCU Challenge, 3D Printing Pilot Program

September 8, 2020 · HP is expanding its partnership with HBCUs via a new pilot learning program focused on 3D printing at North Carolina A&T State University.

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PTC Offers Enterprise Version of Onshape Education Suite for Free

August 14, 2020 · The cloud-based, Enterprise plan is designed for wide-scale implementation across global K-12 schools and universities to aid remote learning.

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Podcast: eKAMI Reskills Coal Miners for Machining and Automation Careers

July 29, 2020 · Displaced workers trained in hard and soft skills for CNC operation and robotics.

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Five Projects to Advance ExOne Binder Jet 3D Printing Receive Grants

July 7, 2020 · Pennsylvania initiative unites graduate and undergraduate students with local manufacturers to collaborate on projects and develop new technologies to propel manufacturing innovation throughout the state.

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SME Selects 2020 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers

July 7, 2020 · The 2020 awardees, from the U.S. and Canada, have centered their research and management efforts around manufacturing processes, environmental sustainability, additive manufacturing and much more.

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Harvey Mudd College Professor on Teaching Robotics, Circuit Design in Lockdown

May 11, 2020 · Harvey Mudd College Professor continues teaching circuit design and robotics lab courses under lockdown using take-home Arduino kits

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PTC’s Onshape Teams Up With FIRST For Design Competition

April 17, 2020 · FIRST, a nonprofit that offers robotics competitions for students primary/secondary students, has partnered with PTC for a virtual design competition.

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Teaching Additive Manufacturing Under Lockdown

April 13, 2020 · Penn State University Professor, Dr. Guha Manogharan, uses virtual machines and simulation software to continue advanced additive manufacturing instruction. Guha teaches a graduate lab course on metal additive manufacturing and design.

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Can You Teach Additive Manufacturing Under Lockdown?

April 13, 2020 · Penn State University Professor uses virtual machines, simulation software to continue advanced AM instruction.

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Thousands of students and educators worldwide use Onshape’s free Education Plan

March 27, 2020 · Fill out the form to get started, or read on to learn more about Onshape Education.

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Robotics Innovation Challenge Call For Entries Now Open

October 14, 2019 · Earn a prize for a new technology or idea that will benefit the wearable robotics Industry.

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Enabling the Designer Material Era of Additive Manufacturing

October 1, 2019 · The consensus: It's a long path from defining the science to delivering the technology.

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TE Connectivity Foundation Continues Effort to Boost Access to STEM Education

July 1, 2019 · Grants support the UN Foundation's Girl Up, SMASH and FIRST Global.

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Airbus and ANSYS Partner to Enable Autonomous Flight

June 20, 2019 · New agreement drives development of AI-enabled flight control software; goal is to support future combat air system by 2030.

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MathWorks Offers New Scaling and Collaboration Opportunities in MATLAB

June 19, 2019 · Now all researchers and students at academic institutions with a MathWorks Campus-Wide License that includes MATLAB Parallel Server have unlimited access to scale MATLAB programs and Simulink simulations to clusters and clouds.

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Researchers in Denmark Apply AI to Autonomous Drones

June 6, 2019 · The AiR Lab designs and prints its own drone prototypes while developing hybrid controllers.

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Contest Helps Spur Student Curiosity in STEM

June 1, 2019 · Student Design Competition Profile: BEST Robotics

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