Grade School Students Explore with Dassault Platform
May 15, 2012
For a long time now the engineering community has relied on CAD/CAM friendly product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions to aid in all aspects of product design and manufacturing. Now, high school students at Notre Dame Preparatory School are getting the opportunity to get a jump start over their competition by learning and mastering Dassault Systèmes’ PLM 3D platform as explained in the article, “Notre Dame Preparatory School Adopts Dassault Systèmes 3D Experience Platform”, on the Sun-Herald.
The idea behind the adoption of the generally engineer-only platform is for students to be introduced to the fun stuff of engineering hopefully eliminating negative stereotypes that might keep talented youth from pursuing careers in the field.
As the article explains of Notre Dame’s use of the software:
“Equipped with technologies implemented by today’s leading manufacturers, students are creating products — from initial design through 3D prototype — for a variety of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, energy, aerospace and defense. The 3D Experience platform and applications serve as the backbone for Notre Dame Prep’s emerging engineering curriculum, which supports the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education Coalition initiative focused on STEM education required in order for the U.S. to remain an economic leader in the global marketplace.”
Stories like this would not have been possible even a few years ago. Thanks to advances in cloud technology PLM platforms can be utilized just about anywhere. Data management solutions providers are realizing the value in thinking outside the box and we applaud Dassault Systèmes’ collaboration with Notre Dame Prep School for encouraging youth in such a non-traditional manner.
Catherine Lamsfuss, May 14, 2012
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