PTC
(Nasdaq: PMTC) recently joined more than 45 partners to kick-off the
2013-2014 Real
World Design Challenge. The theme of this year’s challenge,
“Unmanned Aircraft System Challenge: Precision Agriculture,” was
announced in Washington, DC. A $50,000 scholarship from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University will be provided to each student on the national
winning team.
Shared Value is a corporate social responsibility initiative at PTC
where the company gets involved with programs like the Real World Design
Challenge in order to build stronger communities which can result in a
better workforce for other companies that require engineers. These
programs make science and technology exciting for participants,
encourages interest in these fields, and helps build excitement for the
engineers of the future.
The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) is an annual competition that
provides more than 5,000 high school students, grades 9-12, the
opportunity to work on real world engineering challenges in a team
environment. PTC and its partners, including Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University and the Aerospace States Association, are focused on
transforming and enhancing STEM education in the American educational
system by providing science, engineering and learning resources that
allow students and teachers to address an actual challenge confronting
one of the nation's most important industries.
Students that participate in the 2013-2014 Real World Design Challenge
will focus on the design and implementation of an Unmanned Aircraft
System to support precision agriculture, specifically to monitor and
assess crop conditions to achieve increased yield. Teams will employ a
systems engineering design and integration approach to identify,
compare, analyze, demonstrate and defend the most appropriate component
combinations, subsystem designs, operational methods and business case
to support the challenge scenario.
“This competition offers a broad base of resources and expertise from
business, government and academia to help students apply the lessons of
the classroom to the technical problems being faced in the workplace,”
said John Stuart, senior vice president, global academic program, PTC.
“Teams are encouraged to think like engineers and scientists while also
developing the problem solving skills they will use in their careers.
PTC is proud to be part of the Real World Design Challenge.”
The winning teams from the participating states will be notified in
April and will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. to
compete at the National Challenge Event in November 2014.
PTC provides commercial-grade product development software, including
PTC Creo® 3D product design software, PTC Windchill® product lifecycle
management software and PTC Mathcad® engineering calculation software,
to teams participating in the Real World Design Challenge. PTC also
provides connections and access to mentors from its partner
organizations across America who are participants in the competition or
program management for the competition.
To register a team or to sign up as a mentor go to the Real World Design
Challenge website www.realworlddesignchallenge.org.
The deadline for teams to register for the Real World Design Challenge
is December 20, 2013. The solution submissions are due March 31, 2014.
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About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product
and service advantage. The company's technology solutions transform the
way products are created and serviced across the entire product
lifecycle - from conception and design to sourcing and service. Founded
in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more than 27,000
businesses in rapidly-evolving, globally distributed manufacturing
industries worldwide. Get more information at www.ptc.com.
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