• Keeping Pace with Job Trends in Construction and Manufacturing

    Research shows how job trends will impact the skills required for students to enter tomorrow’s workforce.


  • Pencil grips from student at Waterloo Central School District

    How the make:able Challenge Enables Accessibility with Empathetic Design

    National STEM Day is just around the corner, offering the perfect opportunity to reflect on the ways STEM education prepares students, imparting the skills they’ll need to imagine and create a better world. Technological advancements are accelerating change across industries and a STEM-focused curriculum supports students to get ahead of these shifts, not just keep…


  • Engineering student working with 3D printer

    High School Class Saves District $1 Million using Fusion 360 and 3D Printing

    What do you get when you put educators, student engineers, and an HVAC system together? Up to $1 million in savings. This is what the school district in Beaverton, Oregon estimates they will save after engineering students at Sunset High School found a solution to an ongoing issue with their aging HVAC systems. Volume modular…


  • TUM Boring

    Not-a-Boring Competition Winner TUM Boring

    When Elon Musk tweets about traffic inefficiencies, people listen—including a team of 60 highly motivated students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Their team, called TUM Boring, are creating the world’s fastest tunnel boring machine, a step toward disrupting the future of transportation. Founded in 2016 by Elon Musk, The Boring Company’s mission is…


  • Grant Eshima Program Specialist at Kimochi, children, and senior collaborate in Tinkercad

    How Bay-Area Senior Citizens Preserve Culture Through Teaching 3D Design

    Bay-Area nonprofit Kimochi created a program to connect seniors with children in the community using technology as a common ground. The program teaches seniors the useful skills of 3D design and printing, which they impart to the kids. 


  • Matthew Swabey

    Bechtel Innovation Design Center at Purdue: Transcending Tradition

    With the goal of streamlining designs and processes within the Bechtel ecosystem, Swabey trusts students to run new CNC programs at full speed due to a mistake-proof method referred to as the digital twin method. The process begins by requiring students to import models from other software into Autodesk® Fusion 360® for manufacturing. It is…


  • Fusion 360 workshop

    Five Benefits of Aligning with an Autodesk Learning Partner

    Learning Partners are pre-qualified to support students and educators, preparing them for an evolving future through learning content, training, and curricula specifically developed toward industry trends in the design and manufacturing landscape. If you’re still feeling hesitant, here are five reasons an educator or school would benefit from aligning with an Autodesk Learning Partner. 


  • Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost describing the Command Map feature

    Human Growth & Development with Intuitive Learning: Inside Autodesk Research

    Two recent projects—the Command Map and MicroMentor—offer new approaches to intuitive learning, helping developers understand where customers struggle in their learning journey and how to overcome these obstacles.


  • Make Learning Fun with Contests and Challenges that Tie into Real-Life Projects

    In running a competition, educators can expose their students to real-world industry projects, giving them opportunities to apply their skills and ultimately better preparing them for the workforce. While it might sound complicated to run a design competition from scratch, it’s actually quite simple.


  • Machines Are Getting Smarter, but the Most Important Intelligence Isn’t Artificial

    Why Autodesk is investing in K-12 learners worldwide.