Tag: Fusion 360
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University Technical Colleges (UTCs) and STEM-Based Education in the UK
What are University Technical Colleges (UTCs)? In 2009, University Technical Colleges (UTCs) were established in the United Kingdom as STEM-focused, government-funded institutions advocating for a new approach to education. Their mission? To help students move beyond linearity into a more dynamic, do-it-yourself learning environment that focuses on the application (versus the theory) of skills. University […]
Career Readiness
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Reimagining Manufacturing Education to Close the Skills Gap
As an Education Fusion 360 Technical Program Manager and trained machinist, Tim Paul knows a thing or two about how the current student experience may play out for the future of manufacturing. He argues that manufacturing education is due for a major overhaul for students to tackle the growing skills gap as Industry 4.0 becomes […]
Career Readiness
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Managing Your Fusion 360 Projects Has Never Been Easier
We’ve received such a positive response to the new Folder Permissions & Roles functionality in Fusion 360. Educators love how it helps them easily manage and control student access to folders, files, versions, and markups. They can now create read-only folders for assignment, starter, and template files. Education accounts were notified in Fusion 360 about […]
Product Success
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From Drawing to Drone: Students at RWTH Aachen Gear Up for Industry 4.0
Imagine attending a university workgroup where at the end of every project, an airplane will be launched—where students come together to develop unmanned, partly autonomous aircrafts and participate in competitions around the world? Students in the Aachen Drone Development Initiative (ADDI) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany have made this a reality. Founded in 2018, […]
Industry Collaboration
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Top 5 Autodesk Learning and Certification Highlights from 2021
In November 2020, the Autodesk Learning and Certification platform was launched, a new single-destination platform providing flexible, digital, and data-informed learning experiences.
Career Readiness
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‘Tis the Season for Skill-Building
It’s that time of the year again: Your students are finishing up their projects and preparing for finals before a much-needed winter break. If you’re looking for a quick, fun project to work on in class when they have downtime—or something they can take home over the break to keep honing their CAD/CAM skills—we’ve got […]
Uncategorized
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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 […]
Academic Leaders
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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 […]
Industry Collaboration
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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 only populated with the models of equipment and tools available in the center and contains tried-and-true manufacturing parameters, effectively creating a digital twin of the essential parts of the machining process.
Academic Leaders
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Machines Are Getting Smarter, but the Most Important Intelligence Isn’t Artificial
Why Autodesk is investing in K-12 learners worldwide.
Future Studies