Free ticketed event
This hands-on workshop will introduce attendees to the features of cloud-native CAD that allow educators and students to collaborate and learn in new ways, and how those same features enable companies to use agile methodologies when developing products.
Whether you’ve used Onshape for years or you have never touched CAD, this session will provide opportunities to learn, collaborate, and share. Following a brief introduction, participants will be provided with starter models and given the opportunity to complete small design challenges with the support of the facilitators. We will then show the types of data generated throughout the workshop and demonstrate how it might be used by educators for responsive teaching or understanding student learning.
The workshop will conclude with demonstrations of how Onshape’s cloud-native architecture is changing the CAD industry and how you can prepare your students for the future of product development.
Matthew Mueller is the manager of education innovation at PTC, where he acts as the product manager for Onshape’s education features and plans while also supporting faculty members’ research and innovative teaching. Before joining PTC, he earned a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University, where he also taught courses in engineering education and musical instrument design.
Matt Shields earned his master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia and worked as an engineer before moving into education. Matt taught high school and college for 16 years while also earning a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from UVA. He designed, built, and ran the engineering department for Charlottesville City Schools for seven years before joining the education team at PTC. Matt is devoted to sharing his love of STEM and project-based learning with fellow educators.
Liz DaMaren is a PhD student at the University of Toronto in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering with the Ready Lab. Her research focuses on student engagement and equity considerations in group-based Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software education, and she leverages mixed methods to investigate relationships between student demographics, participation in group learning activities, and learning outcomes.