The Real World Design Challenge Aeronautical Design Dr. Ralph K. Coppola, Director of Global Government & Strategic Education Programs Innovation Global Engineering Systems Engineering

The Real World Design Challenge © 2006 PTC National Winner from Hawaii National Challenge at National Air & Space Museum FY10 Goals Expand to 25 States with Support from Governors Develop additional theme 150+ Mentors from Government, Higher Education, and Industry volunteers utilizing Windchill FY09 Results 10 States with support from state department of education 75 Mentors from Government, Higher Education, and Industry volunteered and used Windchill National Winner 10 States Choose State Winner From 200 Teams 1,400 Student Team Members 30,000 Student Class Members States Train 275 Teams 1750 Student Team Members 37,500 Student Class Members

FY10 Goals

Expand to 25 States with Support from Governors

Develop additional theme

150+ Mentors from Government, Higher Education, and Industry volunteers utilizing Windchill

FY09 Results

10 States with support from state department of education

75 Mentors from Government, Higher Education, and Industry volunteered and used Windchill

Why is the Challenge Real World? A focus group of aerospace and defense companies in New England revealed that companies need a workforce with Excellent academic credentials 7-10 years of real world experience We created a Challenge to meet these Real World needs Industry defined Challenge Real professional engineering tools Real roles Real contributions

A focus group of aerospace and defense companies in New England revealed that companies need a workforce with

Excellent academic credentials

7-10 years of real world experience

We created a Challenge to meet these Real World needs

Industry defined Challenge

Real professional engineering tools

Real roles

Real contributions

Partner Organizations

Founding State Partners

Planned Management Structure (Committees are in place staff positions are dependent on external funding)

What Teachers Get 1. Training Design & Global Engineering 2. Science, Math and Engineering Mentors Mentors are from DOE Energy Laboratories; Industry and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Higher Education. 3. Real Problem Aviation Challenge defined by industry. 4. Real Tools Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition 3D (CAD) software, each license of Pro/ENGINEER is worth $3,000, since each teacher will receive 300 licenses that is a donation of $900,000 per teacher. Windchill Global Engineering collaboration software: The commercial value of Windchill ProjectLink is $2,800 per seat. Each school team will get seven seats worth $19,600. Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD.Pro) is a new breed of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software produced by Mentor Graphics. This fluid dynamics simulation software. Each participating school will be provided with one license of EFD.Pro for FREE. The commercial value of EFD.Pro is $24,500. Each school team will get one license. 5. Real Roles Student teams are built around real industry roles such as project manager, scientist, engineer, and community relations & marketing. 6. Real Contribution Contribute innovative solutions to real industry design problems. The US Department of Energy will provide travel support for the winning teams travel to Washington, DC.

1. Training

Design & Global Engineering

2. Science, Math and Engineering Mentors

Mentors are from DOE Energy Laboratories; Industry and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Higher Education.

3. Real Problem

Aviation Challenge defined by industry.

4. Real Tools

Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition 3D (CAD) software, each license of Pro/ENGINEER is worth $3,000, since each teacher will receive 300 licenses that is a donation of $900,000 per teacher.

Windchill Global Engineering collaboration software: The commercial value of Windchill ProjectLink is $2,800 per seat. Each school team will get seven seats worth $19,600.

Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD.Pro) is a new breed of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software produced by Mentor Graphics. This fluid dynamics simulation software. Each participating school will be provided with one license of EFD.Pro for FREE. The commercial value of EFD.Pro is $24,500. Each school team will get one license.

5. Real Roles

Student teams are built around real industry roles such as project manager, scientist, engineer, and community relations & marketing.

6. Real Contribution

Contribute innovative solutions to real industry design problems. The US Department of Energy will provide travel support for the winning teams travel to Washington, DC.

State Teams Hawaii Team National Winner Connecticut Team Kansas Team Massachusetts Team Minnesota Team Oklahoma Team Pennsylvania Team Vermont Team Virginia Team Washington Team

The Challenge (This is the 2009 Challenge, the 2010 Challenge will also be in aeronautics)

Student Work

Dr. Ralph K. Coppola Real World Design Challenge Project Director & Director of Global Government & Strategic Education Programs Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) 11710 Plaza America Drive Suite 2000 Reston, VA 20190 Phone: 703-871-5176 Cell: 703-298-6630 Fax: 703-871-5111 Email: rcoppola@ptc.com Contact