Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Oakland Schools GOES 3-Demensional!

Delmia provides software to Oakland Schools: Dassault Systèmes (NASDAQ: DASTY) Tuesday announced an academic partnership between its Delmia manufacturing simulation software division and Oakland Schools.

Under the deal, Oakland Schools, Oakland County's intermediate school district, will receive specialized software and training throughout its 28 school districts, preparing students for careers in engineering. Specifically, more than 200 seats of Delmia's V5 three-dimensional manufacturing software and instructional materials have been made available to Oakland County high schools and technical campuses. Instructors at each of the facilities have been provided training and mentoring in the software.

The partnership covers Oakland County's 43 high schools and the four Oakland Schools Technical Campuses. Instructors at each of the facilities have been provided training and mentoring in the software. Schools initially participating in the program to date include Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake West, Walled Lake North, Southfield, Avondale, Orion, Pontiac and the four Oakland Schools Technical Campuses. More at www.delmia.com or www.oakland.k12.mi.us.

1 comment:

James said...

John:

This may be an opportunity to bring our NEW 3-D Scanning technology and 3-D Printer services to facilitate this program.

Sometimes we just find ourselves in the right place, doing the right thing, at the right time!

I'll contact Vickie and see what her instinct's regarding same may be.

Best,

Jim