SolidWorks Unveils New Certification to Gauge Students' 3D CAD Abilities.Test enables teachers, potential employers to evaluate students' modeling skills as well as their grasp of engineering principles CONCORD, Mass. -- Building off the momentum of the Certified SolidWorks Professional certification Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. program, SolidWorks today announced a new, more effective way for teachers and potential employers to ascertain students' 3D CAD skills and their grasp of fundamental engineering principles. The Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA CSWA Canadian Science Writers' Association CSWA Chinese Staff and Workers Association CSWA Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy CSWA Clinical Social Work Associate CSWA Coeliac Society of Western Australia ) exam tests students' abilities to model objects in 3D, their understanding of the overall design process, and their familiarity with industry best practices - crucial knowledge for engineering careers. The CSWA joins the CSWP CSWP Certified SolidWorks Professional CSWP Coupled States Wave Packet method CSWP Centrifugal Sudden Wave Packet method exam, which tests professional engineers' abilities, as the two industry benchmarks for gauging SolidWorks([R]) and COSMOS([R])software skills. The CSWA helps educators monitor individual student progress as well as curricula effectiveness. It also gives manufacturing companies and design firms tangible proof of competency as students enter the job market. "You can't really evaluate applicants' CAD skills by looking at their resume and samples of their work," said Bob Mimlitch, vice president of engineering at Innovation First, Inc., a diversified manufacturer that provides a broad range of rack solutions and robotics components. "That means we can't hire people on the spot, because we either have to see their work from a previous internship or put them on a computer and look over their shoulders. The Certified SolidWorks Associate exam would give us a tangible gauge of someone's grasp of engineering fundamentals and proficiency in SolidWorks." Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. , which has been teaching SolidWorks for more than four years, is using the CSWA exam to determine the ability of its industrial design students to use SolidWorks to communicate their designs to others, especially their engineering colleagues. "Working with industrial design students, I see the ability to effectively use a CAD application as an important communication tool between them and their colleagues in the engineering world," said John Reinhard, part-time SolidWorks instructor and computer support representative at Brigham Young University's School of Technology. "Having industrial design students take a certification test geared toward engineering students enables me and them to assess their understanding of an application and of engineering principles that will help them communicate with their engineering teammates of the future." The online test will be offered at participating educational institutions around the world. Instructors at these institutions and Certified SolidWorks resellers will proctor William Bartlett (Will) Proctor (born November 3, 1983 in Winter Park, FL) was a starting quarterback for the Clemson Tigers at Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I-A. He attended Trinity Prep High School. the exams. "There is no standardized test A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] that comprehensively measures students' 3D CAD skills, so teachers and potential employers have to rely on project work and in-classroom performance," said Marie Planchard, SolidWorks director of education. "The CSWA program gives students a way to showcase their skills, teachers a way to gauge progress, and companies an additional tool for evaluating potential hires." For more information about the CSWA program, please visit the Web site at www.solidworks.com/cswa. About SolidWorks Corporation SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or an online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000). SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. COSMOS is a registered trademark of Structural Research & Analysis Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2007 SolidWorks Corporation. Bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. 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