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MOVING MOUNTAINS
Article Supplied by CG Tech. All photos courtesy University of Colorado Boulder.
CU BOULDER’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE USES VERICUT TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOME.
The tail end of the 2019/2020 school year was challenging for students and teachers alike, but with a little luck and continued social distancing, the bad times will be gone for all of us by the fall semester. If so, Cameron Micksch and the rest of the faculty at the University of
Mark Eaton is the machine shop manager at CU Boulder. Among other things he teaches engineering students about the inner workings of manufacturing.
Colorado Boulder will be ready to pick up the academic pieces and get back to work.
Meet the ITLP
A manufacturing specialist for the College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Integrated Teaching and Learning Program (ITLP), Micksch and machine shop manager Mark Eaton are responsible for teaching engineering students the inner workings of manufacturing. This includes CAD/CAM, 3D printing, materials science and product design principles, and CNC machine tool operation. Especially the latter.
One of the tools the ITLP uses to accomplish this? VERICUT toolpath simulation and optimization software from California-based CGTech Inc.
“Our program supports students enrolled in four- year engineering degree programs,” he said. “These could be freshman-level projects where they’re tasked with designing and then manufacturing a product, all the way up through post-graduate research and development activities. We also work with the school’s instructors and professors on various manufacturing-related activities, some of which are driven by corporate sponsors.”
Shown here: Cameron Miksch preparing to walk a student through a toolpath simulation on VERICUT
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