The team is from Afghanistan and had to evacuate.
This is a team that has been on the news. One of the most notable teams we’ve been working with has been the Afghan Dreamers, which won second place. The first prize winners received $1,500, with $750 for second place, and $500 for third place. Those who entered addressed a local environmental issue and then created a board using Upverter. We had teams from Guatemala, France, Afghanistan, Australia, and Greece, as well as many from the U.S. There were three winners in the high school division and three winners from the college division, and because it was a global event, it was really competitive. We had almost 90 teams join from both high school and college divisions and their task was to go through our curriculum and use our tools to address some environmental issues locally. Recently, Altium partnered with Arduino and IPC Education Foundation to hold #PCBeTheChange 2021 2, a global student design competition, where you can see the winning boards around the booth. There are also professional tools called Upverter and Upverter Modular that allow them to create the boards and designs. Once they go through our curriculum, they’d know how to create a printed circuit board. We feel that it’s our social responsibility to support these young students to move forward and get them ready for their careers by offering them free tools and curriculum that teaches them how to create printed circuit boards.Ĭallender: We want to share our core competencies with these students. We have had several students come through our booth and we’re showing our free curriculum tools called Upverter Education 1, which teaches students how to create printed circuit boards from zero to manufacturing if they didn’t know anything about creating a printed circuit board. Rea Callender: Our company is really interested in supporting the next generation of electronics designers. Rea shared information about the company’s recent design competition for students around the world, as well as a new curriculum that is drawing interest from some unique locations.Īndy Shaughnessy: Rea, I know you’ve had a busy week at IPC APEX EXPO.
While at IPC APEX EXPO, I stopped by the Altium booth to visit with Rea Callender, vice president of education at Altium.
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