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Company: Altium LLC, La Jolla, CA
Company Description: Altium LLC is accelerating the pace of innovation through electronics. For over 30 years, Altium has been delivering software that maximizes the productivity of PCB designers and electrical engineers. From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.
Nomination Category: Video Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Science & Education
 Nomination Title: Altium Empowers the Next Generation of Engineers
- The date on which this nominated production was first distributed or otherwise made public:
The Altium Empowers the Next Generation of Engineers video was made public on March 18, 2021
- Briefly describe this entry’s communications objectives and how it met those objectives (up to 200 words):
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Altium Empowers the Next Generation of Engineers is an overview video of a free STEM course for electronics design available to high school students and educators. This Upverter Education video is highlighted on education.upverter.com and introduces the curriculum. Both teachers and students share their experiences with the Upverter Education platform. The purpose of the video is to promote Upverter Education to educators. The goal was for students and educators to sign up for the program. Upverter Education, launched by Altium in September 2020, is addressing an important societal need by empowering STEM educators teaching engineering, electronics design, and robotics with free essential tools and classroom resources. Upverter Education provides the curriculum and free resources to guide students through the design, prototyping, and manufacturing of electronics engineering concluding with the delivery of students' hardware designs. Supporting STEM teachers in a virtual, hybrid, and physical classroom, teachers can utilize the free materials to supplement their existing lesson plans, either as standalone units or as a complete, 4-6 week educational program. Over 8,000 students have signed up for Upverter Education curriculum from 50+ countries with an average of 500 new enrollments per month.
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VP of Education, Altium: Rea Callender
Video Directors: Patrick Shen, Transcendental Media & Benjamin Kitzinger, Altium
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