The Be Careers Network team hosted two Academic Workshops for Engineering Institutions at Kolkata (9 th April 2012) and Guwahati (11 th April 2012). Both cities, Kolkata and Guwahati are located in north-eastern region of India and about 100 miles from the international borders of Bangladesh and China, respectively. For Be Careers, it was a commitment to outreach these regions and work with Institutions who are interested to adapt technology for betterment...

The judging for the Student Design and Educator of the Year submissions occurred on the 12th & 13th of April. A distinguished panel of judges from the UK, the US and Canada reviewed the many submissions from 13 countries; selecting the best in each category. And the winners are: AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland with their design of “Nowy Klepartz” interchange was the winner in the Design of Road & Bridge category...

I have returned truly inspired by Smartgeometry 2012 , hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . This partnership of practice, research and academia has consistently pushed the boundaries of design and innovation since its founding in 2001, and this year continued that tradition. The sg2012 challenge investigated the connections between materials and environment, as informed by materiality and empowered by computational design processes. The event...

2200 of the region's top elementary, middle and high schoolers gathered in Hot Springs, Arkansas, March 14-16 to showcase the community-based projects they completed over the past year. These exceptional students are all participating in a unique program, aimed at getting them out of the classroom and into real world problem-solving. The Arkansas-based Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Initiative provides exposure to current issues affecting...

On 2 nd March Be Careers hosted an one day Academic seminar at EGE University in Izmir, Turkey (3 rd biggest Turkish city with population of over 4 million). Some 35 attendees (18 educators and 17 students from local Universities) followed live and pre-recorded presentations about Bentley, our academic program Be Careers Network and how our technologies are used by Industry in Turkey. After my short welcome note and introductory of agenda, Arif Bilgic...

I am pleased to invite you to a live webinar on "Business Social Media" streamed live from the University of Connecticut this Tuesday at 3:30 PM EST. Please access this webinar via the link http://mediasite.dl.uconn.edu/Mediasite/Viewer/?peid=214362e9cc264e0eb154b4b56131af6e1d . Join us and celebrate the "National Engineer's Week":

BIM – what, why, how? BIM is mistakenly thought to be a collection of software products. The truth is that it is a state of mind and should flow out a change of culture within the construction industry. For centuries building has been a unique process where the finished article is the prototype. The concept in other industries has been to make a lot of mock-ups and eventually get the production model right. The construction industry conversely...

There is a view around that BIM is really about building projects. In other words the ‘B’ in BIM stands for Building. It is interesting therefore that the University of Plymouth’s School of Marine Science and Engineering should show more than a passing interest. There is at Plymouth an enlightened view of how BIM is as relevant to them as to anyone in the more traditional places BIM is found. A week or so ago the Department assembled...

On Thursday, January 19 th I attended the opening reception for the Agent Structures Exhibit at Pratt Institute , a showcase of inspiring designs by students using GenerativeComponents (GC). The Agent Structures exhibition is a series of investigations created by students in Professor Robert Cervellione’s Arch 711A studio at Pratt Institute’s Graduate Architecture and Urban Design program. The seminar used swarm intelligence as a premise...

Scholarships are available from Bentley Systems by demonstrating your skills in the AEC disciplines. These scholarships are awarded in multiple categories and can be completed either by an individual or by a team (up to 3)—you can even submit your class project! All teams submitting will receive a reward for their effort. Categories and levels Include: - High School/Technical School – design a transport center University/college/community...

As the new Academic year gains momentum, I am pleased to confirm that Bentley will co-sponsor the Student Steel Bridge Competition for a fourth year. This competition is a fun and practical application of students’ engineering education. It tests their skills in steel design, fabrication, scheduling, and management, while also providing valuable experience working as part of a design team. Along with our continuing financial support of the National...

Jason Cole, a fellow Bentley colleague, has written a nice blog article about students in the Lehigh University's Masters of Engineering post-graduate program are using RAM Structural System as part of their group project. Click the link below to read more: Read Jason Coleman's Blog article

Back in February 2011 Bentley unveiled a really cool website designed exclusively for students and educators. The intent of the new STUDENTserver website is to give students and educators direct self-service access to all of the benefits of their school’s SELECT subscription without burdening the already overworked school IT departments with managing software downloads, licensing, etc. This includes user self-registration, a vital part of the...

As the National Student Steel Bridge Competition marked its 20 th anniversary this year, Bentley was proud to continue as a National sponsor, offering free software and tutorials to participating teams as they worked on their 2011 designs beginning last fall. (See my sponsorship blog ). The competition was more rigorous than ever and reached record levels of participants this year—with 201 teams competing in the regional ASCE Student Conferences...

It’s cool, it’s exciting and - most important of all - it is relevant to performing real world architectural design! I’m talking about a new video course from the Be Careers Network : Introduction to Bentley Architecture V8i SELECTseries. This onDemand video course not only introduces you to Bentley’s premiere building design product, but also makes learning Bentley Architecture enjoyable and engaging. Rather than simply expecting...

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is proud to continue our partnership with the Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Initiative, a unique educational program, featuring exemplary community-based project work completed by middle and high school students. Over 200 EAST programs converged on the Hot Springs, Arkansas Convention Center to celebrate some of today's brightest young minds at the Annual Conference, March 1-3. There, a gathering of...

Meander Takes Off The Bentley Institute Press is proud to announce the release of its latest title, Meander – Variegating Architecture. The book featuring the teaching of Professor Ferda Kolatan and Professor Jenny Sabin was launched at the University of Pennsylvania this past Monday. Featuring an entirely new approach to research based practices, Meander focuses on new ways that architecture can be made, employed, and enjoyed. This beautifully...

As the fall 2010 semester got underway, Bentley was proud to partner with Dr. Paz Gutierrez-- architect, researcher, BIOMS founder, and assistant professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley-- on an event to showcase the outstanding project work completed by her students using GenerativeComponents. This presentation, the culmination of the school’s participation in Bentley’s GenerativeComponents University Program, saw students use GC to explore...

It’s back to school time in North America! As college students head back to campus, my mailbox is slowly filling up with pleas from ASCE Steel Bridge captains. They are hopeful that we will again sponsor the Student Steel Bridge competition, and send some goodies their way. Each team is naturally seeking to win their ASCE regional competition, to secure an opportunity to prove their mettle at the National competition next May. Never fear, steel...

Consider the following excerpt from an RFP: A company is “developing a new oil field in the Arctic tundra and needs a bridge to carry equipment over a river and adjacent floodway. The short construction season dictates rapid erection, which is facilitated by prefabricated decking. …A deck bridge is specified to accommodate very wide and tall loads. The bridge must provide clearance for floods. In addition, pipelines will cross the river...

It is always nice to put a face with a name or a telephone voice. Without further ado, I give you Bentley's Be Careers Network global team... Left to right: Brian Boyko, Ed Wright, Laura Meier, Zeljko Djuretic, Frank Conforti, Mohit Bradoo, Kara Skarka, Scott Lofgren, Sjouke Monaghan. The picture was taken on a cold day in December 2009 in the lobby of Bentley's Exton Corporate Headquarters, Pennsylvania, USA which explains why everyone is...

A series of short videos have been created to help orient new students and educators to Bentley's online learning experience. The videos start with locating online courses of interest, carries you through reviewing, registering and taking online courses and concludes with post-completion activities. So, if you are interested in online learning and would like a peek at what Bentley has to offer, here's your chance to learn for yourself. NOTE...

For several months now the Be Careers Network has been listening to the academic community voice their need for a "lightweight" primer-type course to quickly orient students to the MicroStation working evironment. Be Careers Network in cooperation with Archway Systems, a long time academic consulting firm, have been working on such a "primer"-style course designed specifically to give the student a good foundation in MicroStation...