April 19 – 21, 2026 | New Orleans, Louisiana

The Engineering Deans Institute (EDI) is an annual event that brings together engineering deans and academic leaders to discuss emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping engineering education.

The event provides a forum for leaders to exchange ideas, explore innovation in teaching and research, and collaborate on strategies that prepare the next generation of engineers.

Don’t Miss Our Session

Join us Tuesday, April 21^st, 8 – 9 AM for Alyssa Walker, Senior Director for Onshape Education's session exploring why it's critical for faculty to teach modern CAD workflows and how Onshape is helping prepare students for the collaborative, cloud-connected environments they'll encounter in industry.

About Onshape

Onshape by PTC is the leading cloud-native CAD & PDM platform that runs on any device, anywhere, with zero IT required. Onshape helps students and product development teams eliminate the errors, delays, and costs associated with file-based CAD systems.

Only Onshape:

• Eliminates CAD crashes and prevents data loss
• Enables secure real-time collaboration
• Tracks all design activity with built-in version control
• Includes built-in PDM with branching and merging