BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced that it will host the company’s first STEM Day on Tuesday, November 29 at AspenTech’s headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts.
During the event, 60 students from Burlington High School and Billerica High School will receive hands-on experience with technology industry applications, learn about career opportunities and speak with Research and Development (R&D) experts. Interactive STEM and coding stations have been designed to provide real-life examples of engineering, programming and other technology disciplines. Students will be given the opportunity to work with virtual reality simulations, design simulations of chemical plant processes, experiment with homopolar electric motors and more.
AspenTech has a long history of innovation. Today Aspen Plus® is used as the de facto standard for process simulation software in university chemical engineering departments around the world.
Supporting Quotes
Antonio Pietri, President & CEO,
AspenTech
“We are very excited to have Billerica High School
and Burlington High School local students as our STEM Day participants.
Support for STEM education in local schools is a perfect fit with
AspenTech’s commitment to helping develop the next generation of
engineers – the skilled workforce who will drive the growth of the
Boston tech economy in the coming decades.”
About AspenTech
AspenTech is a leading supplier of software
that optimizes process manufacturing – for energy, chemicals,
engineering and construction, and other industries that manufacture and
produce products from a chemical process. With integrated aspenONE
solutions, process manufacturers can implement best practices for
optimizing their engineering, manufacturing and supply chain operations.
As a result, AspenTech customers are better able to increase capacity,
improve margins, reduce costs and become more energy efficient. To see
how the world’s leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to
achieve their operational excellence goals, visit www.aspentech.com
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