Diablo Valley College CAR SHOW - Great Designers Series

270 Viking Drive,Pleasant Hill CA 94523

07 May, 2022

Description

Diablo Valley College (DVC) Great Designers Series Car Show and CNC Robotics Open House Diablo Valley College’s (DVC) Car Show & Facility Tours to benefit DVC’s advanced manufacturing programs. Private and corporate donations to DVCFoundation.org are welcome. Presented in partnership with Stay Pleasant Hill (Staypleasanthill.com), DVC’s Workforce Development & Foundation Offices, Academy of Art University, and Be. Workplace Design. Come and see Tom Matano, the famed designer of the Mazda Miata and friend of DVC's Industrial Design department. Tom is now Executive Director, Academy of Art University School of Industrial Design and adored by his students. We expect over 1,000 people at this event to enjoy the car show, music and food. Proceeds from the Car Show support the Industrial Design and Engineering Technology Programs at DVC. Students in these programs develop the hands-on skills needed for careers in transportation & product design, CNC & manual machining, robotics, computer drafting, technical drawing, 3D CAD modeling, civil engineering and much, much more. Proceeds help pay for student projects, such as our Design for Industry (D4i) student competition sponsored by Autodesk, DVC’s Engineering Technology and Design high school pathways & summer camps, robotic clubs, underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) materials and upgrading shop equipment. Trophies will be awarded to the winning cars. The trophies were made by DVC students, using computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines. Prospective students and the community are welcome to tour the facility and see our impressive CNC machining center, while also enjoying the diverse cars on display.