New ATE Awards - Spring/Summer 2013
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MentorLinks: Advancing Technological Education
Project/CenterThe MentorLinks program, supported by the National Science Foundation, is designed to help colleges develop or strengthen technician training programs in STEM fields through mentoring, professional development opportunities, and technical assistance; to establish connections for colleges to identify...
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ATE Central
Project/CenterATE Central is a freely available online portal and collection of materials and services that highlight the work of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers. These National Science Foundation funded initiatives work with educators from two-year colleges to develop and...
GeoTech Center
Project/CenterGeoTech Center is a National Center of Excellence from NSF's Advanced Technological Education initiative. Its goals are to: "Create a national clearinghouse of exemplary geospatial curriculum materials, resources and national services; Increase the capacity to educate geospatial technicians through...
Interactive Movie: A Tool to Deepen Student Learning about Quality and Regulatory Affairs in Biotechnology
Project/CenterThis project is developing and producing a Web-based interactive movie to teach students about quality and regulatory affairs as they impact biotechnology companies. The interactive movie is modeled after "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct", an innovative and compelling training production...
Dual Enrollment Technician Pathways and Careers in Electronics Engineering and Computer Integrated Machining
Project/CenterThis project is designed to recruit rural high school students into community college technician degree programs that are linked to manufacturing jobs in the region. The project activities include: 1) developing a new Electronics Engineering Technology dual-enrollment program, 2) creating awareness...
Linking Employers and Academic Needs
Project/CenterThis project is assuring that students complete certificates or AAS degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related fields; increasing opportunities for women and under-represented students; and enhancing and disseminating the Lean Internship Model within the college and...
Sinclair Community College along with its educational and industry partners, is conducting this project to build leadership capacity for faculty in manufacturing and manufacturing-related programs at community colleges and high schools.
The project is based on up-to-date research on teaching and...
Improving Pathways in Sustainable Agriculture Education
Project/CenterThe project aims at providing a more streamlined 2+2+2 education in the field of sustainable agriculture (SA) by improving articulation between Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), local high schools and state-supported universities in California (CA). High school students are introduced to sustainable...
South Central College: iMEC
Project/CenterMechatronics engineers and technicians play a critical role in advanced manufacturing, and there is a growing need for skilled workers in this field regionally and nationally. In response, South Central College (SCC) is creating a distance learning education program (iMEC) that builds on its...
PRAISED - Partnering Regional Academia with Industry to Strengthen Education in Secure Internet Application Development
Project/CenterThis project is creating a regional partnership of industry, academia, and high schools to more effectively recruit and prepare a skilled and diverse workforce of web and mobile programmers who can design and create secure, data-driven web and mobile software applications to fill unmet job demand in...
Connecticut Pathways to Innovation 21
Project/CenterThe Connecticut Pathways to Innovation 21st Century (CPI21) project is preparing students from historically underrepresented urban, suburban, and rural CT school districts and developing workforce skills for STEM careers through the completion of articulated high school and college coursework that...
The Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing (AAM) program at Everett Community College, consisting of Engineering Technology, Machining Technology, Composites Technology and Welding and Fabrication, are being housed in one location to allow students to experience the different processes that occur in...
Engineering Technicians in Northeast Iowa
Project/CenterThe project is developing a comprehensive career pathway for all students, with a particular emphasis on Project Lead the Way students, rural technicians, and women. The cornerstone of the project is a new mechanical engineering technician associate of applied science degree program. The program...
Irvine Valley College Photonics Initiative
Project/CenterThe Irvine Valley College (IVC) Photonics Initiative is developing technician-level professionals with the skills required to earn gainful employment designing and building devices that interact with light. These optics and photonics jobs are essential to our nation's economic and technical...
This project focuses on creating and implementing a Photonics and Lasers Technology Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program at Baker College of Flint. The new program, unique in Michigan, responds to a documented need for photonics technicians in the state, the Midwest region, and across...
NSF Workshop on Frontiers of Additive Manufacturing Research and Education; Arlington, Virginia 11-12 July 2013
Project/CenterThis grant provides funding to support a workshop on Frontiers of Additive Manufacturing Research and Education. The objective of this workshop was to provide a forum for disseminating information and sharing ideas about the frontiers of additive manufacturing research, education, and technology...
Geospatial Technology Advantage: Preparing GST Technicians and GST-enabled Graduates for Southern Illinois Business and Industry
Project/CenterThe Geospatial Technology (GST) Advantage project is preparing GST technicians and GST-enabled graduates for opportunities with southern Illinois businesses, industries and government entities. GST is a growing area of study that provides the skills needed for success in an ever expanding array of...
This project is developing unique and comprehensive career pathways that provide students with the academic and technical skills needed to work in the mining industry by blending credit and non-credit resources, improving the education of science and engineering technicians, and providing students...
Digital Modeling, Analysis and Fabrication (DMAF) Project
Project/CenterDiablo Valley College is creating a digital modeling, analysis and fabrication laboratory and developing its associated curriculum. The laboratory incorporates digital design, fabrication, materials testing, sustainability and construction in an environment available to all students on campus. This...
Assessing Information Technology Educational Pathways That Promote Deployment and Use of Rural Broadband
Project/CenterChipola College, Tallahassee Community College, and nonmetropolitan industry leaders join with the Florida State University Information Use Management and Policy Institute and School of Library and Information Studies to examine the educational and career pathways of information technology (IT)...
Pathways to Computerized Manufacturing Technology
Project/CenterThis project is focusing on computerized manufacturing technology (CMT) and engineering applications designed to enrich technician education for students; to improve workforce outcomes in CMT-related industries, including aerospace; and to create educational pathways for technician training and...
The project is to use remote technology in real-time to enhance nanotechnology education and training, with a goal to accelerate exposure of students in grades 10-14 to the nanotechnology field and to potential careers as nanotechnicians. The project promotes the use of remote technology and...
Collaborative Project: Puzzle-Based Cybersecurity Learning to Enhance Defensive Skills of Front-Line Technicians
Project/CenterKeeping computers and information systems secure is a major challenge. Business, industry, and government need well-prepared technicians who can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches, and the growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have appropriate,...
Developing a Vision and Plan for the Northern Utah Geospatial Technology Education Program (NUGTEP)
Project/CenterThis project addresses the increasing demand for a skilled geospatial technology workforce by government and industry throughout northern Utah. Increasingly, employers require the expertise of geospatial technicians to perform geospatial tasks across a multitude of disciplines. To meet this demand,...
Biosciences Industry Fellowship Project
Project/CenterThis project is providing professional development activities to improve the quality and relevance of a community college bioscience education. Biotechnology program leaders from the three partner colleges are leading the hands-on, "boot camp" laboratory component of the project. The National Center...