Learn about Computer Integrated Machining and Mechatronics in a fun, hands-on way. Spend a day designing and assembling a custom project while learning to use small-hand tools, troubleshooting skills, and software to personalize your project. Students will also operate various kinds of manufacturing machinery under the close supervision of Computer Integrated Machining and Mechatronics staff. If you aspire to work in manufacturing or any other field, having a basic understanding of how things are made will make you appreciate the work around you and enhance your skills to take on the other projects with confidence.

I'm so excited to tell you about the upcoming WomenTech Educators National Institute, a unique live WomenTech Educators Training targeted for the first time to administrators who want to focus on big picture strategies that will affect all of your STEM programs.

Whether you're a principal, dean, department chair, state-level administrator or other education leader, this training is a special opportunity to learn how to enroll up to 25-50% female students across your STEM programs and to ensure high retention rates for female AND male students.

I'm so excited to tell you about the upcoming WomenTech Educators National Institute, a unique live WomenTech Educators Training targeted for the first time to administrators who want to focus on big picture strategies that will affect all of your STEM programs.

Whether you're a principal, dean, department chair, state-level administrator or other education leader, this training is a special opportunity to learn how to enroll up to 25-50% female students across your STEM programs and to ensure high retention rates for female AND male students.

The NACK Network offers a live webinar, hosted by MATEC NetWorks, every month to engage and educate those of you that are interested in learning more about nanotechnology related topics. Join us for a webinar led by nanotechnology content experts. Great for faculty, students, administrators and industry! (Certificate of Attendance on request for professional development credit.)Presenter: Christina Arisio, Assistant Professor at Ivy Tech Community College Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are often used to provide an interface between technology and biology, serving as a linker or "molecular glue" for the immobilization of biological structures or capture of bioanalytes for sensor purposes. This talk will focus on the functionalization of Si and III-V (nitride) semiconductor surfaces with silane SAMs. Monolayer deposition, patterning, characterization, additional synthesis, and bio applications will be discussed.

This workshop will focus on the senses and how they interact while eating and drinking, particularly wine.  An exercise in aroma identification and Aroma Wheel discussion will precede sampling 12 wines, many of which are from Kansas wineries.  Taught by HCC V&E Enology instructor Dominic Martin.

Free public event open for students, teachers, parents, and just curious ones! Learn about the history of the laser technology; explore laser-enabled nuclear fusion; discover unmatched capacities of optical fiber in data communications; investigate  academic and career  opportunities in lasers and fiber optics.

ITEC is aimed at helping the industry in the transition from conventional vehicles to advanced electrified vehicles. The conference is focused on components, systems, standards, and grid interface technologies, related to efficient power conversion for all types of electrified transportation, including electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs, HEVs, and PHEVs) as well as heavy-duty, rail, and off-road vehicles and airplanes and ships.

The ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition is the only conference dedicated to all disciplines of engineering education.  It is committed to fostering the exchange of ideas, enhancing teaching methods and curriculum, and providing prime networking opportunities for engineering and technology education stakeholders such as deans, faculty members and industry and government representatives.

This five-day training workshop offers several tracks that cover a range of the most in-demand topics in IT. The goal of Working Connections is to provide attendees with the expertise needed to teach their respective track in a subsequent semester, bringing the most current information to their classrooms either as a stand-alone course or as supplemental information to an existing course.

• Build and program the all new Lego® EV3 Mindstorms® Robot system
• Participate in team challenges
• Tour an Advanced Manufacturing Facility
• Learn about the science, technology, engineering & math used in today’s high-tech industries
• High School Camp includes 3D printing and Arduino programming

“Joining and Cutting Processes� course covers the basics and principles of major joining and cutting processes. Advantages, disadvantages, equipment, consumables, techniques and variables for each process are discussed. Applications, criteria for consumable selection and how to establish process parameters are emphasized. Laboratory work involves equipment set up and operating of the welding and cutting equipment for specific applications.

“Weld Quality and Inspection, Welding Codes, Specifications and Safety� course covers the of concepts and fundamentals,of the weld quality and inspection methods, welding codes, specifications and safety. Laboratory work consists of setting up and operating the instruments and equipment for identification and characterization of weld discontinuities and defects.

The Colloquium recognizes that the protection of information and infrastructures that are used to create, store, process, and communicate information is vital to business continuity and security. The Colloquium's goal is to work together to define current and emerging requirements for information assurance education and to influence and encourage the development and expansion of information assurance curricula, especially at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Join others for the 2015 National PETE Instructor conference focused on: “Utilizing Student Smartphone & Other EHS Interactive Presentation Techniques� (i.e.: Apps, Polling, You Tube, Simulations, Interactive Games, PP’s, but not limited to). The purpose of the National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) is to promote environmental technician training, addressing needs through a partnership of community and technical colleges. 

For more than two decades community colleges have been building biotechnology/biomanufacturing education and training programs to serve their local industry.  But still the public and potential students do not understand this career pathway – it is ‘new’ and not well integrated into the federal job title system. In October 2014, a report from California outlined the demand and supply side of the bioeconomy workforce: Supply and Demand Analysis: Life Sciences and Biotech Middle Skills Workforce In California.  This session will outline education and training strategies for supplying biotechnicians in states with the biggest demand for them: California; Massachusetts; Florida and North Carolina.  As the bioeconomy grows throughout the nation these states offer promising strategies for others. 

Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium 2015 will bring together the world’s leading engineers in the field of autonomous vehicle research, testing, validation and development. The conference will be held in Stuttgart alongside Automotive Testing Expo 2015, the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to new vehicle development and testing, and in conjunction with Traffic Technology International magazine, the world’s leading magazine for advanced highway and traffic management technologies. It will boast over 60 of the world’s leading experts in driverless vehicle testing.

This session will provide information to educators about classroom strategies which will enhance STEM instruction to students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in the secondary classroom.  Information will include use of support services, student preferences, universal design, teaching strategies and STEM specific information.

This session will provide strategies for working with student support staff and improving classroom access for students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.  Presenters will discuss universal design strategies, student preferences and STEM related career preparation.

Our theme this year is “At the Table�, with facets of getting to the table (organizational development), being at the table (evidence-based practice), contributing to the conversation around the table (collaboration), and turning the tables (learning-centered pedagogy). Subjects covered include educational development basics, assessment, pedagogy, professional development, scholarship and more. New this year, we have added specific tracks for instructional technology and eTeaching and Learning.

Held annually, the AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture aims to promote a broader and more complete understanding of agriculture as the most basic human endeavor and to enhance agriculture through increased scientific knowledge. This year's lecture-- A University President’s Perspective on the Economic Importance of Pursuing a Unifying Message to Make Agriculture a National Priority-- will be presented by Dr. Steven Leath, President, Iowa State University.

Using rare images and videos the Tenutos have been given permission to show documents from their research, this engaging presentation will show why Nimoy was so beloved and will highlight his many contributions. Learn about Nimoy’s early years in Boston and his acting and directing career, including his many television and film roles and the effect of his iconic Star Trek role as Spock. You’ll also learn about Nimoy’s commitment to helping preserve the Yiddish language and his work in directing, photography, poetry and philanthropy.

The second annual Community College Cyber Summit (3CS), hosted by the College of Southern Nevada, is organized and produced by the five cybersecurity-related Advanced Technological Education (ATE) centers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). 3CS meets the perceived need for a national academic conference that focuses exclusively on cybersecurity education at the community college level. Faculty, administrators, and other stakeholders in community college cybersecurity education are invited and encouraged to attend. Government, industry, and association representatives in the cybersecurity arena are likewise welcome.

Join FETN for an opportunity to network with and learn from other energy teachers and instructors from throughout the state! 

POSSIBLE TOPICS:

•   Florida Energy Curriculum Frameworks Update

•   CEWD Curriculum Updates and Resources

•   Best practices, issues, questions, and ideas

•   Employability Skills Workshop Materials

•   Middle School Energy Curricu- lum Status Update

•   Networking Dinner 

The NACK Network offers a live webinar, hosted by MATEC NetWorks, every month to engage and educate those of you that are interested in learning more about nanotechnology related topics. Join us for a webinar led by nanotechnology content experts. Great for faculty, students, administrators and industry! (Certificate of Attendance on request for professional development credit.) Presenter: Dr. Trevor Thornton

Build awareness of the triple-bottom-line (TBL) impacts of the built environment and investigate the importance and benefits of promoting livable, high density design  Investigate the options for balancing land use needs for housing with needs for agriculture, landscapes and greenscapes, and natural resources. Host a Design Charrette in which participants will design and envision places that support "conscious living" -- places where occupants are actively conscious of the impact they have on their environment and employ practices to mitigate their impact, and conserve and protect natural resources.

The free, 2-day Genomics in Education workshop introduces educational adaptations of iPlant discovery environments developed to support innovative curricula and exciting student research projects to prepare the scientists of the future. In addition, workshop participants will conduct a novel DNA barcoding lab, in which students identify plants by amplifying, sequencing and analyzing their DNA.

 

 

The full-day symposium brings together different actors, including policymakers, public- and private-sector organizations, civil society, academics, and activists, who want to promote behavior change in individuals and organizations for the common good. The symposium will provide an opportunity to discuss both theory and examples, success stories and continued challenges, and what can be done to improve programs and policies. It will showcase academic research and practical experiences and will highlight common themes across sectors and fields, including health, environment, and human rights. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Leading scientists will review both basic and clinical research and discuss  factors that influence child development from birth to two-years old, helping us understand what to look for, how to interpret what we observe, and what, if anything, can be done to intervene if something goes “wrong.�

Learn about the importance of crop adjustment and the source to sink relationship. We will discuss quality assurance techniques and vine balance related to crop load, and practice in the Surry Community College campus vineyard. Gloves, hat, and a bottle of water are recommended.

Preparations are well underway for the GeoTEd Retreat at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Virginia on June 22-24th.  The retreat will begin at 12:30 on Monday, June 22nd.  We will have a working lunch on Monday (lunch is provided…).  We have some really innovative topics that we will be discussing with you this year, including UAS’s, some of the new capabilities and features associated with ArcGIS Online.  We’ll be heading out into the field, so be sure to bring some good walking shoes…