The AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy will host a one-day conference that will cover aspects of science diplomacy and bring science diplomacy thinkers and practitioners together.  

This FREE event offered by the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology will be held at Macomb Community College's South Campus in Warren, MI on Friday, May 6, 2016. It is targeted towards automotive industry representatives as well as secondary and postsecondary auto educators, counselors, and administrators.​

The New York Geographic Alliance and the Staff Development Department of Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES are partnering to present a workshop for elementary teachers on Geographic Practices aligned with the new Social Studies Standards. This will be an interactive workshop, because we want teachers to be successful in bringing more geography into their lessons. Lessons will be presented that are appropriate for both upper and lower elementary school, and teachers will have time to work with colleagues to come up with their own lesson ideas. Materials will be provided.

The automotive industry is transforming. With car makers making significant investment into R&D and the connected vehicle, the monetisation opportunities are significant. This is reflected in the growth of Silicon Valley based offices of automotive OEMs.

Specific areas including fully autonomous vehicles, ADAS and predictive intelligence are the future for the automotive industry. On top of this connected car systems are moving forwards and increased uptake provides a significant long term monetisation opportunity.

Future & Connected Cars in 2016 will provide the opportunity to engage with automotive R&D centres in Silicon Valley and tap into an entirely new audience including industry players focused on the internet of things, autonomous drive, V2X and predictive intelligence.

The Expo Fest is an annual highlight for the Skills21 and affiliated organizations. This event is the culminating experience for a year’s worth of hard work and innovation by high school students from across the state of Connecticut. Each year competing teams respond to a given challenge grounded in social responsibility. Past challenges have included “Balance”, “Responsible Design”, “Moving Forward, Giving Back”, and “Sustainability”. The 2016 theme is “Empathy by Design”. This year, competing teams set up interactive exhibition spaces at Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Conn., to display and market their work to the public. Each project will be assessed by a panel of judges comprised of business professionals, higher-education faculty, and experts in the realm of science and technology.

The biotech industry has been growing faster than other areas of the US economy.  Biotech positions offer good salaries and benefits, interesting work, and opportunities for advancement.  Nevertheless, many biotechnology education programs struggle with student recruitment.  Two contributing factors are the lack of knowledge among high school teachers and students concerning jobs in biotechnology and the misconception that all STEM careers require an advanced degree.  This webinar will showcase Bio-Link’s interactive career website that addresses misconceptions and informs students about the many opportunities in biotech.​

This annual Young Educated Ladies Leading event is free and is designed to empower and motivate young women of color (African American, Latino, Pacific Islander, and Native American) to excel in academics and to accept nothing less than excellence from themselves. The event is open to young women of color in high school, in college, and in the wider community. CyberWatch West is proud to be a sponsor of this year's Female Summit, which will include information on careers in the field of cybersecurity.

The second Naval STEM Expo will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2016 1:00pm – 5:00pm at the Gaylord Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

The Naval STEM Exposition provides a fun and educational way to connect students with our nation's top military and civilian organizations who can inspire students to pursue a STEM-related career. By fostering more transparency between industry representatives and students before college, the STEM Exposition offers early insight for students about the value of a STEM skill-set in today's world. This will help ensure companies and the military have a pipeline of potential employees with the right skills for our nation's security.

EnerGIS 2016 is an energy-focused Geographic Information Systems conference that brings together GIS professionals and spatial data managers from diverse market verticals to discuss innovation and technological advancement.

EnerGIS operates under the auspices of the GITA Mid-Atlantic Chapter. GITA is the educational sponsor of all EnerGIS events and functions.

Entering its 26th year, SME’s RAPID event plays a vital role in defining additive manufacturing. As the leader and authority figure in 3D technologies, RAPID attracts buyers, sellers, and end-users of design, prototyping, tooling, and direct digital technologies to the preeminent event for discovery, innovation, and networking.

The RAPID conference is known worldwide as the unrivaled authority on 3D knowledge and expertise. The world’s foremost additive manufacturing experts speak on groundbreaking processes, applications, materials, and research in additive manufacturing.

The RAPID show floor is a visual, creativity-inspiring, hands-on learning playground. The exposition includes OEMs, service bureaus, and related technology consultants and partners.

Designed for the CNC machining teacher with an operational understanding of a Haas 2 axis Slant Bed lathe, this class will include both theory and hands on lab time. The theory portion of the class will include rotational axis, types of live tooling holders, programming changes, program editing, and long hand live tooling programming.

The lab portion of the class will include safety, live tooling holder set-up, C axis set-up, Y axis set-up, setting offsets manually and with a tool setter, dry run techniques and machine operation. During the 4-day course participants will have the opportunity to program, set-up and run three live tooling lathe projects.

The Annual Conference is the flagship WTS networking event of the year. It attracts hundreds of corporate and governmental industry leaders worldwide. Private corporations, public agencies, and government officials invested in every transportation mode will exhibit, present, learn, and network. Eight distinct events, including an opening night reception and a banquet dinner, will showcase the tremendous leaders represented. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to be part of the one and only multi-modal conference of the year!

Geo business is booming in Europe. Projects like GeoSkills Plus have shown that in many countries, demand for a geospatial workforce is not being met by supply. Central administration (the European Commission and Ministries of Education) seem largely unaware of the problems being faced by the industry. I suggest that more radical change in education is necessary, integrating Geo-ICT in different education sectors. In order to achieve this, connecting all stakeholders will be essential. This webinar reports on initiatives to support and enhance geospatial education in Europe and specifically those undertaken with the European Association of Geographers. It suggests the importance of 'hidden work' developing a strong lobby for geospatial education for all and sets out goals and new projects to redress the situation.​

Professional development workshop €œLasers and Fiber Optics€ hosted by LASER-TEC and designed for secondary educators teaching math, science, technology, and engineering.  The purpose of this workshop is to introduce cutting edge technologies of lasers and fiber optics to high and middle school educators, and help them integrate modern applications into existing lesson plans.  

This workshop covers basic and advanced topics of light, lasers, and fiber optics and includes hands-on activities throughout the workshop. Using the "Light and Optics Exploration Kit" developed by LASER-TEC, participants investigate the nature of light, its dual nature, colors, color addition and subtraction, electro-magnetic spectrum, spectroscopy, laws of reflection and refraction, imaging, critical angle and light propagation in optical fiber, interference, diffraction, polarization, and fundamentals of laser operation.

Louisiana Jump Start is investing in expanding support for high-demand career fields. This webinar will provide an overview of Louisiana’s economy and the career opportunities supported by Jump Start. In addition, participants will learn about NAPE’s STEM Equity Pipeline implementation in Louisiana and the results of the Program Improvement Process for Equity™ pilot site, West Baton Rouge Parish Schools, in increasing the participation of females in its STEM-related Jump Start programs. Two students will share their experiences in their nontraditional CTE programs: Oil and Gas Production and Engineering.

Have you wanted to get your students involved in CyberPatriot but been uncertain how to get started? CyberWatch West is providing faculty, instructors, and teachers with opportunities for online CyberPatriot training this spring and summer.
The training is designed for middle school and high school teachers wanting to start CyberPatriot teams at their schools, as well as college faculty members interested in hosting CyberPatriot teams on their campuses.
The free two-hour online training sessions are hosted on select Saturday mornings via WebEx. ​

Designed for the CNC machining teacher with an operational understanding of a Haas 3-axis CNC mill, this class will include both theory and hands on lab time. The theory portion of the class will include rotational axis, 4th axis set-up considerations, programming changes, program editing, and long hand 4th axis programming.

The lab portion of the class will include safety, 4th axis rotary set-up, setting work offsets both manually and with a tool setter and spindle probe, 4th axis work holding, tool clearance considerations, dry run techniques, and 4th axis machine operation. During the 4-day course participants will have the opportunity to program, setup and run three 4th axis projects.

This event is designed to cover On-Board Diagnostics II such as inspecting/testing the difference between conventional and alternative fuels such as CNG propane and duel fuel vehicles.  It will also cover How to use a lap scope to diagnose vehicles in today's market, quick diagnostic techniques with a pressure transducer, and how to understand the evaporative emissions on conventional vs flex fuel vehicles.

Organized in collaboration with the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation and the World Food Prize Foundation, the 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.

There will be exhibits and workshops to promote workforce development.

You are invited to participate in this year's National Association for Workforce Improvement conference in historic Mystic and Norwich, Connecticut, May 24, 25 and 26.  NAWI just celebrated its 50th year and this year NAWI members will be taking a serious look at CTE of the future.

Do you have any ideas how Career and Technical Education can better support workers, innovators, creators, entrepreneurs, and producers? What lies ahead for CTE delivery? how does CTE align with the new Maker Movement? To what extent does CTE support the workforce as well as the innovation force and entrepreneurs? We would love to hear from you!

This year's conference in Connecticut brings together practitioners who will share their experience and expertise to help you grow a renewed culture of innovation in your region.

The Institute is for high school students, teachers and counselors (grades 9-12) who want to learn about the many career choices and applications of the photonics industry, the skills required to be successful in photonics-enabled careers, TSTC’s Laser Electro-Optics degree program, and basic Laser and Optics principles.

ATE Central is pleased to announce an exciting new webinar on the importance of digital archiving for the ATE community.  On May 24, 2016 at 1 pm EDT, Kendra Bouda and Rachael Bower will discuss what digital archiving is, why archiving benefits ATE, and how ATE Central can help with your project or center’s archiving efforts. Whether you’re just getting started with ATE and want to learn how to meet NSF requirements, or you've been part of the community for a while, come join us to learn more about sustaining and sharing your project deliverables beyond the life of your ATE funding.

External evaluation is a requirement of many federal grant programs. Understanding and addressing these requirements is essential for both successfully seeking grants and achieving the objectives of funded projects. In this webinar, we will review the evaluation language from a variety federal grant programs and translate the specifications into practical steps. Topics will include finding a qualified evaluator, budgeting for evaluation, understanding evaluation design basics, reporting and using evaluation results, and integrating past evaluation results into future grant submissions.​

In this webinar, representatives from the NCL will showcase the various resources available for faculty to include the NCL as part of their classes.

Micro pressure sensors are MEMS components designed to measure absolute or differential pressures.  They convert physical quantities such as airflow and liquid levels into pressure values that are measured by electronic sensing circuits such as the Wheatstone bridge.  Micro pressure sensors are found in cars, airplanes, mobile devices, gaming devices, athletic devices and medical devices. They are one of the fastest growing MEMS components due to their versatility, size, reliability, and application potential.

In this topic you explore applications of micro pressure sensors, how they work, and how they are fabricated.  The primary activity for this topic is to build a micro PS model using materials supplied in the SCME kit "Modeling a Micro Pressure Sensor".  On the model PS, you construct a Wheatstone bridge as a sensing circuit. After studying how a Wheatstone bridge works, you apply this knowledge to an analysis of your PS model.  You test the model's operation as pressure is applied and develop calibration curves that show the sensor's changes in voltage as different pressures are applied.

The concepts introduced and explored in this topic can be applied to electronics, physics, materials science, chemistry, mathematics, data acquisition and analysis, and micro and nanotechnologies.

Forsyth Technical Community College (Forsyth Tech) and the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW), will be hosting The Biosciences Industrial Fellowship Project (BIFP) from June 1st to June 24th, 2016.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports this multi-disciplinary bioscience initiative through the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program, DUE Grant #1304010. During this four week professional development initiative, Fellows reside in Winston-Salem, NC where they gain a panoramic view of the bioscience industry and participate in laboratory skills “boot camps” at our 3 collaborating community colleges; Forsyth Technical Community College (Forsyth Tech), Alamance Community College (ACC), and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC).  In addition to the hands-on laboratory experience, Fellows will shadow workers in various departments at a dozen different industrial/university hosting facilities, gain invaluable insight from special guest presenters, and develop/present an instructional module related to the project that can be shared and or implemented at their home institutions. Travel expenses are included and a competitive weekly stipend is offered for Fellows that qualify.  32

The ongoing Syrian Refugee Crisis is recognized as one of the worst humanitarian disasters since World War II. Although the Crisis has not typically been framed in the context of science and technology (S&T), it encompasses many complex issues with scientific components, including the exacerbating effects of climate change, public health issues, cultural heritage destruction, human migration, and scientific diasporas. The objective of this symposium is to explore how science diplomacy can contribute to international crisis response and recovery by mitigating the factors that result in the fueling of conflict, the displacement of people, and the resulting challenges. Using the Syrian Crisis as a case study, we will discuss how S&T and science diplomacy can inform responses to future international security, environmental, and humanitarian crises. Through sessions focused on synthesizing the S&T-related contributing factors and consequences of the Syrian Crisis, we will identify how to apply lessons learned from Syria to help prevent or mitigate future international crises, and we will explore the pathways by which scientists can engage in crisis response and recovery.

For over 50 years, ACM SIGMIS CPR has engaged the academic and practitioner communities in understanding issues pertaining to the Information Technology (IT) workforce, including supply of IT professionals, demand for their skills and talents, and their readiness for the workplace. We are delighted to welcome the 2016 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference to be held in Washington, D.C., from June 2-4, 2016.