The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) supports cybersecurity educators, researchers, and practitioners in their efforts to improve curricula and foster discussion of current and emerging trends. At this three-day event in June, academic partners share innovative curriculum, courseware, and hands-on techniques that their colleagues can take back to their programs.

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 workshop presented by VESTA will benefit winemakers, cellar workers, winery staff, and wine enthusiasts who seek a deeper understanding of these topics and their impact on a winery’s success. In addition, workshop attendees will be guided through sensory test methods to access perceived differences and preferences in wine.

St. Cloud Technical and Community College is hosting its ninth annual S.T.A.R. (Students, Technology, And Robots) for middle school students.

During this week-long camp, teams of two students will build a remote-controlled robot, learning about the manufacturing processes of Mechanical Design, Machine Tool Technology, Welding/Fabrication and Industrial Electronics while doing so.  The camp culminates in a competition, where the teams will drive their robots through an obstacle course designed by the SCTCC instructors.

This two and a half day hands-on training workshop for educators includes hands-on sessions with a variety of robots, guest speakers, using robots in STEM classrooms and much, much more.

In the NSF funded Center on Advanced Self-Powered Systems of integrated sensors and technologies (ASSIST) we are hoping to change the world of health care by building wearable health monitoring devices that are battery-free. These devices are powered by body heat and body motion and enable continuous health monitoring without any user intervention. Coupled with critical health and environmental sensors these always-on devices can enable long term monitoring and help in establishing personal health trends which are simply nonexistent today. These technologies can help our society move away from managing illness towards managing wellness. The focus of the talk will be on self-powered wearable, wireless health monitoring systems for addressing the grand challenges of healthcare. Learn how power is being harvested from the human body in the form of heat and motion and utilized very effectively using low power electronics. Our work will be discussed on building medically validated low-power health sensors (EKG, hydration and biomarkers) and personal environmental exposures such as ozone which are related to Asthma. 

If you attend a high school in the Twin Cities area and are entering a grade between 8-12, you are invited to attend the 3rd Digital Fabrication Workshop at Century College. This is a 3-day workshop from 9:30am - 2:30pm with a free lunch provided.

You can attend one of four workshops offered in June. We have a lot of fun projects, from 2D laser cutting & engraving to 3D printing to watching drones fly. You can also learn more about Manufacturing Engineering, and if this is the field for you from an expert.

You will receive notification via email if you are accepted. A parental consent form is required to attend the workshop.

The workshop will have a lot of fun projects, from 2D laser cutting & engraving to 3D printing to watching drones fly. You can also learn more about Manufacturing Engineering, and if this is the field for you from an expert.

The Southern Automotive Workforce Solutions Summit will highlight workforce development solutions from across the Southeast. Industry experts and educators from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee will share automotive workforce best practices and lessons learned from each state. ​

You are invited to attend a special meet and greet with Dr. Rush Holt, AAAS CEO and Executive Publisher of the Science Family of Journals, at the 2016 AAAS Pacific Division Annual Meeting.

If we live long enough, aging is inevitable, and more people in the U.S. are living longer than ever before. Yet, age is a major risk factor for most common neurodegenerative diseases, so its consequences for individuals, families and society are anything but trivial. But how we age is not fixed. There are things we can do to mitigate the harsh effects that aging can have on our brains, on the way we think, understand, learn and remember. Want to know how? Join us for an event that will address

Now’s your chance to try your hand at making a unique project using specialized tools and machinery from our Computer Integrated Machining and other Advanced Manufacturing programs

This workshop presented by VESTA will benefit winemakers, cellar workers, winery staff, and wine enthusiasts who seek a deeper understanding of these topics and their impact on a winery’s success. In addition, workshop attendees will be guided through sensory test methods to access perceived differences and preferences in wine.

WomenTech Educators National Institute is a unique live WomenTech Educators Training targeted 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.

You will learn about top strategies to recruit to your STEM program and how to adopt a program-wide "female-friendly" recruitment approach along with Strategies to keep STEM students on course & improve graduation rates.

Leading a consortium across one state or across 6 to accomplish goals can be hard. This webinar will provide best practices for help you successfully lead any consortium to accomplish common goals.

Now’s your chance to try your hand at making a unique project using specialized tools and machinery from our Computer Integrated Machining and other Advanced Manufacturing programs.

STEM educators take part in an intense five day electric guitar design/build project.  Each faculty member will build his/her own custom electric guitar and will engage in student centered learning activities that relate the guitar design to specific math, science and engineering topics.  Participants leave this weeklong experience with their custom-made guitars, curriculum modules with short term assessments that can be immediately integrated into the faculty team school curriculum.

SkillsUSA heads to Louisville, Ky., June 20-24, 2016, for the 52nd annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), a showcase of career and technical education students. More than 16,000 people — including students, teachers and business partners — are expected to participate in the weeklong event.

Before the conference technically begins, experiences for students and advisors include Activate, Leverage and Engage. Intense and rewarding, these three events cover individual, group and interactive leadership training.

On Tuesday, the Opening Ceremony is the first official conference event.

Delegate sessions for middle-school, high-school and college/postsecondary students are conducted by the national officers. The sessions provide a platform to conduct the organization’s official business, elect student leaders and recognize state association voting delegates.

SkillsUSA University  is a program of educational seminars available to all participants Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. SkillsUSA TECHSPO returns to the conference as a whole new experience and is now located on the competition floor. Look for products available to purchase from SkillsUSA’s sponsors and vendors in both indoor and outdoor exhibits.

The SkillsUSA Championships will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. More than 6,000 outstanding career and technical education students –– all state contest winners –– will compete hands-on in 100 different trade, technical and leadership fields. Students work against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations such as electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts. Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations and labor organizations, and test competencies are set by industry. Leadership contestants will demonstrate skills including extemporaneous speaking and conducting meetings by parliamentary procedure. The competitions will be open to the public and free of charge.

The Advanced Manufacturing Camp will introduce students to the manufacturing industry with real “hands-on” projects and an industry tour.  Interested in being a design engineer, machinist or welder? During camp, students will use some of the same equipment those working in the industry utilize to create and manufacturer their own designs.  On the industry tour, students will learn how a design becomes an actual manufactured product.

This is a great introduction to manufacturing and the many highly skilled careers in this industry.  If you want to join the “Maker Generation” this is the camp for you!

Designed for the CNC machining teacher with an operational understanding of a Haas 3-axis CNC mill as well as a working knowledge of 4th axis CNC milling, this class will include both theory and hands on lab time. The theory portion of the class will include rotational axis, types of 5-axis CNC mills, 5-axis set-up considerations, programming changes, program editing, and 3+2 long hand programming.

The lab portion of this class will include safety, 5-axis trunnion set-up, setting work offsets both manually and with a probe and tool setter, 5-axis work holding, tool clearance considerations, dry run techniques, and 5-axis machine operation. During the five-day course participants will have the opportunity to program, setup and run a total of four (4) 5-axis projects.

Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute offers cutting-edge, cost-effect professional development opportunities to current community college faculty that is often only available through expensive commercial training. Working Connections makes the newest technologies and industry trends available to attendees, as well as encourages the kind of networking and collaboration among educational and business leaders that can strengthen any IT educational program.

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.

We want to invite Life Science faculty from regional institutions to participate in an exciting professional development opportunity that would bring Authentic Research Experiences to students at your college as part of an NSF funded project called C-ARE.

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.

The workshop will host high school and community college faculty who have previous experience using geospatial technology tools, including but not limited to: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Big Data Analytics, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Workshop participants will design and produce geospatial curriculum that can be used within a classroom setting.

The workshop will have a lot of fun projects, from 2D laser cutting & engraving to 3D printing to watching drones fly. You can also learn more about Manufacturing Engineering, and if this is the field for you from an expert.

Biomedical Technology touches lives each day from a simple bandage to a high-tech pacemaker.   Minnesota is known as “Medical Alley” and is home to over 400 FDA regulated medical device companies (OEM’s and component manufacturers) and the corporate headquarters of some of the largest medical device manufacturers in the world.  At camp, students will learn how devices are used to treat and diagnose medical conditions. Tour local a medical device manufacturer and see the advanced manufacturing that goes into making medical device components and actual devices.

Students will have a chance to run a laser marking system, learn about sensors & robotics and participate in a lab dissection.  (Students are not required to participate in the lab dissection if they feel uncomfortable.)  Students will also learn about all the exciting career opportunities in the medical device field from Biomedical Engineers who design medical products to Biomedical Equipment Technicians who repair and maintain the life-saving medical equipment.

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.

The SMART Center's Maritime Transportation Institute (SMTI) is a professional development model created to engage frontline secondary and college-level STEM and CTE educators, guidance counselors, career coaches, and community college faculty.

STEM educators take part in an intense five day electric guitar design/build project.  Each faculty member will build his/her own custom electric guitar and will engage in student centered learning activities that relate the guitar design to specific math, science and engineering topics.  Participants leave this weeklong experience with their custom-made guitars, curriculum modules with short term assessments that can be immediately integrated into the faculty team school curriculum.