This workshop is designed to provide teachers with strategies for including a variety of writing activities in their classes.  Workshop participants learn how to add writing practice to their STEM courses and all courses that will help students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing to Improve their writing and at the same time enhance their learning in the discipline.  

This two-day workshop is sponsored by CyberWatch West and the Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges (C5) grant – both National Science Foundation grants based at Whatcom Community College. The workshop, hosted by the University of Washington Bothell, is intended for representatives of CyberWatch West member institutions and other colleges and universities in Washington state, Oregon, and Idaho that are pursuing a CAE-CDE or CAE2Y designation.  

Join the premier annual gathering of CTE professionals in an exciting, informative and inspirational educational agenda packed with 250+ CTE sessions, a comprehensive Expo, and a rich array of networking opportunities!

This workshop is designed to provide teachers with strategies for including a variety of writing activities in their classes.  Workshop participants learn how to add writing practice to their STEM courses and all courses that will help students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing to Improve their writing and at the same time enhance their learning in the discipline.  

This workshop 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.

This event is FREE and open to CLC students, staff, faculty and the public.

The event follows a sports model, where 14 middle and high school aged teams design, build, program, and operate robots of their own design to compete in an alliance format.

Teams develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles, while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, and sharing ideas.

Attendees can watch matches, get up close with the robots and their teams in the pits, ask questions of the team members, and follow teams as they compete.

An afternoon symposium focused on “The Military as a Pathway to Skilled Technical Jobs” will explore how the Department of Defense can better integrate skills transition in military training and how such training can be better transferred to the civilian workforce. This symposium will bring together representatives from government, the military, academia and the private sector.

International Human Rights Day celebrates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was adopted on December 10, 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. Join AAAS for a breakfast and talk commemorating this important day. 

Over the past 2 million years, the human lineage evolved from a group of bipedal, apelike beings to makers of stone tools, controllers of fire and producers of cave art. Humans went on to flourish in language and arts, becoming constructors of towns, cities, nations and empires, and ultimately becoming a core force in the global ecosystem. How did this happen? Were these advances solely the results of competition for resources, or did they grow from something more complex and distinctive? 
 

Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute offers cutting-edge, cost-effective professional development opportunities to current community college IT/convergence faculty (at non-profit schools only) 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.

Working Connections training workshops offer 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.

Join water professionals from across the country to help keep water in municipal and private wells safe for all.

The National Ground Water Association estimates that 44% of the U.S. population gets drinking water from groundwater that feeds into a municipal or private well.  It is vital to protect these wells from contaminants such as bacteria, heavy metals, or chemicals that may harm human health.  While municipal and private wells are subject to different regulations, ensuring safe drinking water requires quality water sources, proper well construction, and accurate data to guide outreach, monitoring, and treatment efforts.  

This day-long workshop will gather experts and policymakers to explore the implications of artificial intelligence and robotics in society, looking at economic impacts, ethical and legal considerations, and security implications. The workshop will feature keynote addresses by Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Arati Prabhaker, head of DARPA.

How can federal agencies that invest in innovative activity provide evidence about the benefits of their investments? This workshop will explore what data are or not available that would be helpful to researchers to test a series of questions about the benefits of government funding.

We are delighted to invite you to the Awards Ceremony and Reception for the 2017 recipients of the Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences. First awarded in 2015 and funded by the Marion Milligan Mason Fund, the Awards are designed to kick start the research efforts of early-career professional women in the chemical sciences. We welcome you to join us as we honor: Emily Derbyshire (Duke University), Livia Schiavinato Eberlin (University of Texas at Austin), Yan-Yan Hu (Florida State University), Rebekka Klausen (Johns Hopkins University), and Elizabeth Sattely (Stanford Univeristy).

Designed for the CNC instructor with an operational understanding of the Haas 3 axis CNC mill, this class includes theory and hands-on lab time.  Theory includes using spindle probes to set-up machines as well as perform in-process part inspections. Attendees will use Renishaws Inspection Plus software to manually program probing cycles at the machines interface.  After a working knowledge of these cycles are established, attendees will begin using Renishaws Productivity Plus for MasterCam to program inspection cycles within CAM software. After writing inspection cycles attendees will have a chance to run their cycles on the Haas CNC Machines.

On Dec. 21, this morning workshop will discuss the findings and recommendations of the report on the SBIR and STTR programs at the Department of Energy, which is the final report of the Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Research Program (Phase II). It provides an opportunity to mark the Committee’s extensive work in documenting the concept and performance of these programs, as well as a look ahead to the future of these 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.

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.

This workshop will focus on the proper and safe application of basic hand tools used in assembly in a manufacturing environment. The students will learn about the many types of bolts, wrenches and other fittings commonly used in industry, and how to properly apply them. The course teaches power tools from basic to more sophisticated tools, including c-clamps, vises, and pliers, torque wrenches and power tools.

This is the 2nd Annual WASTC hosted the Winter ICT Educators Conference that was birthed by MPICT. The value of this conference is in the shared knowledge, experience, and wisdom brought to ICT education.

Conference Highlights 

• • Cisco Academy Conference including best practices and technical information from the NetAcad community
  • IoT, Big Data Analytics, Cyber Security, and Coding
  • WASTC Networking Reception

This two-day conference in San Jose, CA, is designed for Information and Computing Technologies (ICT) educators from high school to university level. It is organized by the Western Academy Support and Training Center (WASTC) serving Cisco Networking Academy Programs in Arizona, California, Nevada, and beyond. The conference promises to deliver "IoT, Big Data Analytics, Cyber Security and a Cisco Academy Conference all in one place!"

Planned keynotes for the conference include:

• Kathy Mulvany, Cisco Vice President of Corporate Affairs
• Amy Tong, California's state CIO and Department of Technology director
• Laura Chappell, founder of Chappell University and Wireshark University
• Peter Coffee, VP for Strategic Research at Salesforce

This workshop will focus on the proper and safe application of basic hand tools used in assembly in a manufacturing environment. The students will learn about the many types of bolts, wrenches and other fittings commonly used in industry, and how to properly apply them. The course teaches power tools from basic to more sophisticated tools, including c-clamps, vises, and pliers, torque wrenches and power tools.

Mechatronics (or Mechanical and Electronics Engineering) is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, controls engineering and computer engineering to create useful products. The purpose of this interdisciplinary engineering field is the study of automation from an engineering perspective, and serves the purposes of controlling advanced hybrid systems.

Make plans to attend the Automotive News World Congress, an incredible 2-day event featuring more than 20 of the most accomplished, most influential executives in the automotive industry.

The Congress brings these executives together to discuss the state of the industry, in the days leading up to the North American International Auto Show. Attend the Congress and network with nearly 1,000 business leaders representing manufacturers, suppliers, major dealer groups, consultancies, Wall Street, the media and others aligned with the automotive industry.

This 2 day workshop is a combination of lecture and “hands on” instruction. Applications in semiconductor manufacturing, transmission lines, connectors, and complete RF Systems are discussed. RF safety considerations are presented. Lecture and laboratory activities utilizing RF measurement tools, transmission lines, and troubleshooting methods are included.

This event will utilize intensive hands-on exercises to demonstrate what can be done in your classroom.

Join the BEST Center to learn about:

– The latest in building technology and tools from LBNL

– The future of Zero Net Energy buildings and operations

– Energy modeling

– Credentialing for controls technicians and High Performance Building Operations Professionals

In compliance with AAAS bylaws, the AAAS Council meets a minimum of once annually, generally in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. The Council meeting is open to all members, and although only elected Council members may make comments and vote, any AAAS member may attend as an observer.

Discover the world of computer coding using an Arduino microcontroller. Create code to interact with electronic circuits and more at this weekly beginner's boot camp, every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30 at the Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Y-208.