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This video from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence features interviews with employees from Dynamic Group, a Minnesota manufacturer of injection molded plastic components and molds for plastic and powder. Interviewees hold a range of positions, such as tooling manager,...

This video, from Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, features employees from Graphic Packaging in Crosby, Minnesota. During the video, these employees give testimonials about their jobs, previous education, and past experience. The job positions of the employees featured...

This module, created by Craig Johnson of Central Washington University, "incorporates engineering design (using smart spreadsheets) into a laboratory activity focusing on columns made of composite materials." In this lab, students will simulate the use of composite columns and use spreadsheets to...

This learning activity will provide students with an introduction to the layup method of composite production. Students will use epoxy resin and fiberglass woven cloth to create their own lay-up, and in the process learn about matrices, resins, hardeners, and release agents. This activity is...

This learning activity will provides a lesson on "the effect on strength and stiffness of a material when it is manufactured as a composite." Popsicle sticks are used to demonstrate the difference between singular materials and composite materials. The activity is meant for students to understand...

The Comprehensive Guitar Grading Rubric is an evaluation tool designed to measure students' progress in a STEM Guitar course. The National Science Foundation STEM Guitar Project provides professional development to high school and community college faculty in order to better engage in student...

This resource, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is an animation that demonstrates a basic overview of compressed air for use in machines. The objective of the animation is to describe the different tools that can be used with compressed air. An .mp4 is also...

This video, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, is the first part of a two part lecture that provides a broad overview of pneumatic compressors and compressor control. In this part of the lecture, instructor Jim Pytel discusses the reciprocating piston compressor, the rotary vane...

This video, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, is the second part of a two part lecture that provides a broad overview of pneumatic compressors and compressor control. In this part of the lecture, instructor Jim Pytel discusses compressor control, including topics such as pressure...

This resource, presented by the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is an animation that shows computer communication. According to the animation, "communication between computers and industrial devices takes place through a protocol," which serves as "a handshake between the...