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The Negional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM) addresses the need for highly skilled workers in the manufacturing workplace by building programs that provide resources to educators and students interested in learning new technologies in manufacturing. The NCNGM is directed by the...

The National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM) addresses the need for highly skilled workers in the manufacturing workplace by building programs that provide resources to educators and students interested in learning new technologies in manufacturing. The NCNGM is directed by the...

From the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), this video presents day in the life of Curtis, a manufacturing engineer with Otis Elevator. These engineers need to be able to "design, develop, test and help manufacture machines, consumer products" and have the skills and training...

From the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), this video presents a typical day for Dave, a laser technician supervisor at work for a pioneering laser technology company in Connecticut. From brainstorming new ideas, working with advanced machines to cut metal, communicating...

From the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), this video presents day in the life of aerospace technician Elizabeth. Aerospace technicians spend their days at work "servicing or repairing mechanical and electronic equipment, using hand tools and test equipment to perform work"...

This short video, created by National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), explores manufacturing in Connecticut. Many do not realize the type of work that is being done within this state. The explanation states, “Today, manufacturing is not the way it used to be. It's high tech, it's...

From the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), this video presents a typical day for Jan, a CNC Programmer for Producto Moore in Bridgeport, CN. This career takes skill in computer technology as CNC programmers are expected to be able to "plot out, step-by-step, the way a...

From the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), this video presents a typical day for Jeff, a biomanufacturing supervisor at work for Becton Dickinson, a medical technology company in Connecticut. Jeff describes his interests in problem solving and improving products- he works in...

The National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM) addresses the need for highly skilled workers in the manufacturing workplace by building programs that provide resources to educators and students interested in learning new technologies in manufacturing. The NCNGM is directed by the...

This 37-page report from the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center outlines "[c]hallenges and [o]pportunities" related to connecting military Veterans to employers and educational opportunities in the maritime and transportation industry. Topics addressed in this report include:...