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This module from the New York State Curriculum for Advanced Technological Education at Hofstra University explores the best way to manufacture an item and provides students with the opportunity to learn at a variety of levels about design for manufacturing. In it, students design a product to be...

This activity for high school students from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center teaches students concepts of technical drafting/drawing. Through the design of an architectural/engineering space, students will gain a better understanding of the importance of measurement,...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a science activity designed for seventh graders. In this activity, students act as environmental engineers to develop a procedure that removes the largest amount of oil possible from the ocean in the shortest amount of time in the...

This video from Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence features interviews with women manufacturers who hold titles such as environmental manufacturing engineer, industrial engineer, engineer lab technician, key account manager, mechanical designer, and administrative assistant....

This 18-page resource, created by the Promoting Apprenticeship Consortia for Technology (PACT), includes lessons learned from creating an advanced manufacturing apprentice consortium. Also included is a list of suggested steps for creating an apprenticeship consortium based on the PACT model. A...

This paper by Payam H. Matin and Ali Eydgahi, of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences Science at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, discusses a student research project as supplemental curriculum for STEM students to  gain "experience in design of a routing path for an...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an overview of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in manufacturing and laboratory environments. The module also covers "the purpose of PPE and what type of PPE is required for different tasks."...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this demonstration on the phase transition of high carbon steel. The crystalline structure of iron is different at different temperatures, and high-carbon steel alloys undergo a transformation from BCC to FCC in a very small...

This video, presented by WGBH, looks at a high school outreach program to get students interested in plastic manufacturing by having them make plastic race cars. The students go through the entire process of design from both technical and hands-on perspectives. This video also serves as an overview...

Course Description: This 2-credit course explores the basics of programmable logic controllers (PLC) and human machine interfaces (HMI), as well as how to replace and download a program to get a machine up and running. Through the course, students also learn how to perform minor programming changes...