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The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, rapid manufacturing, information technology and biomanufacturing are discussed. Such advanced technology programs are available at community colleges, and provide students...

In "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct," students will become the lead characters in an interactive movie and make decisions about integrity in research that can have long-term consequences. The simulation addresses Responsible Conduct of Research topics such as avoiding research misconduct,...

This animation is provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and shows the making of the CMOS Microchip. The objective of this animation is to determine the process steps needed to complete a CMOS device. An .mp4 is also available for viewing and runs 9:04 minutes in length. 

This site features interactive tools related to The Nature of Things television show. The tools include different videos and descriptions of a wide variety of subjects. Some examples include biomimicry, human illness, indoor pollution, and other issues affecting humans. 

Penguin Tutor, created by Stewart Watkiss, includes projects that can be recreated at home (or by students) by following simple instructions and circuit diagrams that Watkiss has provided. The exercises are based around Arduino software using discrete components. The examples and descriptions on his...

This learning object, created by Terry Bartelt of the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, focuses on reflected load in a transformer. This employment of Flash allows users to interact with the presentation. Overall, this is a nice introduction to the basics of this specific topic.

The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center introduces the concept of actuators as they are utilized on a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, using the Triggerfish ROV project. "The TriggerFish ROV kit uses four bidirectional motor controllers and 2 joysticks for precision navigation. The ROV...

This Web site features a series of animations showing the operation of a vortex flowmeter that is used to measure flow in a process control system. Besides defining a vortex flowmeter, a Flash animation shows how it causes vortices around a blunt object obstructing the flow. A sine wave flow is...

Created by Kaye Krueger of Wisconsin Online Resource Center, this presentation allows user to read about how total productive maintenance can prevent breakdowns, defects, and a variety of other losses. This is a nice, brief introduction to this important topic in manufacturing engineering.

This video clip provides a glimpse into the product formation cycle at Genentech, usually acknowledged as the first biotechnology company. In 1976, Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson started Genentech which became a publicly traded company in 1980. For their first product, the company used recombinant...