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Screenshot for Episode 2: Who Owns the Skills Gap?
This podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, is part of a series that covers issues and topics on technician development. In this episode, Michael Lesiecki invites Al Carlson to outline potential solutions and answers in regards to the skills gap. Carlson...
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EUFORES is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes the use of renewable energy.  It was established in 1995 in order to pursue the targeted 15% substitution of conventional primary energy demand by renewable energy sources by 2010, as outlined in the 1994 Declaration of Madrid.  The...
Screenshot for Exploratorium: Explore Activities
This webpage features a wide variety of interactive science teaching activities. Each activity includes subjects and keywords, tools and materials, detailed instructions, and an explanation of the science behind the activity. Occasionally demonstration videos are featured. Sample activities include...
Screenshot for Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emergency Management Institute (EMI) provides a nationwide training program of resident courses and non-resident courses to enhance U.S. emergency management practices. This website lists the courses, programs, and activities offered.
Screenshot for Fiber Optic Association Standards
The Fiber Optic Association has always been involved in standards, both creating standards for education and certification, as well as participating in industry standards activities. Now the Fiber Optic Association is creating its own standards for their members – the contractors, designers,...
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This article is provided by Duke University and discusses the first working "invisibility cloak." "The cloak, made with advanced 'metamaterials,' deflects microwave beams and may find a variety of wireless communications or radar applications."
Screenshot for Flash Forward to Quantum Dot Memory
This white paper, prepared by Dr. Mike Cooke, surveys the coming changes and looks at how III-V quantum dots offer the prospect of fast non-volatile computer memory devices. The paper includes sections on Flash Storage, Nanocrystals, Enter III-Vs and quantum dots, and References.
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The Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides this useful wiki page for the use by the educational community. The site includes a wealth of educational activities for middle and high school educators on a variety of topics related to the STEM disciplines,...
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MarketMaker is a searchable map that will be helpful to members of the general public in locating farmer's markets, wineries, restaurants, fisheries, and more. The map is also useful for food industry workers as it was created by "a national partnership of land grant institutions and State...
Screenshot for Foundation for Water and Energy Education Homepage
This webpage, provided by the Foundation for Water & Energy Education, provides information regarding the use of water as a renewable energy resource in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.  The foundation includes various curricula focused on the topic of hydropower for use in the...
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