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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 video is provided by Missoula College and shows energy practicum students redesigning and retrofitting a floating hydro magneto used for portable power generation on waterways. This video runs 2:56 minutes in length. 

This presentation, published by the Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), took place at the HI TEC 2021 Conference. In the presentation, Matthias Pleil describes the SCME undergraduate research experience (URE) program. Pleil highlights how students can learn about art wafers, the...

This video is provided by Missoula College and shows a demonstration by energy practicum students of a floating micro-hydro magneto. The video shows the students explaining what they created and how fast it should go, part of the building process, and the students testing it in the water. The video...

This video from the National CyberWatch Center highlights Microsoft's cybersecurity scholarship program. This scholarship program supports community college students in a cybersecurity pathway. In the video, Kendra Grady discusses her role in the scholarship program, the Last Mile Education Fund,...