Join NBC2 in Salt Lake City, Utah, for BIOMAN 2014! BIOMAN is an exciting and educational conference packed with engaging keynote presentations, interactive panel discussions, hands-on biomanufacturing workshops, industry tours, the annual Vendor Show of Biomanufacturing Equipment and Supplies, and much more.

For information about travel, conference logistics, and the greater Salt Lake City area, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/bioman2014travelinfo/home

NBC2 is pleased to announce that 10 sponsorships are available for first-time BIOMAN attendees. If you are interested in receiving a sponsorship, please contact Jennifer Imbesi at jimbesi@mc3.edu.

CompTIA Linux+ is managed by the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The two exams required for certification test the fundamental knowledge and skills required of Junior Linux Administrations. This second course will cover LX0-102 exam objectives.

This course will consist of both lecture and hands on virtual labs.

Book required: CompTIA Linux+ Study Guide, Roderick W. Smith ISBN: 978-1-118-53174-7

registered individual who fails to cancel their registration a minimum of 10 business days prior to the first session of this course.

Maps are redefining how we solve social, economic, business, and environmental challenges. Join the people who create the maps. Esri UC is five days of innovative best practices, inspirational tech demos, and hands-on learning. Where the world's GIS minds unite. The Esri UC is one of the most effective ways to test new products, improve technical development skills, and gain new mapping techniques. Gain tips and tricks for telling better stories through maps, learn to maximize the latest GIS techniques and applications, as well as make connections that help you gain resources for future projects.

With a focus on machining, welding, and fabrication, students will assemble a part from start to finish. They will assess the problem, design a product, and then fabricate that product, working with mentors. Participants will also have the chance to tour advanced manufacturing. Cost is $120. Open to ages 12-17.

This presentation and exhibit of DeafTEC resources at the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium Leadership Conference will be offered by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, FL. For more information on the PAEC Leadership Conference go to http://www.paec.org/leadershipconference

Participants will learn personal safety methods and proper procedures for working on/around an electrical system, and the potential consequences for themselves and others for neglecting to follow safety rules.

In this workshop participants learn a six-step approach to problem solving, as well as to explore their ability to think outside of the box and think creatively. Participants will apply this six-step process to solve a real-life problem as well as a process problem that could occur in a micro technology fabrication facility. In solving the problems, participants will use a variety of problem-solving tools such as brainstorming, flowcharts, proper questioning techniques, scatter plots and control charts. This workshop will help instructors learn how to incorporate problem-solving into any STEM curriculum.

This course is recommended for fiber optics installers, managers, and decision makers to receive practical information and one-on-one interactive instruction on fiber optics fundamentals. The course includes hands-on activities on connector installation techniques and proper testing procedures.

The course is eligible for up to 7 BICSI continuing education credits. Hands-on activities include:

• Determination of appropriate fiber types and connectors for different applications
• Installation, testing, and inspection of SC, ST Compatible, & LC connectors
• Installation of mechanical and fusion splices
• Termination of optical fiber using UniCam® (No Epoxy/No Polish)
• Troubleshooting using OTDR and light source/power meter
• Utilization of attenuators to adjust power levels (DBM) at the receiver
• Identification of components for a fiber optic system
• Calculation of loss-budgets in fiber optic systems

The AACC Presidents Academy Summer Institute (PASI) is an annual professional development program for CEOs and presidents of member community colleges, providing intensive focus on current challenges, emerging trends, and opportunities unique to that position.

The three-day institute focuses on issues of critical importance to success in the role of the community college president, providing a mix of content experts and interaction around related case studies that result in the development/acquisition of ready-to-use skill sets that participants can apply back at their respective campuses. The institute also provides opportunities for newer presidents to develop mentor-mentee relationships with more seasoned presidents, focusing on immediate challenges and opportunities that these presidents are facing on their campuses.

HI-TEC is a national conference on advanced technological education where secondary and postsecondary educators, counselors, industry professionals, trade organizations, and technicians can update their knowledge and skills. Charged with Educating America’s Technical Workforce, the event focuses on the preparation needed by the existing and future workforce for companies in the high-tech sectors that drive our nation’s economy.

HI-TEC will uniquely explore the convergence of scientific disciplines and technologies including:

• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
• Agricultural, Energy, and Environmental Technologies
• Biotechnology and Chemical Processes
• Electronics
• Engineering Technologies
• Information Communications, Geospatial, and Security Technologies
• Learning, Evaluation, and Research
• Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Attendees have the option to choose from approximately 15 pre-conference workshops and industry site tours during the first 2 days, followed by the 2-day main conference featuring keynote speakers and 60 breakout sessions. There will also be an awards luncheon and Technology Showcase with an exhibitor reception, door prizes, and more!

The North American Council of Automotive Teachers conference is a collection of 144 sessions, 12 blocks, and four training days dedicated to informing and connecting people across the discipline. With a broad range of topics and presenters there will be something for everyone to learn and enjoy.

The first annual Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) is organized and produced by the 5 cybersecurity-related Advanced Technological Education (ATE) centers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). 3CS meets the perceived need for a national academic conference that focuses exclusively on cybersecurity education at the community college level. Faculty, administrators, students, and other stakeholders in community college cybersecurity education are invited and encouraged to attend.

Early registration ends May 1, 2014.

FLATE summer camps are designed to introduce middle and high school students to the world of robotics and automation so they can explore the applications in both the industrial and personal use fields. The camp facilitators are from SDHC, HCC and local industry, all selected based on their experience and training. The programs are coordinated by the National Science Foundation funded Florida Advanced Technological

Education Center located at the Hillsborough Community College, Brandon Campus.

Intermediate EV3 Robotics and Engineering Camps are open to all 6th – 9th grade students who have successfully completed one of the previous HCC Lego Mindstorms Introductory camps or who have previous robotics classes or robotics team experience with the EV3 mindstorms. Campers may register for both Intermediate Camp (A) & Intermediate Camp (B) because the challenges and educational field trips will differ.

Do you like to play with fire? Do you enjoy building projects? You’ll do both in this camp while exploring the basics of welding in a state-of-the-art shop! You’ll use industrial grade equipment and start by learning safety and the fundamentals of Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG or wirefeed) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG). You’ll learn how to control the all-important molten puddle of metal and then apply these skills to make creative and useful projects. Steel will be our primary metal, but you may also have the opportunity to weld aluminum and stainless steel. Using the VERTEX 360 virtual reality welding simulator we will see how our eyes and hands work together to make a great weld. Moving into the shop, sparks will fly as we fuse metals together, learning to control the process, making it do what we want. Finally we will use the computer controlled plasma cutter and other fabrication machines to cut and shape metals.

The virtual training sessions will be from 9a.m. - 1p.m.CT and labs will be made available from 1p.m. - 5p.m.CT.

This “train the trainer” track will prepare faculty to teach the technology-based Information Storage and Management (ISM) course offered through participating in the EMC Academic Alliance program and provide the hands-on experience to do the online ISM labs available through Network Development Group (NDG). Further it prepares faculty to become an EMC Proven Professional Information Storage Associate.


This workshop is designed for high school teachers who work with students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and will be offered in the Access to the Curriculum strand of the Texas Statewide Deaf Ed conference. Participants will have an understanding of what the DeafTEC Promoting Student Success In Math workshop entails and how it can be expanded into a more in-depth training for mainstream teachers in their schools. Presenters will be encouraged to generate interest for trainings next fall.

The National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education (SCTE) will be an executive sponsor to the 2014 HI TEC conference in Chicago, IL during July 21-24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and will be offering a workshop on Best Practices in Implementing a Supply Chain Technology Program: Designing, Teaching and Recruiting, as part of the pre-conference workshop offerings. This workshop will include:

• An introduction to Supply Chain Technology and Supply Chain Technicians
• A classroom-ready Career Awareness Model and tips on how to teach it
• Access to curriculum and a free e-textbook on Automated Warehousing
• Best practices in recruiting and retaining students in technology courses
• An opportunity to tour an Automated Warehousing facility

A limited number of passes are available to the workshop, free of charge - a $75 savings. Those who attend the workshop will also be provided with free registration in the HI TEC Conference during July 23-24 at the Hyatt Regency - a $500 value. Complete details for the conference are available at the following URL: http://www.highimpact-tec.org/

This session will be offered within the Language Arts conference strand and is open to all participants.

Join with welding education visionaries this summer to learn how your institution can be integrated into a the future of welding workforce training and employment. The American Welding Society and leaders from industry’s most respected employers and labor experts—including Siemens, Lincoln, Iron Workers and UA—will help you gain new insights, exchange ideas, and solve problems specific to your technical program and your local needs.

The New England Board of Higher Education’s (NEBHE) Advanced Manufacturing Problem Based Learning (AM PBL) project will host its professional development Summer Institute at Boston University in Boston, MA, from July 27 - August 1, 2014. The Institute will serve the project’s New England-based science, technology, engineering and mathematics secondary, postsecondary, and teacher preparation faculty members. Participants will be introduced to the project’s authentic curricular case studies called “Challenges" developed with regional advanced manufacturing industry partners, will learn implementation and assessment strategies for problem based learning (PBL), and how to develop their own PBL Challenges based on industry problems. To learn more about the AM PBL project and NEBHE’s professional development programs please contact Principal Investigator Fenna Hanes at fhanes@nebhe.org and 617-357-9620 x129.

DESCRIPTION: This workshop introduces participants to the SeaMATE PufferFish ROV and how to integrate it, as well as the engineering design process, into middle and high school curriculum or club activities. Participants will learn the fundamentals of basic ROV building and experience a variety of hands-on science, technology, and engineering activities that can be integrated into a class or afterschool activity to reinforce foundational knowledge and skills. Upon completion of the workshop all participants should feel confident to lead ROV building activities using the PufferFish ROV Kit or comparable parts and components.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Educators who have had introductory exposure to ROV activities or who have a background teaching science, technology, engineering, or math. Activities presented in this workshop are appropriate for 6-10th grade or within an afterschool club or activity. All faculty attending should have concrete plans to implement these activities in the following academic year. If you are new to ROV building and unable to commit to implementing this activities during the next academic year, we recommend that you attend one of our regional short workshops (3 hours to 2 days).

Applications are due April 10th, but will be accepted until the workshop is full.

200,000 plug-in electric vehicles and 7,750 charging stations across North America. Sensational vehicles with stunning performance and breakthrough technology. The progress has been undeniable, the future has never been more promising, but much work remains to be done and the time to act is now.

Plug-In 2014 is the premier electric vehicle conference in the United States and the best venue to discuss, debate, and move forward on the key policy, technology, and market issues critical to the long-term success of electric vehicles.

The 48th Annual FACTE Conference & Trade Show is a three-day event for Career and Technical Educators, Administrators, and Staff. FACTE serves both secondary and post-secondary CTE programs. The materials presented during conference are appropriate for all CTE programs at all age levels. Among the topics covered are industry certification, Perkins funding, legislative updates, innovative classroom techniques, FLDOE updates, and much more! This year's event promises to be spectacular. It will be held at the beautiful Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida. The conference halls will be lined with vendors from throughout the United States. The FACTE Conference hosts over 400 attendees each year, making it an excellent opportunity for networking. This year's social events include a golf tournament, the President's Reception, the Scholarship Auction & Dinner, and the Awards Lunch.

FLATE summer camps are designed to introduce middle and high school students to the world of robotics and automation so they can explore the applications in both the industrial and personal use fields. The camp facilitators are from SDHC, HCC and local industry, all selected based on their experience and training. The programs are coordinated by the National Science Foundation funded Florida Advanced Technological

Education Center located at the Hillsborough Community College, Brandon Campus.

High School Robotics and Engineering Camps are open to all students entering 9th -12th grade students as of September 2014. No previous camp or engineering experience is required.

During this exciting program, students will learn how to reconfigure Lego E V 3 ‘Mindstorms’ Robots and program them to follow specific commands, be part of ‘robotic team challenges’,

learn design techniques utilizing software programs and the demonstration of a 3D printer to produce prototype parts. In addition, they will also take a tour through a highly automated manufacturing facility. The camp experience is designed to sharpen their skills in math, physics, the application of scientific principles and new technologies, along with examining careers in the fields of modern manufacturing. Camps will receive hands-on opportunities in STEM projects.

Preparing our students for the workforce! Three days of hands-on experience and a plethora of opportunity to work directly with Cisco and partners. Attend workshops such as IPv6, New CCNA Curricula, Netspace, and many more.

Join us for the Techbridge Summer Institute, July 30 - August 1, 2014, in Oakland, CA. The Institute focuses on the development of STEM educators and offers strategies and curriculum for engaging girls. We will explore science, technology and engineering through inquiry-based activities. Techbridges experienced staff will guide you through: • Recruiting and engaging girls in a STEM program • Training on Techbridges hands-on curriculum for grades 5-12 • Planning field trips and visits with role models • Supporting family outreach • Developing STEM facilitation skills • Integrating career exploration into your programming Earn 2 CEUs - Participants can register for 2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) through California State University East Bay. Who should come? Teachers, after-school program staff, museum educators, youth development leaders, and any others interested in promoting girls in STEM.

This workshop covers a variety of material related to microtechnology and MEMS devices in the medical field, as well as biological concepts that are exploited by such devices. Participants will become familiar with SCME’s bioMEMS series of learning modules and will complete a variety of activities found within these learning modules. Activities include the role of DNA and proteins in micro-sized devices, biomolecules and their functions in bioMEMS, and explorations and presentations about specific bioMEMS used for diagnostics, therapeutics and clinical laboratory applications.

Colorful tents, rolling hills, picnic tables, and groves of tall oaks provide a tranquil setting for the Vintage Ohio Wine Festival, the premier food and wine event of the year. Receive 25 wine sampling tickets to taste from twenty wineries offering regional wines ranging from world-class wines like Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc or Riesling to fun-to-drink fruit wines made from fresh strawberries, blackberries, peaches and raspberries. Whether one enjoys red, white, blush, dry, sweet or something in-between, there will be an opportunity to find a favorite "Vintage Experience." There is also plenty of scrumptious food, cooking school demonstrations, 3 stages of live music entertainment, artisans, shopping, and spectacular Friday fireworks.

This conference incorporates relevant speakers and workshops to create a rich professional development opportunity. Topics include how to find and organize valuable internet-based resources, tools to increase productivity and engagement, and underwater robotics.

The National Science Foundation STEM Guitar Project provides innovative professional development to high school and community college faculty.

Faculty will take part in an intense five day guitar design/build project. Each faculty member will build his/her own custom electric guitar and will engage in student centered learning activities that relate the guitar design to specific math, science and engineering topics.

Participants will leave this weeklong experience with their custom-made guitars, curriculum modules with short term assessments that can be immediately integrated into the faculty teams school curriculum, and much more.

Apply to participate in the 5-day electric guitar design & build learning new hands-on applications for STEM education. Complete application for consideration to receive fellowship to attend Institute in your region.