Engineering Research Centers located throughout our country are a great resource for engineering research universities. They are doing cutting edge research, collaborating with industry and incorporating student leadership roles for undergrads and graduate fellows.
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As local school districts prepare for a burst in student enrollment, they’re helping kids prepare for future job opportunities that are ahead as part of the tech valley universe that’s now in our backyard. Click here for NewsChannel 13 story.
The Workforce Consortium for Emerging Technologies helped designed and organize this event for the school district with the objective of bringing awareness to their community of parents and students of the full range technology jobs coming to the region.
Sunday, October 24, 2010 1 pm to 4 pm
GLOBALFOUNDRIES is having an open house with guided tours of their 4.6 billion dollar Fab 8 construction site at Luther Forest this Sunday, October 24, 2010 from 1 to 4. Free and open to the public. Refreshments and Halloween treats will be served. Families are encouraged to attend.
Click here to see an overview of GlobalFoundries, located in Upstate New York.
A new regional National Science Foundation (NSF) – Advanced Technology Education Center (ATE) is born in upstate New York. It is the Regional Center for Semiconductor and Nanotechnology Education (RCSNE). Hudson Valley Community College will receive almost $3 million over the next four years to help educate and drive interest in the nanotechnology and semiconductor manufacturing industry in the Northeast.
The highly competitive NSF grant, which is about $750,000 each year, will support an array of efforts, including promoting semiconductor and nanotechnology-related programs at other community colleges and four-year institutions; internship-based training and workshops; and the coordination of student recruitment for those programs. In addition, the RCSNE will develop pipeline programs that will promote careers in the industry to students in grades K through 12. Funding also will go towards researching and meeting workforce needs of the industries.
Partners in the grant include General Electric, Global Foundries, IBM, Tokyo Electron and SEMATECH. The college also will team with The University at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY IT and a range of community colleges across New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut to spread the word about career opportunities and facilitate training in these industries.
The ongoing construction of the Global Foundries chip fabrication plant in Malta, IBM’s commitment to site an Advanced Integrated Circuit Packaging Research and Development Center in upstate New York and General Electric’s plan to build an advanced battery manufacturing center in the Capital Region underscore the fact that this is a career field expected to growth both locally and nationally.
It’s expected that the Global Foundries facility in Malta alone will create 1,465 permanent manufacturing jobs by the end of 2012.
RCSNE joins 36 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) centers supported by the National Science Foundation located throughout the country. The centers undertake broad national or geographic-specific initiatives in the high technology fields that drive the economy and are of strategic importance to the nation. All of the ATE centers serve as leaders in their fields. Each center pursues a distinct vision of technological education that it carries out in cooperation with two-year and four-year colleges and universities, secondary schools, business, industry, and government. In addition to the centers, the ATE program supports projects that target particular technological education issues. Learn more about these important resources by checking out the websites: http://atecenters.org/ and http://atecentral.net/
2011 Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference
March 8-10, 2011
A strong and well-trained workforce is essential for the rapidly growing clean energy markets. This fourth national conference for educators and trainers will offer the most current information on instructional strategies, curricula development, career pathways, and best practices for training in the renewable energy and energy efficiency fields.
The conference will be held at the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, New York, a 30- minute drive north of the Albany International Airport. Technical workshops will be held on March 8 and conference sessions will be on March 9 and 10.
You can participate in the 2011 Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference by submitting a short presentation proposal for consideration.
Presentations will be grouped into 90-minute sessions organized around a common topic. Four to six speakers will be part of each session.
This is the one national event that brings training leaders together. Don’t miss out on the chance to network with other instructors, educational leaders, and industry experts training the green workforce.
Critical Issues and Best Practices Forum
Today it is increasingly important to keep current with technological advances and to be able to quickly, and skillfully, respond to those changes. The CIBP Forum is a unique opportunity that will enable us to share dynamic responses to education and industry trends.
On July 26, 2010 at the Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate , Florida, over 100 educators and workforce development advocates including Elizabeth Herkenham, Workforce Consortium, were invited to participate in the discussion to:
* Identify critical technology and workforce related issues,
* Recognize, and rank by importance the most critical challenges faced by technology educators and
* Feature best known methods to respond to challenges.
Log on to: http://www.matecnetworks.org/cibp/ to learn more about the outcomes.
Our Cleanroom Protocol and Safety “Train the Trainer” program, held on June 22, 2010, was featured that day in the Times Union newspaper as an excellent opportunity for K-12 and Community College Educators and Department of Labor Business Service Representatives and One Stop Personnel employees to learn about the intricacies and economical impact of Cleanroom Construction.
Robert Potts, ESH Director of M+W Group U.S. Inc. presented a 6 hour program that introduce 4 – one hour classroom modules that can be shared with each participant’s constituency. This program was also shared with the trades apprentice instructors – plumbers and steamfitters, electricians, etc. on June 2, 2010. The program took place at the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 7 Training Center on Avis Drive in Latham, NY. The highlight of the program was the tour of the Local 7 Cleanroom used for training and the participants ‘gowning’ in the cleanroom garb otherwise known as ‘bunny suits’ as seen in the picture.
Orlando, Florida
Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate
July 24 – 29, 2010
HI-TEC is a national conference on advanced technical education where technical educators, counselors, industry professionals, and technicians can update their knowledge and skills.
HI-TEC uniquely explores the convergence of scientific disciplines and technologies such as:
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies • Agricultural, Environmental, and Energy Technologies • Biomanufacturing • Biotechnology • Engineering Technologies • Geospatial Technologies • Information, Communications, and Security Technologies • Learning and Evaluation • Micro- and Nanotechnologies • Optics and Photonics Technologies
Who should attend? Community College & University Faculty, High School Teachers, Workforce Development Advocates, Counselors, Industry Professionals and Technicians.
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March 26, 2010
The Workforce Consortium is a co-sponsor of a tremendous regional professional development opportunity that is “organized through the spirit of sharing best practices to promote high quality professional development in K-12 STEM teaching and learning and Tech Valley workforce readiness.” Registration is free. Check it out!
There are currently over 800 individuals registered for the event. The Workforce Consortium will be an exhibitor so come visit our booth and learn about the Workforce Consortium professional development activities.