Archive for the ‘Advanced Manufacturing’ Category
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Sierra College and SME Sacramento Valley have partnered to connect schools and businesses for National Manufacturing Day and events throughout the month of October. The goal is to make students aware of STEM education paths that lead to advanced manufacturing careers. There are many opportunities for students to become designers, engineers and fabricators with companies in Placer and Nevada counties.
Students enrolled in Career Technical Education courses in high school can further their education at Sierra College earning certificates and degrees. With technical skills, students can secure internships and part-time work with employers to gain practical skills and earn money to pay for their education.
By attending tours, students learn more about what local manufacturing firms produce and determine if they can envision themselves working in the environment. They can also gain insight into the hiring process and make connections. Students find it especially interesting to talk directly with employees about their work and see how they use advanced manufacturing techniques on the job. The students often discover that the tools and software they are using in the classroom are directly applicable to the workplace.
Businesses can work with faculty members to customize the tour. For example, RobbJack, a high-end cutting tool manufacturer located in Lincoln CA, offered a tour to trigonometry students at Colfax High School. Throughout the tour, employees explained how trigonometry was used on the job. The company also developed sample math problems based on real life situations in designing and fabricating tools.
To learn more about the 2014 activities in October for National Manufacturing Day, check out the flyer (SME No CA Manufacturing Day Oct 2014 emailweb) developed to invite companies to participate. Teachers can contact Carol Pepper-Kittredge, CACT Director, Sierra College and manager of the Sierra College STEM Collaborative.
Tags: 2014, Manufacturing Day, October, Sierra College CACT, SME, STEM, students tours
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Applied Math, Math Education, Product Design, Sierra College, STEM Career Exploration
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Sierra College faculty members worked together to infuse math activities and worksheets into welding classes. The project was originally funded by NSF. As a result students math scores were higher in the welding class with infused math than in the control group.
Watch the 30 minute webinar - Ignite CTE Students’ Math Skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kryZRdulhGE
IGNITE flyer
IGNITE Math in Welding Materials
Press Release on Ignite math in welding project
Tags: CTE, CTE & Math, IGNITE, math in welding, Math Skills, STEM, webinar
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Applied Math, Innovation, Lessons, Math Education, National Science Foundation, Professional Development, Sierra College, STEM Education, Technical Education, Workshops
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Sac Hackapalooza, a youth hackathon will be held at Hacker Lab in Sacramento on June 14 & 15, 2014. This weekend long hackathon and makeathon is limited to 100 young people, ages 12 to 18 years old.
The event is being offered in partnership with Girls Who Code, a national non-profit working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors.
Hacker Lab’s goal is “inspiring a generation of youth who are excited about coding brings limitless innovation to our economy, creates better thinkers, and allows development of entities that will improve the human condition.”
Sierra College CACT is a Hacker Lab partner and contributed a 3D printer and soldering equipment.
Tags: Hackapalooza, hackathon, Hacker lab, makeathon, Sacramento
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation, Maker, Product Design, STEM Education, STEM for girls, Technical Education, Workshops
Monday, May 19th, 2014
The California Manufacturers and Technology Association will host a live webcast on June 18, 2014.
Hosted by Adam Carolla, hear about the growth in California manufacturing. These firms have been selected as Champions of Manufacturing:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
California Steel Industries
Fathom
California Custom Fruits and Flavors
Vista Metals
Parallax
Keystone Engineering Company
Forward this postcard to your friends.
Tags: California, Careers, CMTA, manufacturers, manufacturing summit
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation, STEM Career Exploration
Friday, May 16th, 2014
On May 22 at 4 PM, PST you can learn how to “Ignite Your CTE Students’ Math Skills.” Sierra College instructors, Bill Wenzel, Welding and Katie Lucero, Mathematics will present a free webinar on infusing welding assignments with essential math skills.
Register for this free “Ignite Your CTE Students’ Math Skills”webinar.
Read more about the May 22 Math in Welding event.
Flyer on May 22 Ignite Your CTE Students’ Math Skills
Link to IGNITE Math in Welding Report and 8 Lessons
After the event, the Sierra College Ignite Welding infused with Math webinar will be posted on YouTube: http://goo.gl/41MrUO
Sierra College instructors will present eight turnkey activities and worksheets that they developed and used successfully in multiple welding classes to raise students’ math scores. The materials were created for the 2011-12 National Science Foundation (NSF) IGNITE (Infusing GeNed Into Technical Education) project, funded through a sub-grant from the University of West Virginia at Parkersburg.
Tags: applied math, CTE, hands-on math, IGNITE, math, math for welding, Math Skills, Sierra College, webinar, Welding
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Applied Math, Lessons, National Science Foundation, Professional Development, Sierra College, STEM Education, Technical Education, Uncategorized, Workshops
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
What are you doing to celebrate Inventor’s Day today?
- Recall great inventors from the past – Wright Brothers or Edison?
- Use a 3D printer provided by Sierra College STEM at Placer, Colfax, Del Oro or Oakmont High Schools?
- Head over to Sacramento Hacker Lab?
Find out what Quirky is saying:
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNaGR3-7Fs
Blog Posts
http://www.quirky.com/blog/post/2014/02/in-honor-of-national-inventors-day/
https://medium.com/p/865c516e8409
Tags: Hacker lab, Inventors Day, Quirky, Sacramento, Sierra College STEM, STEM
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation, Maker, Product Design, Sierra College, Technical Education
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Sierra College is partnering with Sacramento Hacker Lab to encourage innovation in the greater Sacramento region. Learn more at Sierra College CACT & Hacker Lab Partnership & 3D Printer Spur Innovation.
Student clubs can arrange special discounts to join Hacker Lab.
Sierra College Center for Applied Competitive Technology (CACT) also supplied a 3D printer and soldering equipment to Hacker Lab so members are able to use this equipment to develop new products.
Tags: 3D printer, build, CACT, create, design, Hacer Lab, innovation, makers, manufacturing, partners, Sacramento, Sierra College, soldering, student clubs
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation, Maker, Product Design, Sierra College
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
Sacramento Hacker Lab will host a 32 hour competition on Feb 8 — Cereal Hack. The on-site 3D printer provided by Sierra College CACT will be available to teams to use during Cereal Hack.
Hacker Lab explains how it works: You can “come alone or with a team to get together and build out an idea. If you are looking for people to join your team you can give a 60 second pitch to attract team members. Networking will also be done to meet, mingle, and build teams. Once teams are established, they will begin planning and building out their project. At the end of the hackathon, the projects and teams will be presented and judged in a competition-like setting for prizes.”
Tags: 3D printer, Cereal hack, coding, Hacker lab, innovation. new product, Sacramento. Sierra College
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation, Maker, Product Design
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
Del Oro High School Students Tour Progressive Technology
Students participating in tours of Sacramento manufacturers repeatedly reported that the direct interaction with technicians, engineers and staff had the most impact of them. Many said that it solidified their education and career plans. The tours were part of the National Manufacturing Day and organized by Sierra College Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) and the Sierra Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Collaborative.
An Oakmont High School student said, “It definitely made me more sure of my plans to pursue higher education for engineering and gave me a more clear idea what a future job might look like.”
Dan Frank, who teaches Engineering Support Technology at Rocklin High School, toured RobbJack in Lincoln, CA with his students. “As a result of the tour, my students seemed more committed to the program and can see themselves becoming technicians and engineers,” said Frank. “Students really connected to individual employees who talked to them about welding, organizing the shop using 7S or programming CNC machines to create prototypes.”
Teachers also say that the experiences are enriching their curriculum with applied academics and 21st Century Skills.
Learn more about the impact of high school STEM students touring local businesses as part of the National Manufacturers Day and how teachers are using the experience to help students refine their interest in Advanced Manufacturing careers as well as bringing real world applications into their classrooms by reading: STEM Teachers See Impact of Manufacturing Day Tours Organized by Sierra College.
Tags: advanced manufacturing, CACT, Career Technical Education, Careers, Colfax, Community college, Del Oro, Harris & Bruno International, high school, Loomis, Manufacturing Day, oakmont, Progressive Technology, RobbJack, Rocklin, Roseville, Sierra, Sierra College, STEM, student tours, tours
Posted in Advanced Manufacturing, Applied Math, Lessons, Math Education, Professional Development, Sierra College, STEM Career Exploration, STEM Careers, STEM Education, Technical Education, Uncategorized