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Watch a profile of Emilio Sanchez, an HCC Engineering Technology student.. How does Emilio balance being a father and husband with his academic responsibilities?
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HCC Based Regional Center of Excellence in High-Tech Manufacturing Receives Funding Renewal from NSF Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center, the National Science Foundation (NSF) regional center of excellence in manufacturing at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Brandon, was awarded an unprecedented third round of center-level funding for an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) regional center of excellence. Read More >> |
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MAF Summit and FLATE Awards Dec 3-5 Vinoy Hotel, St. Petersburg |
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FLATE NVC Preview Web Meeting Dec 9 |
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Emerging Technologies and Technicians Workshop The purpose of the Emerging Technologies and Technicians Workshops is to give participants an exposure to and experiences with Next Generation Manufacturing and Digital Fabrication (“Fab Lab”) development and mentoring. Students will also learn to apply manufacturing processes and procedures for design of subassemblies in a final product. Read More >> |
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FLATE IAC Meeting Jan 23, 2014 Pasco Hernando Community College, West Campus |
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FESC-FLATE Community College Workshop Jan 31, 2014 Palm Beach State College – Agenda coming soon |
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CIEC Annual Conference February 5-7, 2014 Savannah, GA Read More >> |
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FLATE NVC Meeting Feb 13-14, 2014 Florida State College at Jacksonville |
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Mechatronics Education Webinar Feb 21, 2014 Register online here |
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USF Engineering Expo Feb 21-22, 2014 USF College of Engineering, Tampa Read More >> |
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League of Innovation Mar 2-4 Anaheim CA Read More >> |
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ITEEA Annual Conference March 27-29 Orlando , FL Read More>> |
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ET Forum April 4-5, 2014 Polk State College, Bartow Read More >> |
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Gulf Coast MakerCon April 5-6 Florida Fairgrounds Read More >> |
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National Robotics Week Open House April 11, 2014 HCC Brandon Read More >> |
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FESC Workshop May 12-13 Gainesville, FL |
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FLATE IAC May 15 Shaw Development Company, Bonita Springs, FL Read More >> |
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NAWI Conference May 21-23 Portland OR |
STEM at Work
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Puzzle 37
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Welcome to sTEm-at-work ! As we move to the half way point in our fourth year of puzzles, the puzzles will still kept their operational visual mantra; Provide data as an analog plot that can be used to answer the posed yes/no question. These questions will always reflect some activity that a technician performs but the puzzle plots will not have much (if any) specific magnitude information associated with the graph's abscissa and ordinate. The goal is to have the reader assess the situation from the shapes of the plots and, combined with the verbiage in the puzzle statement, make an informed decision and select an answer. As is the case for technicians in real situations, the puzzle may not have all the information the reader wants, but that's all that the situation has to offer. However, a decision still has to be made. (As you have requested, we will continue to offer a new puzzle every other month, with brief narratives on the puzzles offered in the alternate months.) Previous Puzzles are 