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FLATE’s Engineering Technology Degree Featured in Science Nation 
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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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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FLATE-International Internship Program Deadline for submitting applications: April 18, 2004 Searching for Host Manufacturing Companies. |
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NIMS Credentialing Workshop for Metalworking Instructors April 21-25, 2014 A five day, instructor-led workshop for metalworking instructors to:Gain an understanding of NIMS National Industry Skill Standards and insight into curriculum alignment needed to meet the national standards and certificates |
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Ninth Annual Florida Engineering Education Conference April 25, 2014, Registration for the Ninth Annual Florida Engineering Education Conference (FEEC) is officially open! The University of Central Florida's College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), will once again host the FEEC at the Morgridge International Reading Center. Read More >> |
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2014 Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC) Workshop May 12-13 Gainesville, FL More info and registration: |
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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 Held this year at Mt. Hood Community College in Portland OR. |
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FLATE-FACTE Lego Robotics Educator Workshop June 10-11 HCC Brandon. |
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HiTEC - The 2014 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference July 21-24 (HiTEC) will be held in downtown Chicago. Click here for more info. |
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FACTE Annual Conference July 28 Recruiting Girls to STEM Careers Workshop |
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NSF STEM Guitar Building Summer Institutes Aug 4-8 HCC and Erwin Tech More |
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2014 National Career Pathways Conference (NCPN) The 2014 conference will be held in Orlando, FL. Proposals for presentations can be submitted starting Jan 15, 2014. |
STEM at Work
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Puzzle 39 |
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 