What happens when science, technology, robots and humans join hands and collaborate? A good place to get a preview is the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) where the possibilities become endless, as room for innovation is greatly expanded through an intermingling of science, technology, human and artificial intelligence. IHMC, with offices in […]
FLATE has a great set of manufacturing partners. This is evident to long time readers of the FLATE Focus and we are proud to add one more data point to their accomplishments list. In 2012, NAM’s (National Association of Manufactures) Manufacturing Institute in partnership with Deloitte and the University of Phoenix, initiated an annual recognition […]
Florida Advanced Technological Education Center’s (FLATE) award winning, A.S. degree in engineering technology was featured in Science Nation as part of a series of special reports from the National Science Foundation. The video which will be released on Feb. 7, 2013, takes a look at the two year degree in engineering technology created by FLATE, […]
As part of national Career and Technical Education (CTE) month, legislators around Florida are joining hands to celebrate educators involved in CTE. Chancellor Rod Duckworth from the Division of Career & Technical Education at the Florida Department of Education says “now is the perfect time” to thank teachers for everything “they do year round on […]
As we start a new year, it is common practice to make resolutions for new beginnings and changes, as well as reflect on past successes and opportunities. Looking back to 2012, I would like to share some FLATE milestones. Most importantly, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded FLATE for an unprecedented third cycle at full center […]
We are very proud of the 2012 milestones related to our curriculum work around the A.S. Engineering Technology Degree including Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis recognizing FLATE and the work with the ET Degree and its community of practice as foundational to the DOL award to SPC of a $15M DOL TAACCCT grant […]
A product quality assurance technician has been assigned the responsibility of executing a performance evaluation procedure for the company’s surgical robotic arms before each is shipped to the intended customer. Before that procedure begins, the tech examines the graphic below that shows the plot of the expected voltage values while the arm goes through its […]
Associated Press Release (11-26-12) “Tallahassee, FL (AP) -November 26, 2012- Gov. Rick Scott wants Florida’s community and state colleges to develop bargain four-year degrees costing no more than $10,000. Scott made his proposal Monday in the form of a challenge before an audience of elected officials and college and community leaders at the Clearwater campus […]
FLATE’s holiday season was marked by a plethora of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) based workshops and tours for incumbent workers, educators and high school students. On the student side of the continuum, 15 students from King and Gaither High Schools in Tampa toured FLATE’s engineering technology lab at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Brandon. […]
The HI-TEC Conference is produced by a consortium of National Science Foundation funded Advanced Technological Education centers and projects as an annual event where secondary and postsecondary educators, counselors, industry professionals, trade organizations, and technicians can update their knowledge and skills. The conference, launched in 2009, evolved out of the highly-successful SAME-TEC Conference. According to […]
