Florida has a lot of industrial and manufacturing offerings, but due to the size of state it can be hard to keep track of all of the amazing technical advancements. For classroom instructors it can be very difficult to keep instruction and laboratories up to date and ready to produce the workforce needed to compete in […]

It’s back to school for everyone and some of our FLATERS join the fold as they’re heading back to the classroom this Fall. We have many FLATERS in house who are currently enrolled in school and working part and/or full time. Natasha Crissien, FLATE project assistant is pursuing an A.S degree in business administration and […]

For the past 6 years, the NSF ATE Centers have worked together to put on the High Impact Technology Exchange (HI-TEC) conference. Seed funding from NSF in 2009 and a grand vision to provide a premiere professional development event focused all aspects of technician education for advanced and emerging technologies, inspired us to pursue this […]

FLATE’s Robotics camp season may be officially over, but the excitement over a successful camp season keeps the momentum going and the discussion alive. An article in Wired magazine recently discussed how robots had revolutionized the workplace and examined if the future workforce was prepared to “Outsmart Robots”. In June, the White House Maker Faire, […]

FLATE’s outreach efforts have a multi-faceted role in reaching out to diverse populations across the state. Over the years, FLATE has partnered with a wide cross section of institutions and individuals from all socio-economic backgrounds to facilitate and promote technician education and training throughout Florida. Most recently, FLATE assumed a principal role in implementing this […]

The Problem: Olde But Goody Series Water Filter Performance Test Analysis: This is an opportunity to show students that if they can interpret the information from a graph with two lines, the can also deduce the blue plot has higher flow values than the orange plot at every pressure value. Thus, with the clues provided in […]

Robots and programming weren’t the only activities that kept the summer buzzing with activity. Thirty students from Beth Shields, Pierce and Turkey Creek middle schools embarked on a four day, fun adventure making real-life connections with the world of renewable energy during FLATE’s energy camp. 2014 is the fourth year, FLATE has been hosting the […]

This summer educators in Florida had a unique opportunity to strum and fine-tune their STEM skills. FLATE, partnered with the National STEM Guitar Project to host its first Guitar Building workshop for middle, high school and post-secondary educators at Erwin Technical Institute in Tampa and Hillsborough Community College in Brandon. The workshop was held Aug. […]

“Better late than never” especially when it comes to celebrations!   FLATE would like to raise a toast to six Florida schools for their leadership in promoting excellence in manufacturing education in Florida. Gulf Coast State College, Polk State College, Pasco-Hernando State College and Broward College were four of the six winners who competed in […]

Terry Iverson, president and CEO of Iverson and Companyhas served on FLATE’s National Visiting Committee (NVC) and will serve as chair starting in January 2015. Iverson & Co., is family owned machine tool sales and service company located in Des Plains, IL. Terry was introduced to FLATE by John Stilp, past NVC chair because of […]