Manufacturing has emerged from its grimy past and has metamorphosed into a high-tech, high-skilled role. This shift in its trajectory has created an immense and immediate need for a skilled workforce, one that increasingly requires encompassing women as an integral part of the manufacturing workforce. “It is important have the voices of women represented in […]
Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center, the National Science Foundation Center of Excellence for high-tech manufacturing, is pleased to announce Suncoast Credit Union Foundationis sponsoring 11 scholarships for the 2014 FLATE “Girls Only” robotics camp. The Girls Only camp is scheduled for June 16-20, 2014 at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Brandon, and is open to […]
The Problem: Vacuum Pump Leaks Analysis This puzzle can lead to a lesson(s) that connect the rate of gas removal the vacuum pump has to the rate of gas appearing in the chamber because of a leak (gas entering the chamber from the outside) or from a fixed amount of gas trapped in the materials […]
A star is born!, or so it seems at least in the case of Desiree Harmon. Harmon is the first female industrial mechanic hired by Cemex a global company in Brooksville, FL with its parent company in Mexico. Working on machines may sound tough, but Desiree enjoys it all. “I do not see what I do […]
FLATE the National Science Foundation Center of Excellence in Florida has served as a leading resource in formulating strategic STEM strategies for engaging and retaining girls in STEM. “Women engineers serve as great role models for younger students aspiring to pursue STEM related education and careers” said Dr. Marilyn Barger, executive director of FLATE. Barger’s […]
FLATE’s first webinar planning for 2014 national manufacturing day in Florida was held on Friday May 9, 2014. We excited about the robust interest in participating and planning for another successful Manufacturing Day in Florida later this year. As a follow-up to our first webinar, FLATE has posted a number of resources that will help […]
written by Ken Fiallos, P.E. & FLATE Technical Project Coordinator The BizBots project is a new team-based business and robotics competition designed in conjunction with Hillsborough County Public Schools. BizBots emphasizes both business acumen and engineering principles by having students design a robotic Pick & Place system for fulfilling commercial processing tasks. The BizBots program […]
This year’s FESC Workshop was held on May 12-13, at The Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville. The annual workshop provides an opportunity for experts from academia and industry and students, to share energy research, ideas and information. FLATE staff gave an oral and poster presentation highlighting the new Industrial Energy Efficiency college […]
Following the success of FLATE’s first “Recruiting Girls to STEM Career Pathways” workshop at Hillsborough Community College in Brandon last June, and the evident need for more information and resources on this topic, staff has been working on designing a new, Best Practices Guide for Recruiting and Retaining Girls in STEM. Research illustrates that girls […]
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