Resources and Partnerships in Community College Manufacturing Technology Programs

MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 619-622
Author(s):  
Karen Wosczyna-Birch
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Maker Movement ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
National Network ◽  
Workforce Needs

ABSTRACTThe Connecticut (CT) State Colleges and Universities’ College of Technology (COT) and its Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (RCNGM), a National Science Foundation (NSF) Center of Excellence, educate manufacturing technicians with necessary skills as needed by the manufacturing industry. The COT-RCNGM continuously broadens its partnerships with other community colleges, high schools and industry in New England and at the national and international levels to provide support and expertise to both students and educators in advanced manufacturing programs. The COT was founded in 1995 through state legislation to create and implement seamless pathways in engineering and technology. This system-wide collaboration of all twelve CT public community colleges, including seven state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centers (AMTC) at CT’s community colleges; eight public and private universities; technical high and comprehensive high schools; and representatives from industry, including the CT Business & Industry Association (CBIA) which represents 10,000 companies. The pathways have multiple points of entry and exit for job placement and stackable credentials for degree completion, including national certifications that have increased enrollments and created program stability.The COT is led by the Site Coordinators Council that meets monthly and consists of faculty and deans from all COT educational partners and representatives from industry and government. The Council identifies and reviews new programs, concentrations, and certificates based on industry needs and creates seamless articulated pathways. Final approval is often completed within three months for immediate implementation, allowing a timely response to workforce needs. The COT-RCNGM partners with CBIA to conduct a biannual survey of manufacturing workforce needs in CT. Educators use the survey to identify curricular needs and support funding proposals for educational programs. Asnuntuck Community College, the original AMTC, was able to use industry data from the survey to help create new programs. The RCNGM partners with other NSF grants and entities such as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The COT-RCNGM produced DVDs profiling students who have completed COT programs and work in CT manufacturing companies. The Manufacture Your Future 2.0 and the You Belong: Women in Manufacturing DVDs are distributed nationally to increase knowledge of career opportunities in manufacturing. Finally, the COT-RCNGM organizes the Greater Hartford Mini Maker Faire that brings together community members of all ages and backgrounds to share projects that promote interest in STEM fields. Participation in the Maker Movement led to involvement in a national network of Maker Faire organizers including a meeting at the White House where one organizer from each state was invited to attend and discuss the national impact of Makers.

Decision Making Approaches for Advanced Manufacturing Technology Evaluation and Selection

2012 ◽  
pp. 403-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidé Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Francisco Javier Marrodan Esparza ◽  
Carlos Alberto Ochoa Ortiz Zezzatti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Complex Decision Making ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Selection Of

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) constitutes one of the most important resources of manufacturing companies to achieve success in an extremely competitive world. Decision making processes for the Evaluation and Selection of AMT in these companies must lead to the best alternative available. Industry is looking for a combination of flexibility and high quality by doing significant investments in AMT. The proliferation of this technology has generated a whole field of knowledge related to the design, evaluation and management of AMT systems which includes a broad variety of methodologies and applications. This chapter presents a theoretical review of the term AMT, its diverse classification and a collection of the most effective multi-attribute models and methodologies available to support these processes. Relevant advantages are found in these models since they can manage complex decision making problems which involve large amount of information and attributes. These attributes frequently can be tangible and intangible when vagueness and uncertainty exist. There are several multi-attribute methodologies which are extensively known and used in literature; nevertheless, a new fuzzy multi-attribute axiomatic design approach is explained for an ergonomic compatibility evaluation of AMT.

scholarly journals Inside the Math Trap: Chronic Math Tracking From High School to Community College

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592090891
Author(s):  
Federick J. Ngo ◽  
David Velasquez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Transition To College ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Urban Community Colleges

Examining linked academic transcripts from urban community colleges and their feeder high schools, we identify math course-taking patterns that span sectors. We highlight stifled mobility and chronic repetition of math coursework in the transition to college, and we identify “math traps” from which students do not escape. Math mobility was limited, math repetition was rampant, and nearly half of students found themselves in math traps. All else equal, being trapped in math was significantly linked to race/ethnicity, suggesting that these forms of chronic math tracking across sectors expose previously undocumented forms of inequality in educational experiences.

The Impact of Advanced Manufacturing Technology on a Mature Industry

1986 ◽  
Vol 200 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-255
Author(s):  
G R Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Tube Output ◽  
Manufacturing Competitiveness ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

TI Group plc is the largest private sector tube-maker in the UK. Group companies manufacture specialist and bearing tube as well as commodity welded and cold-drawn carbon seamless tube. A substantial proportion of tube output is exported from the UK. Continuing competitive pressures and the changing nature of demand from both home and export markets are forcing reappraisal of TI Group's approach to tube manufacture. TI Group sees the maintenance of manufacturing competitiveness as a key element of securing a profitable future, and policy now requires operating subsidiaries to give full weight to manufacturing considerations when formulating their business strategies. Against this background, TI Group tube manufacturing companies are devising plans and making fundamental changes to apply advanced manufacturing technology to their processes and manufacturing control systems so as to give a more flexible response to market demand whilst achieving further cost reductions.

Investment appraisal of advanced manufacturing technology in the czech republic, usa and united kingdom

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Hájek ◽  
Josef Hynek ◽  
Václav Janeček ◽  
Frank Lefley ◽  
Frank Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Investment Appraisal ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

The results of a survey large Czech manufacturing companies are presented which shows the current levels of investment in advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), the techniques and criteria used to assess AMT capital projects, and attitudes to the need for further investment. Comparisons are made with the results of earlier identical surveys in the UK and the USA. The comparisons reveal numerous statistically significant differences. The current levels of AMT investment in the Czech Republic are relatively low, the techniques used for evaluation relatively unsophisticated, the investment criteria used are more short term, and there is less concern about the need for AMT.

Exploring the key success factors of advanced manufacturing technology implementation in Indian manufacturing industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raman Kumar ◽  
Harwinder Singh ◽  
Rohit Chandel
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the relationship between success parameters and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT); and second, to examine the changes required in manufacturing system as a result of AMT implementation. Design/methodology/approach The first order confirmatory factor analysis was performed to validate the presence of observed variables on their respective latent variable. Structural equation modeling is used to test the considered eight hypotheses. Findings The finding indicates that all five success factors are positively related to the AMT implementation. The redesign in the production system and organization strategy is directly related to the AMT implementation. The notable finding is the AMT implementation has no direct impact on the redesign of human resource, but it has mediated impact through the production system. Research limitations/implications The originality and reliability of data collected for research purpose merely depends upon information and the accessible resources. Originality/value The outcome of the present work gives rise to meaningful implications for researchers and practitioners as well.

Motivation to Invest in Advanced Manufacturing Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 307 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Josef Hynek ◽  
Václav Janeček
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Potential Benefits

This paper presents selected results of postal survey focused on advanced manufacturing technology adoption and utilization that was carried out in the Czech Republic two years ago. We have narrowed our focus on motivation of managers of manufacturing companies to invest in modern technology here. We believe that the most important motives are strongly linked to potential benefits that are associated with particular technology and that is why we have studied various benefits of advanced manufacturing technology and we put it into context of the problems the managers have to face nowadays. Our results show that from this perspective there are many good reasons to invest in modern technology.

Advanced Manufacturing Technology – Virtual Manufacturing

2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 4638-4641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Ru Xie ◽  
Wei An Xie
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Virtual Manufacturing ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Optimization Scheme ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Design And Manufacture

The main indicators of manufacturing companies competitiveness are time, quality, cost and related services, which make the manufacturing transform into new mode quickly. Manufacturing companies need flexibility and agility, so virtual manufacturing technology appeared. Virtual manufacturing is based on information technology, simulation technology and virtual reality technology. It can obtain many kinds of information by the aid of virtual environment. Before the design and manufacture of the product or system, virtual manufacturing can help people experience the performance and assembly relations of future product. Thus it can help people make decision and optimization scheme predictably.

scholarly journals The Applications of Ultra-Thin Nanofilm for Aerospace Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3282
Author(s):  
Guibai Xie ◽  
Hongwu Bai ◽  
Guanghui Miao ◽  
Guobao Feng ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Layer Deposition ◽  
High Power ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Secondary Electron ◽  
Atomic Layer ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Aerospace Manufacturing ◽  
Layer Deposition

With the development of industrial civilization, advanced manufacturing technology has attracted widespread concern, including in the aerospace industry. In this paper, we report the applications of ultra-thin atomic layer deposition nanofilm in the advanced aerospace manufacturing industry, including aluminum anti-oxidation and secondary electron suppression, which are critical in high-power and miniaturization development. The compact and uniform aluminum oxide film, which is formed by thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD), can prevent the deep surface oxidation of aluminum during storage, avoiding the waste of material and energy in repetitive production. The total secondary electron yield of the C/TiN component nanofilm, deposited through plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition, decreases 25% compared with an uncoated surface. The suppression of secondary electron emission is of great importance in solving the multipactor for high-power microwave components in space. Moreover, the controllable, ultra-thin uniform composite nanofilm can be deposited directly on the complex surface of devices without any transfer process, which is critical for many different applications. The ALD nanofilm shows potential for promoting system performance and resource consumption in the advanced aerospace manufacturing industry.

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