ATE is Advanced Technological Education. With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the National Science Foundation's ATE program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy.
Summer of Nanopore Sequencing 2025 - Pima Community College and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Workshop
June 9 Tucson, AZ
Nanopore sequencing, which analyzes individual DNA molecules in real time, is the “next big thing” in biology education. It promises to put real-time DNA sequencing within reach of any motivated bioscience teacher. Envision a MinION miniature nanopore sequencing device in every biology teaching lab within a decade.
The DNA Learning Center (DNALC) and Oxford Nanopore are working together to adapt nanopore sequencing for use in education—including improved chemistry, workflows, directions, and packaging/pricing attractive to high school and college faculty. The DNALC’s popular DNA Subway is currently being redeveloped for full mobile use, including a new line for nanopore sequence analysis. Workshop participants will be the first to test this streamlined approach for combining MinION sequence data with the DNA Subway pipeline—providing DNA sequencing and analysis any time, any place, by anyone.
The workshop will appeal especially to high school and college faculty who mentor student research or participate in large, distributed projects, such as DNA barcoding (DNALC), SEA-PHAGES (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), and Tiny Earth (University of Wisconsin). At less than $10 per barcode or metabarcode sample and $30 per phage or organelle genome, nanopore sequencing is a speedy and cost-effective alternative to commercial sequencing. Nanopore takes DNA sequencing out of the “black box,” exposing students to every step of the workflow. Workshop participants will have the unique opportunity to immediately sequence and analyze DNA from samples they bring to the workshop. Barcode, metabarcode, and small genome sequencing will be covered.
All workshop participants will receive a $300 stipend. Although the program expects that most participants will commute to the workshop, funding for travel, room, and board is available for a limited number of qualified applicants living outside commuting distance.
Applications will be reviewed and acceptances emailed continuously, beginning April 18, 2025.
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TechConnect World 2025
Conference
June 9 Austin, TX
For over 25 years, the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo has connected top applied research and early stage innovations from universities, labs, and startups with industry end users and scouts. The 2025 TechConnect World Innovation event includes the annual SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference; more than 35 world-class technical symposium; and the Nanotech Conference, the world's largest and longest running nanotechnology event.
Since its inception, TechConnect has published over 10,000 technical papers, connected over 20,000 innovations with industry partners, provided scouting support for most Fortune 500 technology companies, and supported most U.S. science and technology agencies, including the National Nanotechnology Initiative, since its inception.
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12th Annual Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course
Workshop
June 9 Winston-Salem, NC
Register today for WFIRM's three-day in-person course taught by prominent experts, provides a comprehensive foundation in this exciting field through lectures, special presentations, interactive panels, and networking. Organized as an educational and scientific meeting, the purpose is to promote the participation and education of all stakeholders, providing global attendees a firm foundation coupled with the "roadmap forward" for this exciting field.
The 2025 RME course will be held live at the Wake Forest Biotech Place in Innovation Quarter, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. RME 2025 will be offered in a hybrid format with virtual attendance available during the event with capabilities to engage with speakers during panels. Following the live event, virtually registered attendees can continue to access meeting content from July 15, 2025 to October 15, 2025.
Topics include:
- stem cells
- biomaterials
- 3D printing and enabling technologies
- cell therapies
- Tissue Engineering (TE) products
- patient perspectives
- regulatory development
- scale up and manufacturing
- clinical trials
- commercialization
- bioethics
- workforce development and diverse career perspectives
- plus special topics: Regenerative Rehabilitation, Advancement of Sensor Integrated Organ-on-a-Chip Devices, Stem Cells and the International Space Station, Policy and Patient Advocacy, A World Compass for Manufacturing and Marketing Cell and Gene Therapies.
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2025 EARTh Center Institute at Beaver Island
Conference
June 9 Beaver Island, MI
The next EARTh Center Institute will be hosted at the Central Michigan University Biological Station on the island, and will focus on climate change in the region and beyond, cultural impacts and perspectives from indigenous leaders, hands-on activities, assisting with undergraduate research opportunities happening on the island and more!
Institute participants will receive:
- Travel reimbursement (receipts must be provided for full reimbursement)
- Participation stipend ($575)
- Materials Award (more info to follow after selection process)
Applications will close Jan 31, 2025. Participants will be contacted regarding selection by Feb 28, 2025. Please note that Beaver Island is a remote island on Lake Michigan and does have all the basic amenities on the island, but participants should be prepared for travel to/from the island via ferry or small plane.
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NERC CIP Bootcamp at Ameren Missouri
Workshop
June 9 St. Louis, MO
Join EnergySec this June for their next NERC CIP Bootcamp, hosted on-site at Ameren Missouri. This intensive 5-day training provides hands-on instruction and expert insights into NERC CIP standards, compliance strategies, and audit readiness. Whether you're new to CIP or need a practical refresher, this course delivers the tools and context you need to succeed. This course is valuable as stand-alone bootcamp or can be applied toward the C3P Credential, which certifies proficiency in managing compliance with the NERC CIP standards. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience in a setting designed to maximize learning and engagement! EnergySec is looking forward to seeing you there.
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CompTIA Security+ Workshop
Workshop
June 9 Online
Take the first step toward a successful cybersecurity career with CompTIA Security+ certification training. This workshop is designed to equip IT professionals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to perform core security functions and excel in cybersecurity roles. CompTIA Security+ is a globally recognized, vendor-neutral certification that validates foundational security expertise and serves as a gateway to intermediate-level IT security jobs. Through hands-on troubleshooting and real-world applications, this workshop prepares participants to assess enterprise security, implement effective solutions, and respond to security incidents across hybrid environments, including cloud, mobile, and IoT. Join to gain practical skills and a solid foundation in governance, risk, and compliance.
Workshop Highlights
- Comprehensive training to earn the globally recognized CompTIA Security+ certification.
- Hands-on troubleshooting exercises to build practical cybersecurity problem-solving skills.
- Learn to assess and secure enterprise environments with best practices.
- Understand and apply principles of governance, risk management, and compliance.
- Develop the skills to identify, analyze, and respond to security events and incidents.
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AMTEC Institute for Industry 4.0 Innovation (AI3)
Workshop
June 10 Owensboro, KY
Join AMTEC for a 2 day training with hands-on programs featuring nationally recognized trainers and equipment focusing on Industry 4.0 skills. This training is for secondary and post-secondary instructors who are preparing students to enter careers in advanced manufacturing.
Sessions Include:
- Industry 4.0 concepts and training
- Competency based education
- Virtual reality
- Using these tools in the classroom
- Funding resources
You will also gain access to virtual monthly community-of-practice sessions featuring industry partners, peers, and best practices. Travel assistance and stipends will be available to participants who complete program requirements. Please contact us at 270-686-4410 or email [email protected] for more information or to register.
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Module 4: Weld Quality and Inspection, Welding Codes, Specifications and Safety
Workshop
June 10 Wahpeton, ND
Join this session on Module 4: Weld Quality and Inspection, Welding Codes, Specifications and Safety as a part of Weld-Ed Summer Training 2025.
What's included:
- Training materials: Participants will receive a complete set of training materials for classroom use.
- Food: Lunch will be provided at the training site each day.
- Hotel: Lodging will be provided for non-local attendees or as needed.
- Professional Development Hours: These courses will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance by the National Center for Welding Education and Training worth up to 40 professional development hours, 4 CEUs, depending on workshop length.
Participants are responsible for travel and all other meals. There’s a maximum of 20 participants per location.
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Cyber Civil Defense Summit
Summit
June 11 Washington, DC
Defending public life against cyber threats is a national challenge with profoundly local impacts. With low-level cyber attacks like ransomware consistently on the rise, the task of strengthening the defenses of community organizations in every corner of the nation seems impossible to take on. But no one is alone in this challenge of scaling local and regional cyber defense; across the country, communities are rising up to protect the institutions that uphold public life. The UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity is pleased to host the third annual Cyber Civil Defense Summit to bring together cyber defenders from all sectors in this common mission. The Summit endeavors to join forces across defenders, academics, volunteers, and public servants working on fortifying regional cyber defense.
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Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Educators
Workshop
June 12 Largo, MD
This workshop empowers university, community college, and high school faculty, staff, counselors, and academic advisors with the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate AI into their teaching practices and curriculum development. Participants will explore practical applications of AI, including lesson planning, designing engaging and interactive content, creating dynamic assessments, and customizing individualized student learning experiences. Additionally, the workshop will highlight how to enable students to use AI in ethical and productive ways across various disciplines.
Through hands-on activities, collaborative projects, and real-world examples, faculty will gain a deeper understanding of AI’s transformative role in education. They will also explore new forms of student engagement, ensuring responsible AI use in both teaching and learning environments. This workshop prepares educators to harness AI to enhance classroom instruction, streamline administrative tasks, and equip students with the skills needed to navigate an AI-driven future.
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Biotechnology Instructor Academy: Insights into Industry Certification
Workshop
June 16 Austin, TX
This academy offers professional development for high school biotechnology/biomedical science teachers in Texas that provides insight into the BACE Exam. Participants will review BACE skills and concepts, participate in Skill Builders, identify practices to increase student success on the BACE exam and create a pacing and lesson plan guide to scaffold these skills and concepts into their existing courses.
- Cost: Free
- Date: June 16-18, 2025
- Location: Akins High School, 10701 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78748 - ROOM STEM 403
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Energy Drone & Robotics Summit
Summit
June 16 The Woodlands, TX
Over the last 8 years, it has grown to the most influential gathering of industrial, energy and engineering asset owners/operators from around the globe where the key challenges & solutions are addressed for operating robotics, drones, satellites, and remote systems successfully and managing actionable geospatial data, from the stars to the sea floor.
During three days, this event will connect 1500+ global energy, industrial, and construction robotics, drone & data leaders at a time of rapid growth for our sector. The latest ideas, use cases, best practices, tech, and trends from a wide variety of robotics & drone industry experts: innovators, regulators, the most energy asset owners & service firms and more. You will leverage and maximize global scale and participation at this one-of-a-kind event with; real-world use cases, sessions, panels, live demos, exhibits/tech updates, 1:1 meetings and multiple networking breaks, lunches, receptions.
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Summer 2025 Bootcamp: The Convergence of AI & XR – Leveraging emerging technologies in the classroom
Workshop
June 16 St. Cloud, MN
Online Asynchronous content will be made available to participants through a Canvas shell. You’ll be able to explore the basics and learn at your own pace.
June 16 – 18, 2025 participants will gather for three days in St. Cloud, MN. This will be time to learn together, build relationships, and explore technology. Accommodations will be available. For those interested in developing curricula, there will be support with additional resources and online synchronous meetings after the in-person sessions.
Content and meals provided, as well as a $350 stipend for technician faculty.
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ATE Projects and Centers
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies topics include:
- Additive manufacturing
- Automotive manufacturing
- General manufacturing
Agricultural and Environmental Technologies topics include:
- Agriculture and aquaculture
- Environmental technologies
- Natural resources
- Nuclear power
- Solar energy
- Wind power
Bio and Chemical Technologies topics include:
- Biotechnology
- Chemical and process technologies
Engineering Technologies topics include:
- Electronics and controls
- General engineering
- Marine technologies
- Materials technologies
- Optics
- Space technologies
General Advanced Technological Education topics include:
- Evaluation
- Learning research
- Recruitment
- Teacher preparation
Information and Security Technologies topics include:
- Geospatial technologies
- Information and communications technologies
- Logistics
- Security, information assurance, and forensics
Micro and Nanotechnologies topics include:
- MEMS
- Microsystems
- Semiconductors
Program Description:
The Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco prepares students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting. The program is divided into 15 modular courses designed for a community college level student. These courses are adaptable and can be selected, reorganized, or offered in a shorter format to suit individuals with experience in construction, architecture, HVAC, building operations, or mechanical engineering.
Course Description:
This course, from the BEST Center and City College of San Francisco, teaches the fundamentals and concepts of HVAC with an emphasis on types of equipment and conveyance. Topics covered in this course include conversion of units; concept of work power, and energy; psychrometric processes and calculations; thermodynamic laws and heat transfer principles; sensible and latent heat...
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This experiment, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers Shape Memory Alloys or Smart Materials. A Smart Material or Shape Memory Alloys belongs to a class of materials which displays the shape memory effect (SME); they possess the ability to radically change crystal structure or phase at a distinct temperature. The lab will "explore how smart materials work and what applications these materials are used in." Additionally, students will be provided with a brief history lesson about the origins of smart material. The experiment is quite fun, students will observe how smart materials can "think and do amazing things." A student and teacher guide is provided with the lab.
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This 130-page textbook, created for the ELCT 251: Introduction to Microprocessors and Microcontrollers course taught at Lake Washington Institute of Technology, provides students with a foundation in microcontroller technology and programming. Concepts covered include fundamental concepts of microprocessors and microcontrollers, assembly language programming, and microcontroller applications. Included in the textbook are a number of assignments and labs with instructions and student questions. The textbook consists of the following parts:
- Introduction to Microcontrollers
- Introduction to Assembly Language
- Assembly Language Programming - I
- Assembly Language Programming - II
- Assembly Programming - III
Upon completing this course students should be able to do the following:
- Understand and program microcontrollers
- Develop and implement assembly language programs
- Design and troubleshoot microcontroller-based systems
- Communicate effectively within a technical environment
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This issue of J ATE, published by Portland Community College, focuses on the theme of professional engagement. J ATE is a peer-reviewed technical journal focused on community college faculty and staff who work with technician education. This journal is cross-disciplinary and encompasses all technologies under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program. Some of these technologies include: Micro Nano, Biotechnology, Autonomous Technology, Cyber Security, Advanced Manufacturing, Earth Sciences, Agriculture Technology, Energy, and Welding. Some topics that cross cut across all disciplines of technician education are also covered. Those topics include: Evaluation, Mentoring, Undergraduate Research, and Applied Technician Research.
This 108-page issue of J ATE includes 11 full articles and five guest letters written by ATE professionals. Listed below is each article and corresponding DOI number in parentheses.
- Building a Well-Equipped Skilled...
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These free, online Agricultural Biotechnology course materials from Futurelab+ make up a 36-week course that investigates "the amazing ways that living organisms can be harnessed to improve agriculture processes and redefine a healthier relationship with the natural environment." The course consists of four units, each featuring an introductory video, various lessons with lab elements, core labs, and projects. Each lesson and lab has a downloadable instructor's guide with student worksheets. Along with lesson content, the instructor's guides include pedagogical framing, national learning standards met by the lesson, and more. Editable versions of the student materials are available in both English and Spanish. Additionally, each unit includes a pacing guide, lesson flowchart, and lab materials. The units are as follows:
- Solution Seeking Microbes
- Alternative Proteins
- Plant to Pharmaceutical
- Community Science
The Futurelab+ biomedicine course, which this course builds on, is...
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Active ATE Projects | 285 |
ATE Resources | 6,907 |
New Projects/Centers | 61 |
New Resources | 261 |
ATE Resources by Subject Area
ATE Events by Subject Area
Upcoming Event: AMTEC Institute for Industry 4.0 Innovation
The Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) invites educators to participate in a two-day professional training program on July 10-11 or October 7-8, 2025, in Owensboro, Kentucky. Intended for secondary and post-secondary faculty members in advanced manufacturing, sessions will cover key Industry 4.0 topics, the intricacies of competency-based education, uses of virtual reality in the classroom, and resources for funding. Attendees will receive hands-on training and interact with a wide array of curricular resources, with the opportunity to access ongoing Community-of-Practice sessions offered virtually each month.
Learn more about the Institute for Industry 4.0 Innovation training sessions on AMTEC's website. To register, please call 270-686-4410 or email Cadie Underwood at [email protected].
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New Report: Advancing Adult Learner Engagement at Community Colleges
Based on data from ten local community colleges, a newly released report from California Completes highlights key takeaways and strategies for recruiting and retaining adult learners. Of those studied, institutions that employed a strategic enrollment management framework tailored to adults - including targeted outreach, flexible class scheduling, comprehensive academic monitoring with early interventions, community partnerships, and data-informed action - saw notable increases in both student enrollment rates and learner academic performance.
The report from California Completes also discusses common barriers faced by the studied community colleges, such as resource constraints, system infrastructure, and inadequate staffing. It goes on to provide recommendations for community colleges looking to strengthen enrollment and retention strategies. This includes leveraging data to focus and streamline initiatives, fostering partnerships with the community, supporting collaboration across campus, and pivoting to student-focused course scheduling.
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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunity: Courses in Vaccuum Technology
Normandale Community College will be offering four of its Vacuum Technology classes (VACT) from May 27 to July 27, 2025. To support professional development in vacuum and thin film technology instruction, faculty and educators can audit these courses at no cost. All classes are provided through an asynchronous, online format.
The following VACT classes are being offered by Normandale Community College this summer:
VACT 1010 (Foundations of Vacuum Science), 2 credits - starts June 2 and ends July 25, 2025.
VACT 1293 (Concepts of Rough Vacuum Systems), 1 credit - starts May 27 and ends July 3, 2025.
VACT 1300 (Introduction to Vacuum System Automation), 1 credit - starts May 27 and ends July 3, 2025.
VACT 2290 (High Vacuum Equipment), 1 credit - starts May 27 and ends July 3, 2025.
Please contact Nancy Louwagie ([email protected]) for assistance with course registration or if you have any questions pertaining to this summer's offerings.
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Upcoming Event: Mentor-Connect Webinar
Mentor-Connect's NSF ATE Budget and Forms webinar will occur on May 21, 2025 from 3:00-4:00PM ET. It will cover personnel direct costs, fringe benefits, biosketches, synergistic activities, charts of accounts (COAs), and more. Register here on Mentor Connect's website.
Based at Florence-Darlington Technical College, Mentor-Connec provides one-on-one mentorship, professional development opportunities, technical assistance, and focused ATE grant proposal support to two-year academic institutions and their faculty. Beyond its live webinars, it also offers a robust resource library of past webinars, quick reference guides, checklists, and other tools, support prospective and current grantees of the NSF ATE program.
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