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.
Azure AI Infrastructure Workshop
Workshop
September 2 Online
Designed specifically for community college faculty, this hands-on workshop explores the robust capabilities of Microsoft Azure in the field of artificial intelligence. Participants will gain practical experience with Azure's powerful AI tools and services while preparing for the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals exam.
The workshop covers essential AI and machine learning concepts, guiding attendees through the process of building, training, and deploying models using Azure. Topics include computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and generative AI, with a focus on real-world applications.
In addition to technical skills, the workshop emphasizes strategies for integrating AI technologies into academic programs, equipping educators to bring cutting-edge tools into the classroom.
Key Features:
- AI Fundamentals Preparation - Tailored content aligned with the Azure AI Fundamentals certification.
- Machine Learning Essentials - Develop, train, and deploy ML models in Azure.
- Specialized AI Domains - Deep dives into computer vision, NLP, and generative AI.
- Hands-On Experience - Interactive labs and practical exercises.
- Educational Integration - Guidance for incorporating AI into curriculum and instruction.
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FABTECH 2025
Conference
September 8 Chicago, IL
Join FABTECH 2025, North America’s preeminent event for metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing. Explore the latest technologies, gain hands-on experience, and network with industry leaders and peers who can help take your business or career to the next level.
FABTECH is the only event where you can experience the latest in metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing—all under one roof. Explore 800,000+ sq. ft. of exhibits showcasing cutting-edge manufacturing equipment and advanced solutions to boost productivity. Discover industry innovations, connect with experts, and gain the tools to stay ahead in a competitive market.
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Arm Education: Resources for Teaching & Learning Enablement
Meeting
September 10 Online
Join for an engaging introduction to Arm Education, a global leader in computing education and innovation. Arm powers 99% of the world’s smartphones and plays a critical role in emerging technologies like AI, IoT, and semiconductors. During this introductory session, Arm Education will highlight its range of free resources and global initiatives designed to empower educators, students, and researchers in shaping the future of computing.
What will be covered:
- A guided walkthrough of Arm's free educational resources, including the new AI Learning Pathway
- Arm involvement in the Semiconductor Education Alliance (SEA)
- The Arm Developer Labs Initiative – giving learners practical, hands-on experience with real Arm tools.
- Resources available for academic research and innovation on Arm-based platforms.
Whether you’re developing new curricula, launching research projects, or simply exploring how to make the most of Arm’s offerings, this is a great opportunity to engage directly with the Arm Education team.
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The Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Forum
Summit
September 11 Hartford, CT
Every seat in this room will matter. Make sure one of them is yours.
Join business leaders, decision-makers, and innovators at the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Forum for a full day of insights, strategy, and forward-thinking solutions built for the industry's next chapter!
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A New Resource to Understanding Advanced Lighting Controls
Webinar
September 12 Online
Did you know that advanced lighting controls could result in an average of nearly 70% lighting energy savings? Unfortunately, there is an industry-wide knowledge gap about how to utilize advanced controls to capitalize on energy savings and ensure buildings run at peak performance. To address this gap, Slipstream was awarded a grant by the Department of Defense (DoD) Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) to develop a comprehensive training resource on advanced lighting controls.
This webinar will briefly describe the project and will show how to access the free training. Additionally, the webinar will go over some basics of task tuning to get you thinking about saving energy in your building.
Speaker: Scott Schuetter, PE, is a Principal Engineer at Slipstream
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Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Educators
Workshop
September 12 Bossier City, LA
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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CONNverge Conference
Conference
September 12 Bristol, CT
Join WiM Connecticut Chapter for their 3rd annual CONNverge conference for women in manufacturing. The theme for their 2025 event is United We Win. Don't miss the keynote speaker, Sam Rapoport (Creator of the NFL Women's Forum). The agenda will also include an interactive panel discussion with industry.
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InnovATEBIO webinar: The Protein Engineering Tournament
Webinar
September 12 Online
The Align Foundation is holding a tournament this year (2025-26) to create an improved PETase. Improved PETases could help address problems in recycling PET plastics.
PETase is an enzyme from that breaks down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. PET is often found in pop bottles and packaging. The source of PETase was Ideonella sakaiensis, a bacterium found near a Japanese recycling site for PET bottles.
Students, faculty, startups, and scientists are welcome to participate, either as individuals or in teams. In the webinar, Dr. Bijoy Desai, a scientist from the Align Foundation, will talk about the tournament and answer questions.
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Community Conversation: Effective Data Management in ATE Projects
Meeting
September 16 Online
ATE PIs, project evaluators, and staff will explore best practices for managing data throughout the lifecycle of an ATE project. Participants will discuss strategies for organizing, analyzing, and sharing project data, as well as tools and systems that can help streamline the process.
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AACC Advocates in Action 2025
Meeting
September 16 Washington, DC
The American Association of Community Colleges Advocates in Action is a 2-day program designed for community college leaders who want an insiders view on how Washington formulates higher education policy and who want to become more involved in the federal legislative process. Interactive sessions with key executive branch officials and senior Congressional staff will provide valuable insights about the current dynamics and issues surrounding key funding and other pending legislation. Time is reserved for attendees to meet with their federal legislators to advocate for community college priorities.
Community college presidents, trustees, government relations directors, and other campus administrators are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to network, discuss key policy issues, and advocate for critical federal programs.
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NCATC Conference
Conference
September 17 Tucson, AZ
The National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) is an Affiliated Council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) catalyzing a network of higher education and industry-led Strategic Partner resources that advocates, advises, and promotes the use of advanced technology applications to enhance economic and workforce development programs and services.
With over 160 members from community and technical colleges, universities, CTE high schools, adult education organizations and the corporate community, NCATC provides great networking opportunities at both their Summer Workshop and Fall Conference every year.
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Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Educators
Workshop
September 17 Seattle, WA
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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AWS Skill Builder: Info Session
Webinar
September 18 Online
AWS Academy is providing faculty and students from its member institutions with a free subscription to AWS Skill Builder, empowering them to learn foundational and specialized AI content. AWS Skill Builder offers hundreds of free digital courses tailored to roles across the technology spectrum, including immersive experiences such as AWS Cloud Quest and AWS SimuLearn, as well as test prep and vouchers for AWS Certifications like AWS AI Practitioner.
This info session, led by AWS Academy, will provide community colleges with an overview of Skill Builder and how to leverage the free 1-year subscription. Participants will receive a step-by-step guide on how to provide access to their students to over 600 digital courses, exam prep resources, and certification vouchers. The session will end with a Q&A.
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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 lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, will help students begin to understand nanotechnology, specifically behaviors of materials at the nanoscale. Students will "explore two factors affecting the thin film deposition, film cracking and the formation of 'coffee rings.'" A teacher's preparatory guide is included, featuring needed materials, detailed procedural instructions, and additional resources, as well as a copy of the student worksheet with answers. The student worksheet is available as well.
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This 34-page article, published by Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, presents the results from interviews with National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grantees and provides "insights into how some community college technician programs have approached education and training in ways that were intentionally linked to regional economic development." Highlighted throughout the article are specific, detailed examples of economic development activities conducted by ATE grantees, such strategies for working with local businesses or attracting employers to the grantee's region. Also included are "recommendations for current and future ATE grantees interested in promoting economic development." The article consists of the following parts:
- Background
- Methods
- Focus on Economic Development
- Industry Alignment for Education and Training
- Business Support and Regional Engagement
- Collaborations
- Conclusions
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This 80-page report provides an extensive overview of the Envisioning the Next Bioscience Workforce summit held by InnovATEBIO on the 26th and 27th of June, 2023. The summit gathered "attendees from education, industry, workforce development and government gathered for two days to learn about emerging trends and technologies in the biosciences and to convene within 'state teams' to develop action plans for strengthening the bioscience workforce ecosystem in their state." The report begins with a summary of the summit and a discussion of its conclusions and strategies developed for building statewide bioscience workforce ecosystems. Then, the report goes into the findings of each panel/mini-panel discussion and covers the "state teams" model for collaboration in promoting the biotechnology workforce. The report includes the following sections:
- Executive Summary
- Industry/Education Presentations and Panels
- Bioscience Workforce Ecosystem Panels
- Building the Bioscience Workforce of...
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This 172-page resource was developed as a reference guide for the IT Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond project grant, explaining in step-by-step detail how to collaborate with employers to develop future-facing technical skill standards and then use that work to align curriculum to workforce needs. This guide also provides a hard copy of the final version "products" the grant created (KSA+Ts - knowledge, skills, abilities, and tasks, key performance indicators, employability skills, student learning outcomes, and degree expectations).
A companion report on the impacts and outcomes of the ITSS project is available to view separately.
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Active ATE Centers | 19 |
Active ATE Projects | 286 |
ATE Resources | 6,914 |
New Projects/Centers | 85 |
New Resources | 70 |
ATE Resources by Subject Area
ATE Events by Subject Area
New Research: Mixed Results on the Impact of Non-degree Credentials
A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute and the Burning Glass Institute analyzes non-degree credentials for the potential to lead to increased earnings, position advancements, or career changes.
In the report, the American Enterprise Institute notes varied results surrounding non-degree credentials, with only 12% offering the opportunity for significant salary gains. Almost one-fifth of the learners studied saw no increases in wage after program completion, and few experienced career advancements. On the other hand, the top non-degree credentials were associated with an approximately $5,000 salary bump and a 17 times chance of promotion one year later. Even within specific fields, reported outcomes were mixed, including the professions of data science, accounting, and marketing.
To make report findings more accessible, the American Enterprise Institute and the Burning Glass Institute have developed an interactive dashboard with detailed information on the thousands of non-degree credentials studied.
Read the full report on non-degree credentials and career outcomes here.
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Upcoming Event: FABTECH 2025
This year's FABTECH will be held September 8 to September 11, 2025, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Named as North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event, FABTECH 2025 offers attendees the opportunity to explore cutting-edge technologies, network with leaders in industry, and engage with innovative solutions for quality and productivity.
The event features keynote speakers, panel discussions, and breakout groups to collaborate and share insights, strategies, and trends in the field of manufacturing. Conference sessions and half-day workshops will be led by industry experts, with topics on leadership, workforce development, stamping, welding, automation, smart fabrication, and more. To support young professionals, FABTECH will also be offering an Emerging Leaders Program, a half-day event on September 9 designed to foster confidence, deliver valuable insights, promote networking, and provide the tools necessary for successful leadership.
Register by September 5, 2025, for free show floor admission. Visit FABTECH 2025's website to learn more about or to register for the event.
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Upcoming Event: PI-Evaluator Meet and Greet
EvaluATE, the evaluation resource center for NSF's ATE program, will be hosting an upcoming PI-Evaluator Meet and Greet on Wednesday, August 27th, from 2:00-3:15PM EST. This virtual event offer a collaborative way to connect with potential evaluators for your ATE project or center, facilitating valuable partnerships and connections. During the Meet and Greet, attendees will discuss the various approaches for evaluation and have the opportunity for one-on-one sessions with available evaluators, with the goal of finding the best fit to meet your specific proposal needs.
To register for the PI-Evaluator Meet and Greet on August 27th or to learn more about the event, visit EvaluATE's website.
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NSF Announces $25.5 Million Investment in Manufacturing Research & Workforce Development
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently announced a $25.5 million investment in manufacturing technologies, research, and workforce pipelines. As part of the NSF Future Manufacturing Program, awards will fund nine seed projects and seven research grants across the nation.
Focus areas for investments include cyber manufacturing, bio manufacturing, and quantum manufacturing. NSF's Future Manufacturing Program underscores the importance of collaboration and interdisciplinary teamwork to propel innovation, address gaps in technologies and workforce pipelines, and strengthen the U.S. presence as a leader in manufacturing.
Visit NSF's website to read more about its recent awards.
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