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This video, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, features an interview with Altheha Drepaul, a key account manager at a metal stamping company in Minnesota. During the interview, Drepaul describes being a key account manager and why she appreciates her career in...

This video, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, features an interview with Casey Hanevold, a welder in Minnesota. During the interview, Hanevold shows some manufacturing processes, procedures, and work duties. Some perks of a career in manufacturing are also...

This 4-page resource is an outline for the Large Building Energy: Methods & Measurements master course taught at Shoreline Community College. The objective of this four credit course is to prepare students for identifying energy efficiency opportunities and making recommendations on improving energy...

This 2-page resource, from Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, is a checklist intended for manufacturers hosting a tour during the Minnesota Manufactured Statewide Tour of Manufacturing. This checklist details best practices for 7-10 days before the tour, the day of the...

This 2-page checklist, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, is intended for manufacturers and includes ideas and tips for offering a virtual Minnesota Manufactured Statewide Tour. These tours can help students learn more about modern manufacturing in Minnesota. Tours...

MecMovies is an extensive collection of examples, theory, and games designed to complement the entire Mechanics of Materials course. There are fifteen chapters and they include Stress, Strain, Mech Properties, Design Concepts, Axial Deform, Torsion, Equil of Beam, Bending, Shear Stress Beams, Beam...

The National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce is an organization that seeks to connect prospective students and employees with the industry and industry standards. To that end, this website provides educational guidelines and tips, information on positions available, appropriate web links, and...

This webpage, published by National Academies (U.S.), features a series of slide presentation videos that discuss a report on barriers that students face when completing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees. Also discussed are opportunities in development that are...

This best practices guide from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, offers strategies for engaging and retaining girls in STEM education from elementary school all the way through entry into the workforce. The 28 page guide begins by describing the challenges and...

This 16-page resource, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, is a guide intended to help teachers increase student exposure to robotics and manufacturing. This resource discuses the importance of robotics in manufacturing, the need for qualified workers in STEM...