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This 4-page whitepaper, from the National Center for Supply Chain Automation, provides a detailed analysis of seven foundational skills deemed necessary for supply chain technicians. These basic skills, acquired through education and professional experience, are meant to serve as a base from which...

This paper, from Roger Bohn at the University of California, San Diego, "models knowledge about manufacturing methods as a directed graph of cause-effect relationships." The paper covers changes in knowledge over time, including the shift from art to science in technical and manufacturing knowledge.

The Gateway Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Program helps to provide students with the skills to compete in a growing industrial sector. These types of skills are growing more valuable and marketable in this growing job market, and Gateway Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering strives to...

This webinar from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) focuses on manufacturing student events and features an expert panel on planning and executing a successful industry tour. The webinar begins with an overview of FLATE and a brief discussion on different...

This video from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE) explores FLATE and its partners and projects. In the video, Marilyn Barger provides an overview of FLATE. Sierra Anderson then describes the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Apprenticeship Florida project and its...

This paper from Todd Myers of Ohio University discusses the globalization issues present in the industrial technology transfer supply chain. This paper discusses examples of organizational/national differences in standards, regulations, and societal expectations of technology and how these...

GradCAD is an online community for professional engineers, designers, manufacturers, and students to share CAD files and professional tips, participate in design challenges, or download CAD models from the online library. The community has over 4 million members. GradCab is a place for...

This site from the National Academy of Engineering features some of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century. Most of these technological advances are taken for granted by us as we use them in our everyday lives. Examples include air conditioning and refrigeration, radio and...

This page from the STEM Guitar Project provides a number of videos on the design and manufacturing of guitars. Videos cover topics like performing basic wood repairs on guitars, soldering and wiring techniques, gluing fretboards to guitar necks and assembling the pickups to the pickup rings. Video...

This video, from the LEAD with Guitars in STEM project, demonstrates the use of a buffing wheel on guitar bodies after the wet sanding process. The host, Doug Hunt, explains the importance of the buffing process and introduces viewers to the components of the buffing wheel and how it works on the...