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This slide deck from the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center provides information about maritime careers and introducing maritime career pathways to high school students. Topics addressed in this slide deck include: "What is a maritime career?," "How can I start my career path?,"...

This collection, from the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, includes three documents that provide lists of maritime industry certifications and credentials. Lists are included for careers in port operations and logistics, ship building and repair, and vessel operations. Basic and...

This 3-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, is a maritime industry career exploration activity. In this assignment students complete tasks to help plan future employment in the maritime industry. This process is intended to facilitate the ease of...

This 15-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, outlines a maritime industry pathway exploration activity. During this activity, learners will complete a written education plan or career plan that will serve as a map to a maritime and transportation...

The Maritime Life Board Game is a 90-minute activity designed to engage high school students with career pathways in the maritime and transportation industries. This activity was created by Kelsey Warren, a 2016 SMART Maritime and Transportation Institute Alumni. During the activity, students...

This 7-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, is a career exploration activity for high school students. "The goal of this SMART activity is to expose students to a wide variety of careers in the maritime and transportation industry." By participating in...

This 1-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, is a chart that includes information about maritime and transportation careers and industry sectors. Sectors include shipbuilding and repair, vessel operations, and port operations and logistics. Careers are...

This 25-page report, published by Maritime State University, describes the design and construction of an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This report was created by the Maritime State University Robotics Team, a student group that participated in the 2021 MATE ROV competitions Explorer...

The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center hosts summer institutes at their Monterey, CA campus each year. This photostream, hosted by Flickr, provides some photos from the event.

This 86-page manual, from the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center, was provided to those competing in the in-person Explorer Class at the MATE ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) 2021 competition. Every year, the "competition challenges students to build a ROV to tackle tasks based on the real...