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Meet the panelists for the Economic Breakfast & Networking Event on October 26! Join these leaders for an insightful discussion on manufacturing workforce development, recruiting new companies to CT, and the adoption of i4.0 technologies. Visit tunxis.edu/donate to purchase a ticket or to become a sponsor. Email Keith Madore at [email protected] with any questions.

Tomorrow our Executive Director and Principal Investigator, Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, will present as an invited speaker at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. She will discuss Resources and Partnerships in Community College Manufacturing Technology Programs.

Check out the news coverage of our partner Engineering Technology Challenge, also funded by the National Science Foundation! https://t.co/NgWGXKcMtx

Hartford students create 3D pumpkins Students from Hartford Public High School's "Academy for Green Engineering and Technology" did their part to give a little bit of a different look to a Halloween favorite.

Applications Now Being Accepted for the 2017 Engineering Technology Challenge Summer Teacher Workshop Applications are now being accepted for the annual Engineering Technology Challenge Teachers’ Dissemination Program on July 10, 2017 through July 13, 2017 at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, CT. This is a great professional development opportunity for community college faculty and high

At the Maker Faire Global Summit-Greater Hartford Maker Faire recognized as one of top data collectors out of 155 Mini Maker Faires in 2016! https://t.co/6QqI3C2SAV

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Stop by Booth # 1021 to visit the NSF ATE Centers, including the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing! https://t.co/w2Zs1aoDma

ACTE on Twitter “The Expo Hall is now open! Check out over 200 exhibitors! ”

The message of this can be applied beyond the Maker Community!

Even if You Don’t Make Things, You’re Important to the Community | Make: These are the people who have been here, who have been involved, but don't feel like they themselves make something.

Retweeted SME ():

Happy Manufacturing Day! Today we celebrate the 12 million men and women who make things. ⚙ https://t.co/tDNHJMF06J

HAPPY MANUFACTURING DAY!! Stop by the Greater Hartford Mini Maker Faire tomorrow (10-4) at Tunxis Community College to experience fun,hands-on activities involving technologies used in both manufacturing and projects that can be done at home and in school!

Greater Hartford Maker Faire We are excited to announce we have 56 makers and more hands-on activities and workshops including robots, letterboxing, upcycling, electronic music, pedal cars, leather working, 3D printing, arduino boards, shaker pegboards, and air rockets. We also have a speaker, Randall Anway, who will discuss…

The RCNGM is once again proud to sponsor the Champlain Mini Maker Faire! Stop by our table!!

Calling all entrepreneurs:

"The beauty of instant, customized fashion, experts say, is that goods can be made at a lower cost and more quickly — yet in a personalized style."

Your Next Pair of Shoes Could Come From a 3-D Printer Fashion start-ups are using technology like smartphones and 3-D printing to make custom clothing more affordable, and Silicon Valley is taking notice.

Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch presenting at the Department of Energy's Site Visit for the Northeast Regional Manufacturing Center, a hub of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

Take a look at this article on some of our own highlights at HI TEC!

Recruiting for manufacturing through maker faires Karen Wosczyna-Birch is still feeling the “Wow!” effect of the first Greater Hartford Mini Maker Faire in Connecticut.

Come see some exciting student projects at Booth 610 and check out our poster! https://t.co/LANlUbZJAC

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Starting this September, Mercedes "can now send a digital blueprint of a spare part to a printer which can convert special inks into hardened plastics without the need for stocking or shipping the parts [from Germany]".

World's Biggest Truck Maker Turns to 3D Printing for Spare Parts Why make and ship components across the world any more?

30 Under 30- Two from CT recognized: Pratt and Whitney's Teresa Munger and CCSU alum Graham Hargreaves from Mastercam!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/smes-advanced-manufacturing-media-recognizes-30-under-30-130000089.html

SME's Advanced Manufacturing Media Recognizes "30 Under 30" Future Leaders of Manufacturing

Coalition also counts United Technologies among 200 other academic and industry partners in development of smart sensors for use in advanced manufacturing.

UConn Joins National Smart Manufacturing Initiative - UConn Today The University will play a leading role in Connecticut as part of a national effort to boost smart manufacturing and extend its benefits to business.

"The reality is our partners — employers in the advanced manufacturing industry — are looking for highly-skilled workers right now."

-Mark E. Ojakian, president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities

State Looking to Fill Manufacturing Jobs HARTFORD — The state is offering a chance for unemployed people or those looking for a new career to get an education in advanced manufacturing that will prepare them for jobs in aerospace, defense, biomedical technology and other fields.

Near the Washington, DC area this weekend? Check out the National Maker Faire 2016 - 2nd Annual. It's free!

Live stream starts at 1pm https://t.co/jMpF91ZFj8

The White House OSTP on Twitter “Join us as we kick of the National Week of Making at the White House – live stream here: https://t.co/iROzmIrFBp ”

Executive Director, Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, at the White House meeting with makers from every state for

The National kicks off today and our own PI and Executive Director, Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, is at the White House to meet with maker leaders from every state!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/17/fact-sheet-new-commitments-support-presidents-nation-makers-initiative

From the WSJ: How Manufacturing is poised for a big change-

3-D Metal Printing and the Future of Manufacturing One of the key benefits of 3-D printing is that it produces parts with only the necessary materials. As companies have finally begun to incorporate 3-D metal printing into their processes, the manufacturing world is poised for a big change. Photo: Hermann Jansen

"Some companies are collaborating with community colleges to design job-training programs specifically for the companies’ needs.

The Labor Department has doled out about $2 billion in recent years for community colleges... [and] is distributing $100 million in grants this year for apprenticeships for workplace training of employees."

How to Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing Nine policies that could spark new growth in factory jobs and the economic benefits they bring.

Thanks to all the attendees, vendors, students, presenters & speakers who helped make the 2016 NAWI Conference at the USCGA a success!

2016 NAWI conference kicks off with today's keynote, Dr. Ron Mallett, time traveler guru & physics researcher! https://t.co/SF5TppPCBd

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2016 NAWI Conference Program now available! Registration starts Wed @ US Coast Guard Academy https://t.co/wbhCQNcTv1 https://t.co/rSGe8FOjUL

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NAWI 2016: A look at this year's keynote sessions, which include a physicist and time traveler guru, an entrepreneur who helped establish Spark Makerspace, and a Director of Engineering and Technologies from Sikorsky:

Reminder: Join us next week in Mystic, CT for the 2016 annual NAWI Conference from May 24-26!

NAWI 51st Annual Conference: "NAWI's Next 50 Years - Looking to the Future of CTE"

Attending the Skills21 at Education Connection Expo Fest? Stop by booth 55 to visit and learn more about the COT-RCNGM!

Learn about the projects that each student group presented for Met^2 at the University of Hartford's Wilde Auditorium, including a smart guitar and a prosthetic arm prototype and more, on our website!

Met^2 Student Presentations On April 22, 2016 in the Wilde Auditorium at the University of Hartford, students in the Met^2 program presented their semester long, student managed projects. Met^2, or the Mechanical and Manufacturing Technologies Program, builds on the success of

And congratulations to our own Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, who was presented with the Epsilon Pi Tau Distinguished Service Award by EPT's executive director, Dr. Kevin Howell! The only member of the Gamma Phi Chapter recognized with this distinction!

Epsilon Pi Tau Initiation: Honoring the newest Hornorary and Faculty Inductees of the Gamma Phi Chapter!

There's still a little time left to sign up to be a judge at Skills21 at Education Connection Expo Fest!

Judges | Skills21 We are currently seeking educators and professionals interested in judging prior to and at the Expo Fest 2016, held this year on May 13, and 14, 2016 at Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Conn.

From a survey of manufacturers:

Is 3D printing reaching a tipping point for prototyping as well as production?

7 Ways 3D Printing Is Making Manufacturing More Competitive 71.1% of manufacturers have currently adopted 3D Printing. 52% of manufacturers expect 3D Printing will be used for high-volume production in the next 3-5 years. 22% of manufacturers predict 3D Printing will have a disruptive effect on supply chains. Global spending on printers was predicted to reac…

On April 22, 2016, the Gamma Phi Chapter of the Epsilon Pi Tau honor society initiated student and honory inductees at tthe SBM Auditorium at Manchester Community College. Congratulations to all!