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Manufacturing is cool!
Paula Porter -- Design News, July 11, 2001
Wednesday, August 23, 2000
More prevalent than politicians wanting your vote, help-wanted signs continue to sprout on every street corner. And the skilled labor force is perhaps suffering the most. Some studies suggest that the manufacturing arena in particular will need more than 200,000 new workers in the next decade.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME at www.sme.org), through a series of workshops with leaders in the field, identified gaps between need and the performance of newly-degreed engineers. Participants included Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Johnson Controls Inc., among others. Through these meetings, the SME developed a Manufacturing is Cool! website (www.manufacturingiscool.com) with resources for teachers, students and parents. In addition, the SME's education foundation funded several incentive programs to stimulate growth in manufacturing education at the college level.
Recipients of the Foundation for 2000 include the following:
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Georgian College of Applied Arts & Technology, Barrie, Ontario to create an EngTechInc2000 to design, build, and operate a fully-functional manufacturing facility.
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University of Michigan-Dearborn to develop new courses and build labs for their new manufacturing engineering program.
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Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education Coalition (PRIME) to create new degree programs in manufacturing at several colleges and universities in Pennsylvania.
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San Jose State University, San Jose, CA to establish a program in microelectronics processing.
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Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, TX to offer a new degree in electronics manufacturing.
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