Manufacturing Links: information and events of interest for students and teachers
 
Rock River Valley manufacturing experts discuss the many facets of manufacturing: technology, education, training, events, people and any other aspects of this important segment of our economy. They’ll use this blog to get the word out and solicit feedback on local and global manufacturing. They hope to better engage our employers, employees and our future work force and increase their understanding of manufacturing.
Fabricators Manufacturing Association (FMA) student center:
www.fma-foundation.org/Student-Center.cfm"
Rock River Valley's venue for industry, education and government to focus on Advanced Manufacturing:
http://www.eigerlab.org/
American Welding Society student page:
http://www.aws.org/w/a/membership/stchapters.html?id=wrCtaB4N"
Student page about engineering:
http://www.engineeringk12.org/educators/default.php
Manufacturing is cool. A new web site for students from Society of Manufacturing Engineers:
http://www.manufacturingiscool.com/
Globalspec, the search engine for engineers has an e-newsletter called Engineering Beyond the Classroom. Free subscription. View past issues at: http://www.globalspec.com/Newsletter/ViewPastIssues?pub=25
Sign up at: http://www.manufacturingiscool.com/
FMA's Job Board:
http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=1848
Students can have access to look at job postings in manufacturing and can post resumes for free.
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation:
http://www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org
There is stuff on this site for kids, young adults and parents. Just a note: FMA now controls and runs this site and will be changing it and adding quite a bit. You will find significant changes over the next few months.
Girls and Engineering Careers:
http://www.engineergirl.org/
U of I camp program in engineering for middle school girls:
http://engineering.illinois.edu/wie/games/index.php
Girls e-mentoring program in engineering:
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/
Podcast links of interest to students, teachers, parents.These podcasts have been produced by Better Process Podcast which focuses on manufacturing, in collaboration with FMA:
Dean Kamen, who founded the FIRST robotics program talks about the need to develop a future manufacturing workforce and how the FIRST program is having an impact:http://www.podcasternews.com/bpp/5193/industry-report-fma-summer-camps-fma-foundation/
Interview with one of FMA Foundation's scholarship recipients in 2008 as she talks about her career plans and opportunities:
http://www.podcasternews.com/bpp/5092/industry-report-lauren-hockin-fma-foundation-scholarship/
FMA's youthful "voice of manufacturing", Brennan Palmiter a 16 year old race car driver and welder talks about why manufacturing is a great career and why he loves welding:
http://www.podcasternews.com/bpp/4993/industry-report-brennan-palmiter-fma-foundation/
http://www.podcasternews.com/bpp/5275/industry-report-brennan-palmiter-fma-foundation/
Actor and TV personality John Ratzenberger, founder of the Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Foundation talks about the future of manufacturing and why young people should explore career opportunities:
http://www.podcasternews.com/bpp/4985/industry-report-john-ratzenberger-fma-foundation/
Rockford Robotics:
www.rockfordrobotics.com |
