Education & Training
The Michigan college now plans to add more plastics processing equipment.
After years of cutbacks and change — including cycling through several presidents and a restructuring that merged many of its colleges — the institution and its leadership are looking to the future.
Youngtown State University's 54,000-square-foot Excellence Training Center is "on time, on target and on budget."
Women in Engineering was started in 1993 in the College of Engineering by two professors who wished to combat the gender imbalance in the industry.
Small injection molder and mold maker Sea-Lect Plastics sees apprentices addressing some long-term training needs. But it's also found challenges.
The project, organized by the National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturing Institute, pushes manufacturers throughout the country to open their doors to students, educators and the community to give them a chance to see how a modern factory works.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa., held a dedication ceremony Sept. 24 for the Shell Polymers Rotational Molding Center of Excellence.
A University of Massachusetts Amherst research team was awarded a four-year, $1.75 million National Science Foundation grant.