Originally Aired - Thursday, June 15 • 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
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Location: Advanced Manufacturing Stage
Title: Educating Today's College Students for a Career in Manufacturing
Type: Expo Education
Colleges and universities are responding to the needs of industry by changing their programs. Several have incorporated elements of mechatronics, the holistic discipline of IT, mechanical, and electrical knowledge into one program. During our discussion, we will explore how ‘learning factories’ are used in classrooms and the technologies that today’s students are learning: CNC, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and many others. Used correctly, this equipment provides students with the hard and soft (durable) skills they need to succeed.
