(Cutting Tool Engineering, 5/26/17) It’s safe to say that most people would call a 20′-long (6.1m), 65-ton milling machine “big.” Such a machine was recently installed at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), East Hartford, Conn. But those working for machine tool builder Zimmermann may not describe it that…
School children call for virtual engineering work experience
(Independent Education Today, 5/19/17) Virtual or online work experience opportunities for school children, which many are currently not getting as Government education cuts take hold, could help them gain valuable insight into the world of work. Pupils attending the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Junior Board have said they want…
How Technology is Revolutionizing Education
(EdNet Insight, 5/19/17) The days when a class of students marched into the school’s computer room to spend an hour on a desktop machine learning how to use a spreadsheet are just about over. Today you are more likely to walk into a classroom and see students, each with a…
CT Energy Services Available to Torrington Businesses
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Office of Energy Efficient Businesses (OEEB) is expanding its services to businesses in the City of Torrington beginning June 6. OEEB’s energy outreach specialists will meet with businesses to identify ways to reduce energy consumption and increase savings from energy efficiency work, energy procurement,…
CT Dream It. Do It. featured in new video on engaging youth with national Dream It. Do It. program
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — May 25, 2017 – Today, The Manufacturing Institute released a new Dream It. Do It. promotional video to support their manufacturing career awareness campaign. The video captures students participating in summer academies and other activities across the country that expose youth to manufacturing processes and…
Toyota, Nissan, others get behind fuel cell push in Japan
(The Hour, 5/19/17) Japan is backing a push for pollution-free vehicles that run on hydrogen and planning to build more hydrogen fueling stations so that fuel-cell vehicles on roads will grow to 40,000 by 2020, from the current handful. The collaboration on fuel cells, announced Friday, brings together 11 companies,…
DePaolo students present STEM project as ‘Shark Tank’ ideas
(Record Journal, 5/23/17) Sixth-graders at DePaolo Middle School are presenting their science projects to a team of “sharks” modeled on a popular television show. Sixth-grade science teachers Amy Capobianco, Toni-Ann Rock and Krista Tibbetts worked with students to design a system to filter storm water runoff. Rock said students have…
Astronauts may wear eight-legged ‘spider’ spacesuits to crawl on the moons of Mars
(Greenwich Time, 5/19/17) When the first astronauts reach Mars in the 2030s, they’ll never set foot on the planet’s surface. Instead, NASA wants its plucky human crew to orbit the desert world for about a year, then return home. But that doesn’t mean astronauts couldn’t explore Phobos or Deimos —…
AMC Engineer Presents at Eastec
AMC Metal Additive Manufacturing Research & Applications Senior Engineer Jeff Crandal presented the “Metal Additive Technology 101 – Technology Choices and Applications” workshop at the Eastec in West Springfield, Massachusetts on May 16. The workshop was designed to be a tutorial on the basics of the various metal additive technologies including a…
Students give manufacturing skills a jolt
(Citizen’s News, 5/18/17) With only three days to go before the Connecticut Electrathon, the Hawks Fabrication and Design team was hard at work Tuesday morning getting its cars ready to race. The team — students in Bill Carangelo’s manufacturing class at Woodland Regional High School — hustled around the shop…