Indianapolis, Indiana
June 15, 2014
June 15, 2014
June 18, 2014
2153-5965
Manufacturing
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10.18260/1-2--19999
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Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathway; has produced award winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career and Technical Education programs; and provides a variety of professional development for STEM and technical educators focused on advanced technologies. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from the University of South Florida, where her research focused on membrane separation science and technologies for water purification. She has over 20 years of experience in developing curricula for engineering and engineering technology for elementary, middle, high school, and post secondary institutions, including colleges of engineering. Dr. Barger serves on several national panels and advisory boards for technical programs, curriculum and workforce initiatives, including the National Association of Manufacturers Educators‘Council. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education, a member of Tau Beta Pi and Epsilon Pi Tau honor societies. She is a charter member of both the National Academy and the University of South Florida‘s Academy of Inventors. Dr. Barger holds a licensed patent and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida.
Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida's College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of operation, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida's technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an engineering curriculum for elementary school applications. The former is for development of electric field mediated drug and gene applicators and protocols. This effort has generated over 20 patents and protocols currently in Phase II trials.
Dr. Marie Boyette is the Associate Director for the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, FLATE, a NSF Center of Excellence located at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL. Dr. Boyette’s research interests center around data structure and analysis for impact and implementation, and meaningful instructional outcomes for educators, traditional, and non-traditional students. Her practice includes development of experiential learning strategies employed in summer workshops for teachers and exploration of diversity through standard coursework.
The Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE), the National Science Foundation Regional Center of Excellence for Manufacturing Education used the National Manufacturing Day initiative to stage a statewide outreach initiative on MFG DAY 2013 on October 4. This paper will outline the strategies FLATE used to get a number of different stakeholder groups to partner with each other regionally to support the “MFG DAY in Florida “Made in Florida” Industry tours for middle and high school students. Working with regional teams across the state, FLATE coordinate over 90 tours for nearly 2400 students. The MFG DAY in Florida had companies providing lunches for students; county commissioners making local MFG DAY proclamations; professional organizations donating for commemorative tee-‐shirts, school districts donating bus transportation, and FLATE distributing resources and surveys for students attending the tours. The day brought national attention to manufacturing in Florida, showcasing its diversity and its broad reach. This paper and presentation will report how the activities were coordinated; lesson learned for the future; and share the results of student surveys.
Barger, M., & Gilbert, R., & Boyette, M. A., & Bagley, D. (2014, June), A Statewide Initiative for Manufacturing Day in Florida Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--19999
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