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Manchester Students Visit Hamilton Sundstrand, a Unit of United Technologies Corporation

Students from Manchester Community College and the Greatpath Magnet School visited Hamilton Sunstrand's Space, Land and Sea Business in Windsor Locks recently, following their teacher's externship there.

Externships

Eight teachers have been selected to participate in the Center's summer externship program 2008. These teachers spent four weeks in industry learning about the latest technologies and workplace practices. They will then bring this information back into their classrooms as part of their curriculum. Returning and new teachers participating in the summer of 2008 and their placements include:

Name  School Placement

Dave Salonia

Tech Ed & Project Lead the Way

Berlin H.S. Wiremold

Rebecca Marra

Drafting

Platt Tech H.S. Pennsylvania Globe

Bonnie Brush

Machining

Vinyl Tech H.S. Kamatics

Chris Petersen

Tech Ed & Project Lead the Way

Bacon Academy Hawk Integrated Plastics

David Andrade

AP Physics & Project Lead the Way

Central H.S. Alinabal

Norman Smith

Tech Ed & Project Lead the Way

South Windsor HS Metal Improvement Co.

Doug Couture

Tech Ed & Project Lead the Way

Montville H.S. Whitcraft

Angelo Velez

Drafting

Abbott Tech HS Branson Ultrasonics


In addition to working at sponsor companies, the teachers are creating and implementing work-based learning projects to be integrated into their curriculum so that students can benefit from what they learned on the job. As part of the Center grant, they will also be called upon to meet as a team to discuss ways they can collaborate, make presentations about their externship experience, and will be asked to participate in workshops sponsored by the Center, all designed to enhance their understanding of manufacturing practices in the new workplace.

The RCNGM is also collaborating with the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA)on a teacher externship program that focuses on developing lean and supply chain management curriculum in the state's community colleges.  The result has been the addition of a certificate program in both lean and supply chain management in all of the Connecticut Community Colleges' College of Technology programs.  (Go to this page for more information on this program).  Participating teachers include:

Robert Drapco

Drafting, CAD & Architecture

Quinebaug Community College Web Industries

Neil English

Mechanical Engineering

Tunxis Community College Wiremold

John LaFrancis

Manufacturing Process & Technology

Springfield Tech Kamatics

Robert Bressani

Manufacturing Technology

Asnuntuck Community College Pratt & Whitney

Mehrdad Faezi

Engineering Technology

Manchester Community College Kamatics

Megan Piccus

Engineering Technology

Springfield Tech Trumpf, Inc.

John Sabulis

Technology Ed

Ansonia High School Lacey Manufacturing

Mark Vesligaj

Engineering Technology

Quinebaug Community College Whitcraft, LLC

Rick Weber

Engineering Technology

Naugatuck Valley Community College Covidien

Peter Stanton

Manufacturing Technology

Asnuntuck Community College Pratt & Whitney

 

As the primary business partner of the Center, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association is administering the program.  This is the fourth year of the RCNGM summer externship program and the second year for the CBIA lean and supply chain manufacturing externship program.  To view the curriculum projects of previous and current teacher externs, click here.

For more information about this program, contact Mary deManbey, CBIA, at mary.demanbey@cbia.com

 

 


The Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education program. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.