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SME Education Foundation • Inspire • Funded the development of youth summer camps in 34 states • Edge Factor • Prepare • $5.5 million youth programs • PRIME (Partnership Response In Manufacturing Education) • Total Support • Over $30 million in funding for scholarships, grants and K-12 programs
Youth Awareness of Manufacturing • Tools and programs to learn about manufacturing • Information about exciting and lucrative career opportunities
Most things we use . . . . . . are manufactured
Declining Dirty Low paying Misconceptions About Manufacturing
Manufacturing Can be the Dream Job! The industry has changed Jobs are “cool” and appealing Wages are good Jobs are plentiful (for those with skills) Skilled jobs are staying in the U.S.
What is a Manufacturing Engineer? • Manufacturing engineers: • Are involved with the process of manufacturing from planning to packaging of the finished product • They work with tools such as robots, programmable and numerical controllers • Often work with prototypes, usually created electronically with computers, to plan the final manufacturing process
New Manufacturing Alliance All Star Tim Jadin, Mechanical Engineer, Georgia Pacific
What subjects do you need? • Algebra I & II • Biology • Calculus • Chemistry • Computer Science Language Arts Precalculus Physics Second Language Trigonometry
SME-EF Scholarships • Engineering & manufacturing related disciplines 2011 Scholarships • Total applications received: 500 • Total Scholarships Awarded: 212 • Number of Students Receiving Scholarships:171 • Total value of scholarships awarded: $575,950 Find scholarship information at www.smeef.org