CAAT Tracks
October 2017
In This Issue:
MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOINS AMERICAN CENTER FOR MOBILITY'S ACADEMIC CONSORTIUM TO TRAIN WORKERS

On October 16, 2017, the Ypsilanti Township, MI- based American Center for Mobility (ACM), in partnership with 15 colleges and universities across Michigan, announced the creation of the Academic Consortium (AC) at ACM to train the next generation of high-tech talent at ACM's state-of-the-art connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies facility in southeast Michigan. The idea was the result of numerous discussions between the ACM and automakers.

"We are proud to partner with Michigan's world-class academic institutions to ensure we have the top talent needed to lead this automotive and technological innovation," said John Maddox, president & CEO of ACM. "This first-of-its-kind collaboration will solidify Michigan's place as a global hub for CAV technologies and future mobility, as well as ACM as an incubator to address the specific needs of industry to drive the future of transportation."

Gov. Rick Snyder joined ACM and academic leaders to celebrate the formation of the Academic Consortium as a major milestone in the state's efforts to attract, retain and develop the workforce that will design and build the connected and automated vehicles of tomorrow. This is critical as the development of autonomous vehicles requires specialized skills that are in short supply across the United States.


As a member of the consortium, Macomb Community College President, James Sawyer, and CAAT Principal Investigator, Joe Petrosky, participated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the ACM and the Academic Consortium (AC) educational institutions. The members will work together to identify workforce courses and training programs as well as recruitment opportunities, internships, co-op and work study programs for AC students.

Bob Feldmaier subsequently attended the first meeting of the AC on October 18. It was announced at the meeting that an open house will be held on February 16, 2018 to connect qualified students with employers for internships.
CAAT ATTENDS 24th ANNUAL ATE PI CONFERENCE

The American Association of Community Colleges with the support of the National Science Foundation held its 24th National ATE Principal Investigators Conference October 23-25 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme of the conference for 2017 was Hands-On, Minds-On: Pathways to a Highly Skilled U.S. Workforce.

The conference brought together approximately 850 two-year college educators and 63 current ATE students and alumni to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Key people working on ATE projects across the country participated in the conference. Conference attendees represented community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, and four-year colleges covering projects in a wide variety of areas such as information technology, engineering technology, micro- and nanotechnologies, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others.

CAAT Principal Investigator, Joe Petrosky, and CAAT Assistant Director, Sherri Doherty, attended the event on behalf of the CAAT and Macomb Community College. The CAAT participated in the Centers Showcase, a key component of the conference which provides grantees an opportunity to exhibit their programs and share information with other programs, and with non-ATE guests at the conference. The Showcase featured 39 ATE Centers.

The opening keynote speaker was Mike Russo, director and corporate lead of U.S. Government Affairs at GlobalFoundries, the second largest semi-conductor chip manufacturer in the world. GlobalFoundries is an industry partner of the Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC), which develops curriculum that educational institutions use to train the technical workforce of GlobalFoundries and other employers in upstate New York.

Plenary speakers for the event were:
  • James P. Lombella, President of Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, CT.
  • Victor R. McCrary, the first Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD.
  • Nicole Smith, a Research Professor and Chief Economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce in Washington, DC.
  • Jin Kim Montclare, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at New York University, NY.
MISD'S NEW HEAD OF CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION JOINS CAAT AS CO-PI

The CAAT welcomes Shannon Williams as a new co-principal investigator on the CAAT's National Science Foundation Advanced Technical Education center grant. As the new head of Career & Technical Education (CTE) programming at the Macomb Intermediate School District (MISD), replacing her predecessor and former CAAT Co-PI, Scott Palmer, who recently retired from the MISD, Shannon supports 21 school districts and strives to expand and evolve the MISD's CTE offerings. As an educational consultant, Shannon works to ensure all districts in her sphere of influence are up to date on the latest trends, policies, and advancements in CTE. While offering support to the local school districts Shannon also fosters relationships with industry partners who are looking to connect with students in a meaningful way.

Shannon started her teaching career in Utica Community Schools in 2004 where she taught Business and Technology classes. In 2012 she left the classroom to become the CTE Teacher Leader for Utica Community Schools. In that role, she helped manage the budget and curriculum for approximately 45 teachers, across 5 buildings, covering 16 different career pathways.

Ms. Williams and the CAAT were well acquainted prior to her move from Utica Schools to the MISD, as the CAAT and Ms. Williams collaborated on various CAAT STEM outreach programs involving the Utica School District.
CAAT LEADERSHIP ATTENDS dSPACE CONFERENCE
"A New Era in Mobiltiy"

CAAT Director, Bob Feldmaier, and Assistant Director, Nelson Kelly, attended the dSPACE Technology Conference held October 17-18 in Plymouth, MI. The event brought together approximately 200 people from the dSPACE engineering community to discuss a broad range of innovative technology topics with one common theme ... embedded mechatronics. The conference provides an engaging forum for sharing knowledge and industry expertise through technical presentations, workshops and tool demonstrations. Attendees are given multiple opportunities to actively engage in discussions through open Q&A sessions and peer-to-peer networking.

Keynote presentations included:
  • Megatrends and their Impact on the Future of Mobility, by Lisa Whalen, Global Vice President, Automotive & Transportation, MarketsandMarkets
  • How Donuts Could Save Your Life: Learning from the Extremes of Automation, by Paul Liu, Director, Automotive Architecture, RENOVO.AUTO
  • Autonomous Vehicles - Transforming Vehicle Development, by Andre Rolfsmeier, Lead Product Manager, Advanced Applications & Technologies, dSPACE GmbH
Four technical workshops were offered at the conference:
  • Sensor Fusion with RTMaps on an Embedded Platform: Demonstrated the ease of capturing and fusing multiple sensor data streams (LIDAR, radar, and camera) into an RTMaps diagram.
  • ADAS HIL Testing & Mechanical Test Bench Integration - Synergy for Enhanced ECU Quality Assurance of Sensor Fusion and Actuator Testing: Explored how to enhance testing capabilities and quality assurance using a completely integrated test environment that combines HIL simulation and test benches to interface with steering systems and also how to interface or simulate sensor technology, such as cameras, radar, and other ADAS/AV sensors, in real-time.
  • ASM for Smart Traffic Simulation: How to efficiently develop and validate driver assistance systems in virtual environments, create and simulate traffic scenarios, use various senor models, import road networks and test with random traffic using Automotive Simulation Models (ASM).
  • Cluster Simulation with Integrated Workflow and Test Management: How a cluster-based simulation can be achieved using the dSPACE VEOS virtual engine and how to simultaneously manage the data that is generated from testing using the dSPACE SYNECT test management product.
The event also included a trade show with many exhibitors on hand for participants to visit.
CAAT ATTENDS 3rd ANNUAL LIGHTWEIGHT INNOVATIONS FOR TOMORROW (LIFT) MEMBERS MEETING

CAAT Principal Investigator, Joseph Petrosky, and CAAT Assistant Director, Nelson Kelly, attended the second annual Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) meeting held from September 25 to 26, 2017 at The Henry Hotel in Dearborn, MI. LIFT is a public-private partnership established to accelerate the reduction in mass of land, sea, and air transportation using light-weight metals. CAAT is very interested in the automotive technician education needs due to the lightweighting initiative in the automotive industry and has developed three lightweighting modules through seed funding to Kettering University.

Larry Brown, LIFT executive director, gave an overview of the progress over the last year. LIFT has less than 18 months remaining on their 5-year cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense to invest in the U. S. manufacturing base with special emphasis on supporting the military with lightweight solutions. LIFT is ramping up efforts to develop a sustainability plan so they can operate past the funding period and operate as an independent business. To date LIFT has launched 40 education and workforce development initiatives to fill the pipeline with manufacturing talent, kicked off 20 technology programs, and, together with the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), bought nearly $50 million in equipment for the LIFT high-bay facility in Detroit.

The meeting included reports by technology project leaders and LIFT team members. Highlights of the event included a networking opportunity at the Henry Ford Museum and a high-bay member preview and reception at LIFT's Detroit headquarters.
MACOMB HOSTS FALL CONFERENCE FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AUTOMOTIVE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The 2017 Fall Southeastern Michigan Automotive Teachers Association (SEMATA) Conference was held at Macomb Community College's South Campus in Warren, MI on October 26. The event provided industry updates, technical training classes, roundtable discussions and a trade show. At the end of the event, participants received technical training certificates with corresponding NATEF hours.

The following technical training sessions, including two by CAAT, were offered to more than 100 registered participants:
  • Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles: the Chemistry, the Cars, the Careers (Nelson Kelly, MCC CAAT)
  • The Road to Autonomous Vehicles (Nelson Kelly, MCC CAAT)
  • Lab-Scope Diagnostics (Steve Pulcheon, Snap-on)
  • Pre- and Post-scan Body Shop Diagnostics (Steve Zack, Bosch)
  • Advanced Driver Assistance Stystems: Diagnostics and Calibration (Steve Zack, Bosch)
  • Apps and YouTube for the Automotive Classroom (Michael Gray, Co-author of Auto Upkeep)
  • Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair: A Guide to Developing a First Course in the NATEF Model (Michael Gray, Co-author of Auto Upkeep)
  • Light Diesels for Gas Instructors (Jim Halderman & Curt Ward, Joliet Junior College)
  • Online Education with CDX Automotive & Diesel (Randy Haubner, CDX)
  • Diagnosing the Steering and Suspension System from A-Z (Andrew Jablonowski, Federal Mogul)
  • Electric Drive is Coming to a Classroom Near You (Margaret M. O'Neill, Electude)
  • Make Your Classroom Life Easier with eLearning (Margaret M. O'Neill, Electude)
Technical training classes were also conducted by Today's Class and BES Buckeye Foundation.

It was announced at the conference that the inaugural Michigan Automotive Teachers Association (MATA) Conference will be held April 12, 2018, at Lansing Community College. The MATA Conference will be similar in format to the SEMATA conference and will offer technical training classes, a trade show, raffles and live demos. As with the SEMATA Conference, the MATA event will also be free, will provide certificates for NATEF training hours and offer a complimentary continental breakfast and lunch. To RSVP for the MATA Conference, call Allyne Quatrine at 248-816-5199.

CAAT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ATTENDS TRENDS IN OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES CONFERENCE

Joe Petrosky attended the TRENDS in Occupational Studies 2017 Conference held in Detroit October 18-20. Trends is a conference designed by faculty for faculty and staff who are passionate about career and technical community college education. The conference is attended by approximately 350 career and technical educators, post-secondary educators, community college deans, business/community partners, special populations professionals and administrators.

The conference is held each fall and provides technical and content assistance to CTE faculty, staff and administrators through workshops, meetings, round table discussions, general sessions and networking opportunities. The event serves as a tool for community college professionals who are novices or experienced in teaching/learning modalities, administrators, and others who work with community partners in career and technical education (CTE).

Attendees of the 2017 event benefited from expert information on Michigan community college occupational education and heard first hand from practitioners, faculty and staff who are promoting success for current and future students on their campuses. Attendees shared their collaborative projects that support college graduation as well as high-wage, high-demand, high-skill jobs.

Conference sponsors included the Michigan Occupational Deans Administrative Council (MODAC), the Talent Investment Agency and Ferris State University.
FORMER ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICIAN STUDENT ACCEPTED TO NASA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AEROSPACE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The CAAT congratulates Tim Masters, former Macomb Community College (MCC) Electric Vehicle Development Technician certificate student, on his acceptance to the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program. NCAS is a highly competitive program that gives scholars the opportunity to interact and network with NASA engineers and scientists.

In order to compete for a spot in the program, Masters completed a 5-week online non-credit course. Based on his successful completion of this course, Masters was invited to attend a once-in-a-lifetime, four-day engineering design workshop at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, on September 18-21.

Read more about Tim's exciting NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars experience.
VISIT THE CAAT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY PAGES

Automotive technology has come a long way in the past few decades, and the pace of change continues to accelerate.

We've updated and expanded our Connected and Automated Vehicles section adding a Road to Autonomous Vehicles page to provide an overview of what is involved in and how we are progressing toward autonomous vehicles, including an introduction to the PlanetM and MCity projects, an overview of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and demonstrations of autonomous vehicles.

The new CAV Technology Available Now and ADAS Technology Available Now pages provide overviews of the technology available for both Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), including the active, adaptive, and automatic systems that are leading the way to autonomous vehicles.

A new page, New Technology Coming Soon, highlights emerging technology being developed and includes everything from augmented reality heads-up displays to flying cars.

Check out our new pages and the new technology at:
http://autocaat.org/Technologies/Automated_and_Connected_Vehicles/
FREE AUTOMOTIVE TESTING COURSE MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE IN CAAT'S FREE RESOURCE LIBRARY

CAAT has posted new course materials developed under a seed funding contract with the University of Alabama, Birmingham titled " Experimental Testing of Vehicles". This free course enhances the university's automotive curriculum by developing the hands-on skills and applied knowledge of both their students and automotive test technicians in the workforce who will work on prototype systems. The materials were prepared by Principal Investigator, Professor Vladimir Vantsevich.

The course includes:
  • A detailed syllabus with the course learning outcomes mapped to each of the 15-weeks of classes (two classes per week)
  • PowerPoint slides
  • An extensive series of lab activities
  • Quizzes
  • A class project
The course features National Instruments LabVIEW software and hardware for data acquisition from a variety of sensors including temperature sensor, stain gauges, and other common automotive sensors. Also included are MATLAB/Simulink programs for data analysis and preparing lab reports. This course combines the electronic and software skills that would allow a technician to assist automotive engineers in developing the next generation of clean, efficient, safe, and highly-automated vehicles.

Download these free course materials today!

Visit our Seed Funded Programs page to view all of our seed funded courses, modules and other free training materials.
NEW MATERIALS ADDED TO THE CAAT RESOURCE LIBRARY!

Classroom Ready Educational Materials

Experimental Testing of Vehicles:
A course for community college students and automotive test technicians by the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Students will do practical laboratory-based studies on various sensors and data acquisition systems, setting up test procedures, wiring up sensors for measurements, conducting experiments, recording experimental data, and analyzing test results. (see article above)

Essential Alternating Current Electric Theory & Basic Circuits of Hybrid Electrical Drive Vehicles:
Vehicle electrical systems rely heavily on DC electrical principles. However, hybrid electric drive vehicles rely heavily on AC electrical circuitry in addition to their DC electrical circuits. This presentation by Veejer Enterprises, Inc. covers the essential AC electrical principles that are the electrical foundation of electric drive vehicles.


Reports and Analysis

Automated Connected and Electric Vehicle Systems Expert Forecast:
A report by the Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems, University of Michigan - Dearborn, that provides a historical description of U.S. road transportation, the legacy of infrastructure investments related to automobiles, and a roadmap for sustainable transportation based on innovations in connected, automated, and electric vehicle technologies.

Connected Vehicles 101:
An overview developed  by the Intelligent Transportation Systems' Joint Program Office of the infrastructure requirements, including communications standards, maintenance implications, and policy considerations, that are necessary to support connected vehicles.

TEACHERS - BRING YOUR STUDENTS TO THE FREE AUTO STEAM DAYS EVENT AT MACOMB!

The CAAT will again sponsor, and Macomb Community College (MCC) will host, the second Auto STEAM Days event for middle and high school students December 5-6 at MCC's Sports and Expo Center in Warren, MI. Students will learn about careers in automotive design, robotics, manufacturing, and the technology that makes it happen. Each day will offer a morning session from 8:30-11 a.m. and an afternoon session from 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.

The Automotive Design and Engineering sector welcomes back four exhibitors from the highly successful 2016 event with exhibits by General Motors on clay/digital modeling, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on sketching, Ford Motor Company on production design and Magna International on augmented reality.

The Manufacturing and Technology sector welcomes back two exhibitors from 2016 and is pleased to announce two new exhibitors. This sector will offer exhibits by American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) on vehicle electrification and drivetrains, Comau on robotics, Kuka on PLC Proramming, and Siemens on traffic light programming.

The event will again feature an exciting car show (presented jointly by General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and Ford Motor Company) that will allow students to sit behind the wheel and talk to some of the industry's best automobile designers and engineers.

Please visit the CAAT's Student Activities page for more information about this exciting event and to find out about corporate sponsorship opportunities!

Over 2600 students are already registered. Space is limited - Register now through November 7, 2017.

Financial partners supporting the event include: Magna International, Bosch, Kuka, Siemens/Electro-Matic, and American Axle &Manufacturing.
EXPLORE CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY
An Event for Students and Parents

Students are also encouraged to bring their parents, family, and others to Explore Careers in Manufacturing and Technology on Wednesday, December 6 from 5:30-8 p.m. This related event will provide attendees the opportunity to:
  • Enjoy hands-on exhibits and activities
  • Learn about job skills that are in high demand
  • Hear from recent grads who found good-paying career employment
  • Meet local businesses and learn who employers are hiring
  • Discover the career pathway that's right for you
  • Explore apprenticeship, internships, and work-based learning
Attendance is free, but advance registration is required.

Free concessions, including pizza and hot dogs, will also be available. You can also enter to win a drone so register today!

The event is sponsored by Macomb County and is presented by Macomb Community College, in collaboration with the college's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) partners.

Manufacturing and technology companies are invited to have a networking table at the event. If your company is interested in participating, please contact Susan Bates at batess@macomb.edu.

For more information, please visit the CAAT's Student Activities page.
DID YOU KNOW that According to the Michigan Department of Management and Budget's Labor Market Information:

  • the median salary for an Engineering Technician in Michigan is $28 per hour?
  • the required education for entry as an engineering technician in Michigan is an associate's degree and requires no related work experience?
  • the demand for engineering technicians in Michigan increased by 23% from 2016 to 2017?
  • the long-term job outlook for engineering technicians in Michigan is expected to see a growth rate of 11% from 2014 to 2024?
Learn more about this exciting career opportunity!
DID YOU KNOW that GM is Advancing its Vision of a World with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion?

That's right. The company recently announced that it is planning an all-electric path to zero emissions and will release at least 20 new all-electric vehicles by 2023. Read about how the company plans to achieve their zero emissions vision.

Watch a video from Fortune's 2017 Most Powerful Women Summit at which GM Chairman and CEO, Mary Barra, further discusses the company's zero vision (zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion) and addresses consumer concerns about autonomous vehicles.
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