APPLY TODAY TO ATTEND A FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE ON ELECTRIC-DRIVE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY!
 Don't miss your opportunity to attend a free professional development course on electric-drive vehicle technology offered by the CAAT and Wayne State University. The course will be held October 2-3, 2018, in the automotive technology department at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
The workshop is designed to provide the fundamentals of electric-drive vehicle powertrain configurations, electric propulsion components, energy storage systems, and power electronics and electronic machines.
This professional development opportunity is being offered to:
- 4-Year college/university engineering or technology faculty
- Community college instructors
- High school science and technology teachers, and
- Automotive industry professionals
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The course will focus on four key topics:
Topic 1: Overview of HEV/PHEV/EV/FCV
- Roadmap of vehicle electrification
- Overview of vehicle road load
- Hybrid powertrains and components
- Fuel-cell systems for vehicle accessories
- Fuel-cell powered systems for vehicles
- Hydrogen storage systems for fuel-cells and infrastructure
Topic 2: Advanced Battery Systems for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
- Types of on-board energy storage
- Fundamentals of electrochemistry
- Battery cell characteristics, monitoring, and balancing
- Battery pack design, control, and management
Topic 3: Power Electronics and Traction Motors for Electric-Drive Vehicles
- Fundamentals of power electronics and traction motors
- Power switch analysis and controls of power electronics
- Analysis and design of traction motors
Topic 4: Cooperative Connected Vehicle
- Connected vehicles and autonomous development
- V2X fundamentals: principles, standards, consortiums and prior work
- Government mandate
- Vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, and vehicle-to-pedestrian safety applications
- V2X challenges: security and privacy, positioning, deployment, scalability
- DSRC versus cellular based technology for V2X
There is no registration fee to attend and
each participant will receive a $150 stipend upon completion of the workshop.
Apply today! Submit the application form, which is on the second page of the course flyer (see link below), via email to
geneliao@wayne.edu by Monday, September 24, 2018. Seating is limited, so please apply early.
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MACOMB FACULTY MEMBER SELECTED TO ATTEND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES COURSE AT SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
| Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) earlier this year to launch a new program that will train automotive faculty from other educational institutions on the emerging technologies that support autonomous vehicles. The CAAT supported Sinclair in |
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Sinclair automotive technology faculty is overseeing the program, which aims to train 40 community college faculty a year with week-long professional development courses and other supporting curricula. Kurtis Lahaie, an automotive faculty member from Macomb Community College has been accepted to attend. The school also plans to acquire a Tesla and a Cadillac to study the technology directly with the aim of educating auto techs on its use.
"The goal of the proposed project is to increase the autonomous vehicle technology experience and knowledge of automotive technology educators throughout the nation and address the growing need for qualified, knowledgeable technicians with capacity to maintain and repair autonomous vehicles," the foundation said in its award to the school.
Autonomous vehicles make use of a great deal of new technology, from cameras, radar and lidar to robotics, wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication and software. Automotive faculty need to know how to adapt their teaching to prepare technicians to work on advanced technology vehicles. The foundation also said in its award it hopes to draw students with interests in the STEM fields into automotive technology careers, which are often overlooked.
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APPLY NOW FOR THE TESLA START STUDENT AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN PROGRAM
In our
last issue, we told you about the new
Tesla START student automotive technician program being launched at Macomb Community College this fall. This intensive, 12-week technical training program is designed to provide students with the skills necessary for job placement within a Tesla Service Center as a service technician. Tesla currently has 76 Service Centers across the country.
The student fee for the program is $1,500. Students accepted into the program are considered Tesla interns and will earn an hourly wage as they learn. The 12-week program runs eight hours per day, five days per week.
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates are eligible for employment with Tesla at one of their service locations across the country and can earn a competitive regional salary with company equity and a generous benefits package. Tesla works with the students on their preferred Service Center placement and assists with relocation.
The ideal candidate for the program is a graduate or soon-to-be graduate of a certified automotive education program, from Macomb or another college, with an interest in working on electric vehicles.
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EXHIBITORS ANNOUNCED FOR 2018 AUTO STEAM DAYS EVENT
Attention middle school and high school teachers! Mark your calendar to bring your classroom to Auto STEAM Days 2018, which will be held on December 5 & 6, at the Macomb Community College Expo Center in Warren, MI. The 2018 event will be similar to the 2017 event, offering a sector on Automotive Design and Engineering and a sector on Manufacturing and Technology.
The event will again feature an exciting car show (presented jointly by GM, FCA, and Ford) that will give students the exciting opportunity to sit behind the wheel and talk to some of the industry's best automobile designers and engineers.
Learn More:
- View a video depicting a prior Auto STEAM Days event
- Download the event brochure
- Visit the CAAT's Student Activities page for additional information
- Check out media coverage from the 2017 event:
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SAVE THE DATE TO EXPLORE CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 5:30 - 8:00pm
 This annual evening event provides students, parents, and the general public the opportunity to learn more in-depth information on careers and education programs in automotive, advanced manufacturing, as well as apprenticeship information through presentations, discussions and networking.
Hear from our panel of experts:
- 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
- Learn about apprenticeship programs, including the Michigan Apprenticeship Program Plus (MAP+)
- Explore internships and work-based learning
Attendance is free, but advance registration is required. Registration information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.
The
evening event is presented by Macomb Community College, in collaboration with the college's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) partners. For more information, please visit the CAAT's
Student Activities page.
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ATTENTION PARENTS: SEND YOUR KID TO COLLEGE
Attend a Career Exploration Lab for Middle School Students and Parents!
 In conjunction with Macomb Community College's
College for Kids (C4K) program, the CAAT will offer its popular STEM Career Exploration Labs (CEL's) this summer for middle school (6th - 9th grade) students and their parents (or other designated adult). The students and their parents will design, test, and build three projects while learning about engineering careers. This is a FREE class sponsored by the CAAT through its funding from the
National Science Foundation. Register today for the final lab on August 20, 2018.
Pre-registration is required as class size is limited to 20 students and 20 adults. Classes will be held at Macomb's South Campus (Building R, Room 112) in Warren, MI. To register, please contact Saleta McMurray, CAAT's STEM Outreach Coordinator, at 586-445-7127 or
mcmurrays36@macomb.edu.
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NEW MATERIALS ADDED TO THE CAAT RESOURCE LIBRARY!
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TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
Internal combustion engines may be on the decline, but with the momentum and infrastructure that they already have, they won't die out overnight. In the meantime, engineers are working to make them as fuel efficient and clean as they possibly can.
Toyota is improving the speed of combustion to increase efficiency while at the same time improving torque and power.
For the past five years Mazda has had the EPA's highest corporate average fuel economy rating for all manufacturers without having a single hybrid or electric vehicle. It's newest engine, the SkyActiv-X, uses spark-controlled compression ignition allowing for lean combustion and controlled combustion timing.
Both technologies can also be used on hybrid vehicles, for a gradual transition away from gas vehicles.
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FEATURED ON CAAT'S SOCIAL MEDIA:
Detroit - The Autonomous Motor City!
The Ford Motor Company hopes to settle 2,500 high-tech engineers at a work space in the historic, Detroit Central Train Station building in Corktown. The location will make Corktown a world center of development for autonomous vehicles and services. Automotive suppliers working with Ford on connected-car technology will likely open offices nearby. Having the Ford Mobility group in Detroit will also provide the opportunity to be immersed in an urban area that the automated offerings will directly serve.
Learn more
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DID YOU KNOW...
Did you know... one of the Motor City's largest employers is partnering with an Ann Arbor startup to launch a fleet of self-driving electric shuttle buses in downtown Detroit?
Read the article.
Did you know... over the past 12 months, the
CAAT website has been visited nearly 38,000 times and has been visited by nearly 32,000 unique visitors?
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