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CAAT Tracks
August / September 2022
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2022 CAAT Conference - Preparing Technicians for Electric Vehicle Technology | |
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Preparing Technicians for
Electric Vehicle Technology
Friday, September 30, 8:30am - 12:45 pm
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Carla Bailo
President & CEO, ECOS Consulting
Former President & CEO
Center for Automotive Research
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The Future of Electric Vehicles and e-Mobility | |
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Bernard Swiecki
Director of Research
Director, Automotive Communities Partnership
Center for Automotive Research
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Electric Vehicle Jobs Market Report | |
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Michele Economou Ureste
Executive Director
Workforce Intelligence Network
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Rollout of the EV Jobs Academy | |
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Paul Bowser
Director, Garage Service Operations
Roush Industries
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Professional Development Workshop | |
The CAAT will be offering a professional development workshop for automotive and technical education instructors. The seminar will consist of three sessions, and will be held Friday afternoon and Saturday: | |
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Friday, September 30
1:00 - 4:00pm
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Electric Vehicle Workshop, Part I | |
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Saturday, October 1
9:00am - 12:00pm
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Electric Vehicle Workshop, Part II | |
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Saturday, October 1
12:30 - 3:30pm
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Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Workshop | |
Friday, September 30, 1:00pm - 2:30 pm | |
Automotive Technology (M Building)
Home to our Automotive, Facilities, Design and Construction, and Climate Control Programs. Tour our classroom lab spaces and service bays. See how Macomb is meeting the needs of current students while planning on adapting to industry requirements in the future.
Michigan Technical Education Center (M-TEC)
Home to our workforce and continuing education department focusing on engineering and advanced technology. Provides customized training to individuals and industry at the pace of technological advancement.
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Save the Date - Fall MATA Conference | |
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The Michigan Automotive Teachers Association (MATA) will hold its annual fall conference on Thursday, October 27th at Macomb Community College’s South Campus in Warren, MI.
This one-day event includes technical training classes, a trade show, raffles and live demonstrations. A continental breakfast and lunch will also be provided.
Those who attend the technical training sessions will receive certificates and 6 NATEF hours at the end of the conference.
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CAAT Presented at North American Council of Automotive Teachers Conference | |
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The 2022 North American Council of Automotive Teachers Association (NACAT) Conference and Expo was held from August 7-11 in Covington, KY. This was the first time the meeting was held since 2018, Macomb Community College hosted the 2017 meeting.
The venue this year was the Cincinnati Marriott RiverCenter, and included 34 training sessions. Keynote presentations included “Engaging the Power of Automotive Learning” by Jorge Menchu, president of AES Wave, and “Today’s Electrified Vehicle Market” by Dr. Mark Quarto, founder of Quarto Technical Services.
On Thursday, August 11, CAAT Assistant Director Nelson Kelly, presented a training session titled “Connected, Automated, and Intelligent vehicles”.
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The conference drew hundreds of instructors and trainers of automotive technology from all over the United States and Canada. Learn more by visiting our web page on Professional Development Opportunities for Educators.
The 2023 NACAT Conference and Expo is planned for July 10-13 at San Jacinto College near Houston Texas.
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CAAT Presented a 2-Day Professional Development Course at the NCAT Experience STEAM Event | |
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Experience STEAM is a revolutionary approach to educational outreach, connecting people to education using hands-on learning and thoughtful collaboration to spark the imaginations of the future skilled technical workforce. The combined efforts of 44 organizations to provide a STEAM carnival, 19 educator workshops, and 14 STEAM camps ensured the event offered something for everyone!
Ben Cruz, CAAT Director, provided a professional development course on "Electric, Connected & Autonomous Vehicles" that targeted automotive instructors, college administrators and industry professionals.
The event was held August 10-14, 2022, at the Mall of America in Minnesota. Learn more by visiting our web page on Professional Development Opportunities for Educators.
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CAAT STEAM Camp a Great Success | |
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The CAAT held a Summer STEAM Camp for 23 middle school students at Macomb Community College's M-TEC building in Warren, MI, August 1 - 5, 2022.
This camp offered students an opportunity to learn about STEAM-related careers and participate in hands-on STEAM activities. It was free to all students thanks to our sponsors which included Bosch, NCAT and Texas Instruments.
Twenty-three students participated in the week-long event which included:
Texas Instruments Rovers:
The students participated in a challenge that experiments with coding and the TI-Innovator™ Rover robotic vehicle while you earn your driver’s license through a series of activities including parallel parking, Watch Out for Rover the dog and navigate a series of mazes. They learned how to program using TI-BASIC programming language wrote their own programs. This was one of the highest rated activities of the week.
Architecture and Design:
The students designed a floor plan using sketch paper and templates, created an electrical project with a battery, wire, and light, built and decorated a butterfly house, used Dots candy and toothpicks to build a tower, and created a digital floor plan and 3D model that most were able to print. Each project brought with it the technology learning conversations to strengthen their understanding of the process.
UB Tech Kits:
The students worked with Macomb Community College’s Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT) to design, build and code your own robot in our Dream with Robots challenge. They learned about the engineering design process working in small groups while using UB Tech Design Kits. These kits allowed the students to discover what makes engineering both interesting and so much fun! At the end of the session, group presented their project by demonstrating what their invention was programmed to do.
Virtual Reality Goggles by the University of Michigan Trio Organization:
The students all received their own set of VR Goggles to use while in the class. The instructor went through a series of different applications for them to experience including Alcove where the students could discover and explore world travel.
Bioplastics with the President of Ectotek:
The students participated in a hands-on bioplastic lab featuring biodegradable and renewable materials. The students started learning ways to problem solve environmental issues. Many students enjoyed this activity and wanted to learn more about this topic.
Programming Drones:
The students explored the world of microcontrollers and learned how to program and fly a Robolink CoDrone EDU Programmable Drone. This was the favorite activity of the week rated by the students.
Field Trip to Dana Corporation, Warren MI:
The students were greeted by the Dana team and began with a presentation, in the training room, which provided the students with an overview of Dana, the products and processes at the, along with the long list of career opportunities. The students were intrigued by the processes described and asked a host of great questions before embarking on the tour. The plant tour was very informative about how the products are produced. The students were fully engaged during the event, learned a lot, and had great questions.
Participants completed a post-event survey. Comments made by students on the survey included:
"It was totally worth it and it was very fun and interesting and I hope kids like us get to have the same experience we had."
"I would like to tell you that this was one of the best experiences I've had."
"I would want it to be longer. This camp went by extremely fast."
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Detroit Auto Show Returned to Detroit September 17 - 25 | |
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The North American International Detroit Auto Show returned this year better than ever. This year's event offered nine days of new vehicle displays and exhibits at Huntington Place, Hart Plaza and throughout downtown Detroit, ride-and-drives both indoors and outdoors, air mobility demonstrations, family-fun experiences, musical entertainment, auto enthusiast car clubs, street food and much more.
Guests were able to drive electric vehicles along a portion of the 2023 downtown Grand Prix circuit. The world's first battery-powered Monster Truck was featured at the Monster Truck Throwdown in Hart Plaza.
The new auto show included user experiences including a walk-through Off-Road Vehicle Encounter featuring T-Rex, Velociraptors and rugged off-road SUVs and trucks. Attendees could also climb high with Camp Jeep and Bronco Mountain, or take an indoor ride in a Maserati, Lamborghini or other luxury vehicle.
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American Center for Mobility to Add a Hydrogen Hub | |
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The American Center for Mobility test track at Willow Run will be getting a modular hydrogen production system in 2023. The system will be capable of pumping out 1,000 kg of hydrogen fuel per day, enough to fill 200 hydrogen vehicles.
The system will be provided by BayoTech Inc., whose main business is manufacturing hydrogen transport trailers. The company launched its hydrogen production pilot last year in New Mexico and plans to open another hub in St. Louis, Mo. as hydrogen fueling gains steam in the heavy transportation sector.
The hydrogen hub will serve the companies at the ACM campus and those outside it, with an emphasis on transit agencies and transportation and logistics companies, to pursue a broad vision of sustainable transportation.
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Ascend Elements Brings Battery Engineering and Recycling to Kentucky | |
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Ascend Elements , a vertically integrated battery recycling and engineered materials company, has announced plans to invest $310 million in the first phase, and up to $1 billion total, to build a battery materials facility at the Commerce Industrial Park II in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
The new manufacturing facility, Apex 1, will be home to the company’s proprietary Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis process technology. Ascend says it will take in feedstock (black mass) from recycled EV batteries, and produce enough precursor and cathode active material to equip up to 250,000 EVs per year. The 500,000-square-foot Apex 1 plant will feature onsite chemical recycling capabilities and a wastewater treatment plant. Groundbreaking is expected in Q4 2022, and operations are to begin in late 2023.
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2022 Electric, Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology Training
This collection of documents is used in training for advanced automotive technology systems and are beneficial to high school and community college instructors, administrators, students and industry professionals.
Topics Include:
- Overview of HEV/PHEV/EV/VCV
- Motor Drives and Power Electronics for Electric-drive Vehicles
- Advanced Battery systems for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
- Connected and Automated/Autonomous Vehicles.
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How Electrification is Changing Testing in Research and Development
As the automotive and transportation industry shifts from internal combustion engine to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), research and development workers are facing major changes to how they conduct testing.
The report provides information on new test protocols as well as the following topics:
- Considerations for powertrain, environmental and thermal, noise and vibration, and EMC testing
- The testing challenges, constraints and risks inherent in this industry shift
- Recommendations for planning, designing, and building test facilities for batteries, electric-motors, components, and BEVs.
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Women Techs - Solving the Tech Shortage
Businesses in all sectors of the transportation industry urgently need more technicians and hiring more women technicians could help solve the crisis. This report provides action items for employers and suggestions from women technicians working in automotive, aviation and other segments of the transportation industry ranging in age from 19 to 59 years old.
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Middle school students participated in hands-on activities that gave them the opportunity to be creative, experiment, build, and make new friends at the Summer STEAM Camp at Macomb Community College. | Ford sent electric F-150 Lightnings to help with the Kentucky flood response and provide mobile power for crews to help get 10-15 families per day back in their homes. | |
STEAM campers learned about manufacturing vehicle drivetrain components during a field trip to DANA in Warren, Michigan. | Ford is working with Southern California Gas Co. to develop a F-500 Super Duty hydrogen fuel truck for a demonstration project aimed at reducing commercial fleet emissions. | |
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… GM has launched an innovative EV education platform?
As part of its mission to make EV ownership accessible to all, General Motors today launched EV Live, an immersive, virtual experience that allows participants to interact one-on-one with EV specialists and learn everything about electric vehicles — for free.
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… the Michigan STEM Forward program matches Michigan college students with internship opportunities at the state's leading innovative companies?
Based on Ann Arbor SPARK’s successful internship match program, the state tapped the regional economic development organization to steer the new statewide initiative, working with the regional SmartZone organizations as well as many other economic development partners to connect companies with interested students.
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… Michigan joined with Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin to build the best EV road trip?
The Lake Michigan EV Circuit Tour will be a network of electric vehicle chargers spanning over 1,100 miles of drivable shoreline around Lake Michigan.
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… Michigan autonomous vehicle law is the first of its kind?
Thanks to the new law, Michigan will be able to set new global standards for automotive safety, mobility infrastructure, and smart cities - all while testing the latest AV technologies in real-world environments. Additionally, the new law will set the stage for the development of a connected and automated vehicle corridor in Michigan.
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