Like many states across the country, South Carolina faces ever-growing manufacturing job numbers and an ever-decreasing talent pool. Industry officials and educators alike say the key to filling the workforce pipeline once again relies on letting students understand manufacturing isn’t about just getting by in dirty textile…
Now that 2015 has come to an end, it is a good time to reflect on what has happened in the aerospace cluster over the past year. The momentum South Carolina built this year resulted in a myriad of activities, but there are three areas of advancement…
South Carolina has joined North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana and Mississippi in a five-year education initiative with Breakthrough Learning that will target students from high-poverty, rural areas. The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness will lead implementation in South Carolina. The goal of the Rural Innovative Schools Initiative is…
When I was in middle school, I was more concerned with making the grade than applying the information. Work hard, be an honors student and stay active in afterschool programs – this is what I thought it meant to be an ideal student and prepare myself to…
Greenville, SC-based The Gordian Group, a leading provider of construction cost analytics and estimating information, pricing data and procurement solutions, announced today RSMeans’ industry-leading construction cost estimating tools were used by 14 college teams competing in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015. Each college received…
Okuma America Corporation, a CNC machine tool manufacturer, and Siemens, one of the world’s largest producers of energy- efficient, resource-saving technologies, partnered to host Manufacturing Day 2015 on Friday, October 2, 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina at their respective facilities. Students from CU-ICAR participated in the activities….
Reduce Human Error on the Drug and Device Manufacturing Floor: Framework and Tools to Assure Effective CAPAs **FDAnews Webinar** June 29, 2015 — 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT http://www.fdanews.com/humanerror What causes drug and device manufacturing failures and recalls? Human error. Time after time, CAPA investigations single…
A growing number of advanced manufacturing companies in the Lowcountry want their professional employees to seek graduate degrees in engineering and science while they work, but the opportunity to pursue those degrees in the region has been limited. Not for much longer. A day after Volvo announced…
Today, the Bosch Community Fund (BCF) announced it has awarded more than $117,600 to seven organizations in Anderson, South Carolina, thereby continuing its mission to prepare the workforce of the future for careers in STEM-related fields. Since 2013, the BCF has awarded nearly $415,000 STEM and environmental…