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National ATE Centers

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports projects that strengthen science and mathematics preparation of technicians being educated for the high-performance workplace of advanced technologies.

The purpose of the ATE program is to ensure internationally competitive industrial and other business enterprises, protection of the environment, effective development and use of new technologies, and other high technology activities requires well-educated science and engineering technicians. The ATE program promotes improvement in technician education delivered at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. Focused on both national and regional levels, it supports curriculum development and program improvement for technicians being educated for the high performance workplace of advanced technologies. Program improvement encompasses faculty and teacher development, student academic support, and formal cooperative arrangements among institutions and other partners. ATE centers and projects result in major improvements in advanced technological education, serve as models for other institutions, assure that students acquire strong backgrounds in mathematics and science, and yield nationally-usable educational products.

There are currently eleven NSF ATE Centers that focus on bio, environmental, information, manufacturing, marine, and telecommunications technologies.
For more information on other ATE Centers,please visit http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/awards/ate_centers.asp



Organization:

NorthWest Center for Emerging Technologies

Director:

Neil Evans

Location:

Bellevue Community College
3000 Landerholm Circle SE, A202
Bellevue, WA 98007-6484

Contact:

Phone: 425.564.4227
Fax: 425.564.6193
email: [email protected]

Website:

https://www.nwcet.org

Description:

The mission of the NorthWest Center for Emerging Technologies is to advance Information Technology (IT) education to improve the supply, quality, and diversity of the IT workforce by preparing and educating the versatile knowledge workers of the future.


Organization:

Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center

Director:

Mike Lesiecki

Location:

Maricopa County Community College District
2323 West 14th Street
Tempe AZ 85281-6941

Contact:

Phone: 602.731.8214
Fax: 602.517.8669
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://matec.org

Description:

The primary goals of the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) are to create new curricular systems/materials which reduce the gap between what is taught and learned in schools and what is needed by technicians in semiconductor manufacturing/related supporting industries and to provide technical support, instructional support, and access to resources that faculty/trainers who are preparing students for careers as technicians need to ensure continuing relevance to workplace needs.


Organization:

South Carolina ATE Center of Excellence

Director:

Elaine Craft

Location:

State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education
111 Executive Center Drive
Columbia, SC 29210

Contact:

Phone: 803.737.9363
Fax: 803.737.9343
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.mid.tec.sc.us/scate/

Description:

The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SC ATE) Center of Excellence seeks to expand the pool of skilled technicians in advanced engineering technology fields to aid the state's and the nation's manufacturing industries in remaining competitive in the global marketplace. The SC ATE Center envisions the creation of a learning environment which models the new technologically sophisticated work milieu rather than simply teaching about it.


Organization:

New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education

Director:

Jack Waintraub

Location:

Middlesex County College
155 Mill Road
Edison, NJ 08818

Contact:

Phone: 908.906.2501
Fax: 803.737.9343
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.njcate.org

Description:

The New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education (NJACTE) is restructuring engineering technology education beginning in grade eleven, continuing through the associate degree, and articulating with baccalaureate programs.


Organization:

Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources

Director:

Susie Kelly

Location:

Chemeketa Community College, Lead Institution
4000 Lancaster Drive NE, PO Box 14007
Salem, OR 97309-7070

Contact:

Phone: 503.399.5270
Fax: 503.399.5214
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.chemek.cc.or.us/ncsr/

Description:

The goal of the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR) is to enhance natural resources technology education programs at community colleges and secondary schools, so as to better support the efforts of agencies, industry, and business in the areas of ecosystem restoration and natural resource management.


Organization:

Southwest Center for Advanced Technological Education

Director:

Robert Musgrove

Location:

TSTC Sweetwater
300 College Drive
Sweetwater, TX 79556

Contact:

Phone: 915.235.7370
Fax: 915.235.7309
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.scate.net/scate/index.asp

Description:

The Southwest Regional Center for Advanced Technological Education is a collaboration among two-year colleges, four-year colleges and universities, industries, and Tech Prep consortia in West Central Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma to provide technical education in a vast rural region through distance learning experiences.


Organization:

The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center

Director:

Ellen Kabat

Location:

Eastern Iowa Community College District
500 Belmont Road
Bettendorf, IA 52722

Contact:

Phone: 319.344.0354
Fax: 319.344.0355
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.ateec.org

Description:

The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC) vision is to create a world class network of community college environmental programs linked with high schools that inform and prepare secondary school students for entry into these two-year programs.


Organization:

National Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Education

Director:

David Harrison

Location:

Sinclair Community College
444 West Third Street
Dayton, OH 45402-1460

Contact:

Phone: 937.449.5357
Fax: 937.449.5372
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.erinet.com/dwolf/pages/nceame/nceame.htm

Description:

The goal of the National Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Education (NCE/AME) is to redesign the infrastructure of manufacturing education.


Organization:

Marine Advanced Technology Education Center

Director:

Nicole Crane

Location:

Monterey Peninsula College
980 Fremont Street
Monterey, CA 93940

Contact:

Phone: 408.646.4127
Fax: 408.645.1353
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.marinetech.org

Description:

The MATE Center is currently conducting a national survey of industries and businesses to assess the need for and roles of skilled workers in marine occupations. Survey results and assessment will be posted here within the next few months.


Organization:

The North East Center for Telecommunications Technology

Director:

James Masi

Location:

Springfield Technical Community College
1 Armory Square
Springfield, MA 01103

Contact:

Phone: 413.731.3151
Fax: 413.734.0515
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.nctt.org

Description:

The Northeast Center for Telecommunications Technologies is an Advanced Technological Education Center for Excellence in the instruction of Telecommunications Engineering Technology. Under the administrative direction of Springfield Technical Community College and located on its campus, the Center derives major funding from the College, the National Science Foundation, and major telecommunications companies.


Organization:

Bio-Link: A National Advanced Technology Education Center for Biotechnology

Director:

Elaine Johnson

Location:

San Francisco CC District
33 Gough Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-1214

Contact:

Phone: 415.239.3000
email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.bio-link.org

Description:

The National Center for Biotechnology Education is creating a structure to enhance and expand biotechnology technician programs throughout the nation. The National Center is working with six regional centers, baccalaureate institutions, high schools, national laboratories, and industry to accomplish a set of ambitious goals. Each region is spearheading a specific element such as identifying and testing instructional materials; implementing new programs; identifying methods for recruiting and retaining underrepresented minorities; creating student assessment tools; linking to high schools and baccalaureate institutions; strengthening basic math, science, and critical thinking skills; and increasing work-based learning opportunities for students.

 
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