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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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