Ford Names Blue Oval Scholars at San Antonio High Schools
San Antonio, Texas., Dearborn, Mich., December 15, 2009 — The Ford Motor Company Fund has awarded $2,500 Ford Blue Oval Scholarships to each of ten local San Antonio, Texas high school students. These young men and women, recognized as “Blue Oval Scholars,” will soon find their award to be an enviable accreditation for having achieved their tech-based education. The awards will be made after the students have made their college selection.

2009 Project Lead The Way® Patriot Award Presented to SME Education Foundation
DEARBORN, Mich., November 17, 2009 — The SME Education Foundation has been honored with the 2009 Project Lead The Way® Patriot Award. The award is presented annually to an organization which has contributed altruistically and patriotically to the mission of Project Lead The Way, Inc. and the cause of engineering education in the United States.

Standard Bearer for Generation Y Education Receives 2009 Outstanding Partner Award  
DEARBORN, Mich., October 23, 2009 — Laurie Maxson, a teacher and Career and Technical Education Director for Project Lead The Way®, Colorado Springs, Colo., has been named recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Partner Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation.

SME Education Foundation and 3M Honor Educators with Building the Future Award  
DEARBORN, Mich., October 13, 2009 — The accomplishments of ten outstanding educators from across the United States have been recognized with the “Building the Future Award” by the SME Education Foundation and their industry partner, 3M for their efforts in furthering excellence in science, technology, engineering and math education based on Project Lead The Way® curriculum and inspiring students to pursue technical careers. The awards will be presented on November 12, 2009 at the Building the Future Awards dinner in Austin, Texas at the Second Annual Project Lead the Way® National Symposium.

SME Ford PAS Scholarships Validates Dream of Engineering Career  
DEARBORN, Mich., August 26, 2009 — The SME Education Foundation awarded three students scholarships for $10,000 over four years allowing them to pursue their dreams of an engineering career through the SME Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (PAS) program and another for the Henry Ford Academy Scholarship program. Each of these academic high achievers met the standards established by Ford Motor Company Fund and the SME Education Foundation.

Addressing America’s Perception of Manufacturing
DEARBORN, Mich., August 7, 2009 — Globalization, emerging technologies, and major economic turmoil are dramatically changing the manufacturing industry and raising major concerns for its future in this country. To address that need, the SME Education Foundation announces the launch of a national fund-raising campaign to secure funding for programs that address perceptions of manufacturing as a career; and advance manufacturing education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The “We Advance Manufacturing Education” initiative will be launched in the fall 2009.

3M Endorses Education Programs with In-Kind Gift of $720,000
DEARBORN, Mich., July 31, 2009 — Quality equipment is essential to a quality education. 3M’s in-kind gift of 250 Super Close Projection Systems 700 Series, valued at about $720,000, which includes projectors, speakers and wall-mounts, has been donated to the SME Education Foundation for distribution to the network of middle and high schools across the country offering Project Lead the Way (PLTW) ® curriculum.

It's Fuel Cell Engineering Basics at a Gateway Academy Summer Camp
DEARBORN, Mich., July 10, 2009 —  The basics of fuel cell engineering now complements a summer technology camp offering robotics, aeronautics and computer design for 6th and 7th graders attending the Gateway Academy offered by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation being held this summer at Ballston Spa High School in Latham, N.Y. 

SME Education Foundation — Gene Haas Scholarship Fund Opens Door for Focus: HOPE Machining Students
DEARBORN, Mich., July 7, 2009 – Doors close or never open – and hard-working young men and women are sometimes denied opportunity to realize their dreams or potential.  The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF) opened a door with a leadership gift of $50,000 to establish the SME Education Foundation — Gene Haas Scholarship Fund designed to attract and support Focus: HOPE students.  The new scholarship offers access to training and education programs in machining technology giving students a chance to change their lives and have a rewarding career. 

Aspiring Manufacturing Engineers Can Hammer Down a Career Using Comprehensive Online Resource
DEARBORN, Mich., July 7, 2009 — There is a team of three students in Ohio who are budding experts in the field of simulation software for manufacturing engineering. This team has designed a fixture that winds wire for an AC power collection device to store energy from the opening and closing of office building doors.

HI-TEC 2009 Industry Recognition Award Presented to Bart Aslin
DEARBORN, Mich., July 2, 2009 ── Bart Aslin, director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation and a resident of Dexter, Mich., is this year’s recipient of the HI-TEC Industry Recognition Award being presented July 21, 2009 at the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ford Blue Oval Scholarships Awarded to Local High School Students 2nd Annual Founders Academy
Chicago, ILL., June 23, 2009 – High school students from Chicago’s South Side spent last week learning and experiencing entrepreneurship in science, engineering and green technology from some of the city’s most successful entrepreneurs and competed for Ford Blue Oval Scholarships at the 2nd Annual Future Founders Academy hosted by the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC).

We Think Manufacturing is Cool!
DEARBORN, Mich., June 18, 2009 — The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation says Manufacturing is Cool! An awarding winning Web site proves it. The Foundation has accelerated postings of new content in this evolving and very entertaining Web site.

Motorsports Institute Summer Camp
DEARBORN, Mich., June 18, 2009 — Twenty-four high school juniors and seniors with backgrounds in high levels of science and math have been awarded a unique opportunity to participate in a week-long motorsports camp. The Motorsports Institute Summer Camp is hosted by the North Carolina Motorsports Association (NCMA), in partnership with the The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation. The camp is being held June 15-19 at Central Piedmont Community College and Charlotte area motorsports facilities. Curriculum and camp management will be conducted by Ten80Education’s Fast Track R.C. team.

SME Education Foundation Names Six to Board of Directors
DEARBORN, Mich., June 17, 2009 — The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has selected six new members to serve a two-year term on its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2010.

Major Organizations Support Future Engineers with Grants to Gateway Academy Program
DEARBORN, Mich., June 8, 2009 — Industries committed to the development of a skilled workforce and keeping America's manufacturing sector strong, have given $318,000 in sponsorship grants to the SME Education Foundation. The funding will makes it possible for secondary-school students who are aspiring to careers in technology and engineering to attend the Foundation's Gateway Academies.

SME Education Foundation Awards $90,000 in Family and Directors Scholarships
DEARBORN, Mich., June 3, 2009 — The SME Education Foundation celebrates manufacturing and continues to move boldly in its dedication to young people by opening doors and providing financial support. Five outstanding future engineers have been awarded $90,000 in Family and Directors' Scholarships.

Everything is up in Kansas City for Summer Science Programs
DEARBORN, Mich., March 24, 2009 — The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded a $60,000 matching grant for the expansion of the SME Education Foundation's Gateway Academy — a one-week pre-engineering summer program designed to introduce students, 7th through ninth grade, to the fundamentals of math, engineering, technology and science and prepare them for middle and high school engineering coursework offered by Project Lead The Way®. The invitation-only Gateway Academy will be offered in metropolitan areas of Kansas City, Mo. during the summer of 2009.

Gene Haas Foundation Funds Machining Technology Scholarships
DEARBORN, Mich., March 17, 2009 — The Gene Haas Foundation has provided a $200,000 grant to the SME Education Foundation to help qualified students interested in machine operation and maintenance coursework take advantage of their Gene Haas Foundation Machining Technology Scholarship.

Focusing on Alternative Engineering Careers
DEARBORN, Mich., March 4, 2009 — The SME Education Foundation joined a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies during Engineers Week 2009 (February 15-21) in Washington, D.C., in a series of competitions designed to inspire young people to consider engineering careers.

SME Education Foundation, Siemens PLM Software, and NSF Invest in Future Engineers
DEARBORN, Mich., February 2, 2009 — Future engineers will compete in a digital world in a global economy by having greater control through a single source of manufacturing knowledge. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation, www.smeef.org, today announced a joint in-kind software grant with Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, awarded to the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) which will give students access to the same PLM applications that are used by multi-national corporations in key industries around the globe.

It's Engineers – Not Bankers – Who Create REAL Wealth
DEARBORN, Mich., February 9, 2009 — President Obama said recently, "investing in science, research and technology" are paths to financial recovery. And Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi said in a recent radio interview that if you want "four words to describe" the economic recovery package "it's science, science, science and science. The science, technology and engineering...to keep us competitive in the future. This is not your grandfather's public works program of the 1930's..."

Gateway Academy Summer Youth Program Receives Academy of Engineering Endorsement
DEARBORN, Mich., November 10, 2008 — The Gateway Academy, a nationwide initiative of the SME Education Foundation, has received the endorsement of the Academy of Engineering (AOE) — a dynamic partnership between the National Academy Foundation (NAF), the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) and Project Lead The Way® (PLTW).

Shop Rat Foundation Endorses Youth Programs
DEARBORN, Mich., November 4, 2008 — The Shop Rat Foundation, Pleasant Lake, Mich., an organization dedicated to the advancement of the skilled trades industries offering hands-on skilled trade education to young people, has endorsed successful national youth programs offered by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation.

Introducing Fluid Power to Middle and High School Students
DEARBORN, Mich., October 24, 2008 — The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation and the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) announce a new partnership formed to address an unmet need for engineers with knowledge of higher automation and the computer-based intelligence to run it.

SME Education Foundation Elects 2009 Executive Committee and Board of Directors
DEARBORN, Mich., October 23, 2008 — The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has named new officers and selected two new members to serve on its Board of Directors. All terms will be effective January 1, 2009.

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