HI-TEC 2011 - Technology Showcase

HI-TEC 2011 VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE


Please visit our 2011 HI-TEC Exhibitors on the Pacific Concourse Level. Exhibits are open on Wednesday, July 27, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (with an Exhibitor Reception 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.) and Thursday, July 28, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Booth numbers are listed above each company name.

For information about exhibiting at HI-TEC, contact Teemus Warner (twarner@cord.org).

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AMTEC: Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative

300 North Main Street
Versailles , KY 40383
www.autoworkforce.org

AMTEC is a collaboration of community and technical colleges and industry partners who work together to prepare highly skilled technicians for work in automobile manufacturing and technology.

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ATE Central: Advanced Technological Education Central

1210 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53705
www.atecentral.net

ATE Central is an online portal and collection of materials and services that highlight the work of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers.

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Automation Studio™ (a product of Famic Technologies Inc.)

350-9999 Cavendish
Montreal, QC H4M 2X5
www.automationstudio.com/EDUC

Automation Studio™, a cutting edge circuit design and simulation software for advanced technical education with e-learning capabilities for tomorrow's technical workforce.

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BATEC: Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections

100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston , MA 02125
www.batec.org

BATEC, an NSF Advanced Technology Education Center of Excellence, promotes a coordinated, self-sustaining education and workforce development system for computing technologies.

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Bemidji State University

1500 Birchmont Drive NE #34
Bemidji, MN 56601
www.360mn.org

Bemidji State University offers a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Applied Engineering completely online. The B.A.S. degree in Applied Engineering is a "2 + 2" degree program available to individuals who have an interest in engineering related career fields. The degree has been specifically designed to provide an opportunity to build directly upon an individual's past education if they possess a certificate, diploma or 2-year technical degree.

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Bio-Link

City Colleges of San Francisco
1855 Folsom Street, Suite 643
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.bio-link.org

A National Center of Excellence designed to meet the rapidly changing needs of biotechnology and related life science industries and prospective technical workforce, Bio-Link is able to provide the much wider range of services and products now needed by the swiftly changing biotech industry.

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Bosch Rexroth Corporation

5150 Prairie Stone Parkway
Hoffman Estates , IL 60192
www.boschrexroth-us.com

Bosch Rexroth Drive & Control Training Academy offers fluid power and automation training products including online e-learning tools, simulation software, textbooks and training systems.  

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CARCAM: Consortium for Alabama Regional Center for Automotive Manufacturing

PO Box 227
Gadsden, AL 35902
www.carcam.org

CARCAM (ATE Center) session focusing on community colleges and economic development, using technology clusters, creating a positive effect on the level of business partnership and employment in the automotive manufacturing industry.

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CORD: Center for Occupational Research and Development

PO Box 21689
Waco, TX 76702
www.cord.org

The Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) is a nonprofit educational organization with 30 years experience supporting community colleges across the country. Stop by and learn more about our curriculum design services in STEM and technical fields, our customized faculty development programs, and technical assistance for both adult and traditional career pathways programs.

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CREATE: California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education

26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
www.create-california.org

The goal of this ATE Regional Center is to address the demonstrated high demand for renewable energy technicians in southern and central California as a multi-county consortium.

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CTC: Convergence Technology Center

9700 Wade Boulevard
Frisco, TX 75023
www.greenITcenter.org

The Convergence Technology Center (CTC) creates certificates and degrees for technicians supporting the convergence of voice, video, data and image over a secure network. The CTC also recruits underserved students, provides professional development for faculty and mentors colleges to develop their own convergence program.

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CyberWatch Center

301 Largo Road
Largo , MD 20774
www.cyberwatchcenter.org

Creating the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

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EMC Corporation

55 Constitution Boulevard
Franklin, MA 02038
www.emc.com

EMC Corporation is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions.

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Feedback Incorporated

437 Dimmocks Mill Road, Suite 27
Hillsborough, NC 27278
www.feedback-group.com

Feedback is the leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment and curriculum for Engineering, including Electronics, Controls with MATLAB and LabView, Telecommunications, Electrical Machines and Process Control.

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Festo Corporation

395 Moreland Road
Hauppauge, NY 11788
www.festo.com

Supporting advanced automation, Festo Didactic Learning Systems offers professional training solutions directly related to everyday industrial practices for process and factory automation. Official WorldSkills and SkillsUSA sponsor.

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FLATE: Florida Advanced Technological Educational Center

10414 East Columbus Drive
Tampa, FL 33619
www.fl-ate.org
www.madeinflorida.org

FLATE is the National Science Foundation center of excellence committed to ensuring Florida has a well prepared technician workforce for manufacturing and related industries.

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GeoTech Center: National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence

Del Mar College
101 Baldwin Boulevard
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
www.geotechcenter.org

Empowering colleges: Expanding the geospatial workforce.

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Hampden Engineering Corporation

99 Shaker Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
www.hampden.com

For over 60 years Hampden Engineering has manuractured trainers, demonstrators, and simulators for a wide variety of educational, technical, and industry training programs.

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ICT Center: Information and Communications Technologies Center

One Armory Square, Suite 1
Springfield, MA 01102
www.ictcenter.org

The ICT Center is preparing students and technicians for the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) industry where unified communications and rapidly changing ICT applications are presenting technology opportunities that did not exist a decade ago.

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Juniper Networks

1194 North Mathilda Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
www.juniper.net

At Juniper Networks, we are leading the charge to architecting the new network. Our Academic Alliance Program brings Juniper technology to new generations of students.

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Lab-Volt Systems

PO Box 686
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
www.labvolt.com

Lab-Volt is a world leader in tech-ed, providing comprehensive, multimedia-rich e-learning, blended learning, and custom learning solutions, as well as extensive, cutting-edge, hands-on, and simulation training curriculum. Lab-Volt’s hands-on programs include FACET®, Automation, Electric Power & Controls, Alternative & Renewable Energy Technologies, Fluid Power, Telecommunications, Instrumentation & Process Control, and Refrigeration, Heating & Air Conditioning.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

1 Cyclotron Road, MS7R0222
Berkeley, CA 94720
http://csee.lbl.gov

Bringing science solutions to the world. Visit our booth for more info on STEM research internship opportunities!

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Lockheed Martin Corporation
2625 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, TX 77258
www.lockheedmartin.com

Lockheed Martin ' s passion for science and innovation has been demonstrated through development of products that stretch the boundaries of flight, space exploration and information technology.

 

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MATEC NetWorks: Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center NetWorks

4110 East Wood Street, Suite 1
Phoenix, AZ 85040
www.matecnetworks.org

MATEC NetWorks is an NSF-ATE Resource Center that provides digital resources and faculty professional development opportunities in semiconductor, automated manufacturing, electronics, and related fields.

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MatEd: National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education

20000 68th Avenue West
Lynnwood, WA 98036
www.materialseducation.org

The National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (MatEd) is a national clearinghouse of resources for materials technology program enhancement nationally.

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MPICT: Mid-Pacific ICT Center

50 Phelan Avenue, S107
San Francisco, CA 94112
www.mpict.org

The Mid-Pacific ICT Center (MPICT) works to improve community college information and communication technologies (ICT) education and the ICT workforce.

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NACK: National Center for Nanotechnology Applications & Career Knowledge

101 Innovation Boulevard, Suite 112
University Park, PA 16802
www.nano4me.org

The Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) National Center at Penn State has a multitude of resources and services available for the integration of nanotechnology into existing course work and also for starting up complete nanotechnology programs.

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Nano-Link: Midwest Regional Center for Nanotechnology Education

1300 145 th Street East
Rosemount, MN 55068
www.nano-link.org

Nano-Link is dedicated to providing contextually defined, complete, modularized nanotechnology content to colleges, high schools and industry.

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National Instruments

11500 North Mopac Expressway
Austin, TX 78759
www.ni.com/academic

National Instruments delivers technology that gives educators the ability to allow students to do engineering. NI provides powerful graphical system design software and modular instruments to connect theory with real world applications inside and outside of the lab. Learn more about academic products, curriculum resources, and discounts at www.ni.com/academic.

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NBC2

P. O. Box 21974
Portsmouth, NH 03802
www.biomanufacturing.org

NBC 2 supports developing local biomanufacturing education, training and workforce infrastructures to grow a national bioeconomy. Community college/biomanufacturer partnerships form the nucleus of these collaboratives.

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NEATEC: Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center

80 Vandenburg Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
www.neatec.org

The Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC) is an ATE Regional Center funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Our main goal is to establish the Tech Valley ATE Center for Semiconductor and Nanotechnology Workforce Development.

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NCME: National Center for Manufacturing Education

444 West Third Street
Dayton, OH 45402
www.ncmeresource.org

The NCME is devoted to improving the state of manufacturing and engineering technology education nationwide.

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Nida Corporation

300 South John Rodes Boulevard
Melbourne, FL 32904
www.nida.com

Nida Corporation has been in the technical training business since 1972. We concentrate specifically on training of electronics technicians.

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OP-TEC: National Center for Optics and Photonics Education

324B Kelly Drive
Waco, TX 76710
www.op-tec.org

OP-TEC is an NSF/ATE National Center working with secondary, postsecondary and industry partners to increase and sustain our nation's capacity to produce photonics technicians.

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RCNGM: Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing

61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
www.nextgenmfg.org

The Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (RCNGM) is a NSF funded initiative that provides seamless pathway from secondary schools to higher education in manufacturing careers.

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SC ATE Center: South Carolina Advanced Technological Education

PO Box 100548
Florence, SC 29502
www.TeachingTechnicians.org

SC ATE and TeachingTechnicians.org: Expanding Excellence in Technical Education - Your portal to resources and faculty development for STEM & Technician educators.

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SCME: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education

800 Bradbury Drive SE, Suite 235
Albuquerque, NM 87106
www.scme-nm.org

SCME – America’s authority for microsystems education:

  • Providing “Cleanroom in a Kit” teaching tools
  • Enabling educators to teach microsystems
  • Enriching technological education for tomorrow’s workforce

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SMC Corporation of America

10100 SMC Boulevard
Noblesville, IN 46060
www.smcusa.com

SMC is the largest pneumatic component manufacturer in the world. SMC is providing leading edge technology in pneumatics to advance energy efficient products for industrial automation.

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SpaceTEC: National Aerospace Technical Education Center

MailCode: SpaceTEC
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
www.spacetec.org

SpaceTEC provides performance based certifications for Aerospace technicians and is developing similar products for other technical fields. Join us to explore collaborative opportunities.

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SMART Center: Southeast Maritime and Transportation Center

1800 College Cresent, Suite 140
Virginia Beach, VA 23453

The SMART Center is a consortium of community colleges, led by Tidewater Community College, that serves as a regional education resource and economic model for preparing a sustainable, globally prepared maritime and transportation workforce for the 21st century.

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The Science Source

PO Box 727
Waldoboro, ME 04572
www.thesciencesource.com

The Science Source Company designs and manufactures apparatus for all levels of classroom experimentation, covering physics, engineering, biology, chemistry, and environmental sciences.

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TIME Center: Technology & Innovation in Manufacturing & Engineering

Community College of Baltimore County
800 South Rolling Road
Baltimore , MD 21228
www.time-center.org

The TIME Center develops and implements educational initiatives that help meet the technical and engineering technology needs of Maryland's manufacturers.

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ToolingU.com

3615 Superior Avenue, Building 44, 6th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44114
www.toolingu.com

ToolingU.com works with industry, education, and workforce programs to deliver flexible online theory for hybrid training programs in machining, maintenance and welding.

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US Didactic, Inc.

52 Riley Road, Suite 371
Celebration, FL 34747
www.usdidactic.com

US Didactic provides innovative teaching equipment for energy sector training and engineering technology education.

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Weld-Ed: The National Center for Welding Education and Trainining

PC 209, 1005 North Abbe Road
Elyria , OH 44035
www.weld-ed.org

National Center for Welding Education and training providing professional development to welding educators nation wide.






"I don't think there is another conference that brings together educators and industry for the benefit of our technical workforce that is as effective in disseminating information and building relationships."


"I always make great new connections at HI-TEC and learn about various technologies outside of my immediate area."


"This is the most beneficial conference in terms of practical information that is disseminated that I have attended since I started teaching at the community college."


"The numerous networking opportunities and exhibits enabled me to meet directly with higher level sponsors to discuss changes that impact my delivery of classroom materials."


"I don't know of another conference that achieves the goals of relevance and collaboration for technical educators. It's the place to be!"


"The conference is an extremely important information exchange activity for technological workforce development."


"HI-TEC provides updates and trends in technical education and industry that I find invaluable."


"The information disseminated is extremely useful for program improvement and creation."


"HI-TEC offers a great opportunity for faculty/deans to see other areas cross-disciplinary opportunities."


"The availability of companies and colleagues is immeasurable."


"HI-TEC is targeted to exactly what is needed (academic and industry)."


"I will continue to attend and recommend HI-TEC to others."


"I am from a community college and this is the only conference organized 'for us'."


"HI-TEC is a great conference for exhibiting; the attendees were very engaging and interested in the exhibits."


"I often feel that it is impossible to keep up with new and changing technologies but HI-TEC has been the best opportunity that I know of to gain as much knowledge as I can."


"I firmly believe the best way to provide at-risk students with the necessary tools to grow into tomorrow's leaders comes from the training, workshops, and networking associated with conferences such as the HI-TEC conference."


"I often feel that it is impossible to keep up with new and changing technologies but HI-TEC has been the best opportunity that I know of to gain as much knowledge as I can."