This funding is crucial for SME PRIME schools to ensure that the momentum of manufacturing education continues. Communities and local manufacturers tell us that they see the impact of SME PRIME,” said Rob Luce, vice president of the SME Education Foundation.

Over 40 SME PRIME schools received financial awards from the SME Education Foundation to sustain their manufacturing programs this year. The Foundation operates as the philanthropic arm of SME, the nonprofit association dedicated to advancing manufacturing technology and fostering manufacturing and engineering talent and capabilities in North America.

The SME Education Foundation partners with Argonne, U.S. Department of Energy, and more to launch training hubs to boost battery technology jobs. The first hub will be piloted in Michigan.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has awarded approximately 1,200 certificates through the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3), a partner of the SME Education Foundation.

Students at the Columbia Montour Area Vocational Technical School in Columbia County share what they've been learning in their programs, using new equipment, thanks to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation. The program is designed to foster the next generation of manufacturing engineers.

The scholarship, in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation, is open to students of every gender, race, background and community.

Fanuc America has established the Fanuc Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation. This initiative will foster the next generation of skilled professionals in advanced manufacturing and automation.

FANUC recently launched a new $1 million FANUC Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund to support students pursuing advanced manufacturing. The scholarship, in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation, is open to students of every gender, race, background and community. Women make up about 28% and as Michigan makes a push to increase manufacturing production, women could play a vital role in the industry’s growth.

SME PRIME (Partnership Response In Manufacturing Education) students are exposed to hands-on manufacturing and engineering skills that will equip them to meet the hiring needs of local manufacturers.

As a part of its commitment to transform the world through automation, FANUC recently announced the establishment of the $1 million FANUC Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation. As the largest automation scholarship in SME Education Foundation history, this initiative will foster the next generation of skilled professionals in advanced manufacturing and automation.

FANUC America in Rochester Hills, a global leader in industrial automation and robotics, has established of the FANUC Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation.

FANUC America in Rochester Hills, a global leader in industrial automation and robotics, has established of the FANUC Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation.

SME and Stratasys announce the winners of their cosponsored 2024 Additive Manufacturing Competition, which took place as part of the 60th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, in Atlanta June 24-28.

SME announced a partnership with BlueForge Alliance (BFA), a national non-profit integrator established to reinvigorate the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base. The collaboration will provide funding to support new SME PRIME schools in key defense industrial base locations.

St. Clair Shores Lakeview High School students will have access to advanced engineering and manufacturing training thanks to a grant from the SME Foundation through its PRIME program.

Lincoln High School senior Richard Brooks was recently accepted into a work-study program where he will earn an associates degree and certification as an Advanced Manufacturing Technician.

Lincoln High School students will prepare for careers that do not require four-year degrees through a new technical program focused on manufacturing.

The national competition is part of an effort to get young people interested in careers like welding.

The Delta Schoolcraft Intermediate School District (ISD) is in the early stages of a major project to benefit its Career and Technical Education (CTE) students.

Proviso West’s advanced manufacturing teacher honored for her outstanding work in educating Proviso students about the world of possibilities that can be unleashed through the manufacturing industry with not one, but two awards.

This year, 25 students are involved and are learning everything from robotics, precision machining, 3D manufacturing and more.

Students at Gainesville, West Hall, and Flowery Branch high schools are among those who will be able to use new manufacturing technology through the SME Education Foundation.