Collegiate Design Programs are programs that give students an opportunity to gain confidence designing, building and testing real projects. As traditional, industrial, craftsman skills turned into formal trades, masters of these trades were signified as engineers. Engineers were problem solvers, drivers of innovation, designers of machines, protectors of mankind, masters of developing solutions to enhance human life. Industry realized they needed to identify young engineers with imagination by giving them programs that mature trade related confidence and experience. Collegiate Design programs provides world-class, hands-on learning experiences for undergraduate/ graduate students in engineer related development and training. The diverse menu includes all SAE programs, Auto Drive, Aero Design, Clean Snowmobile Challenge, Formula SAE, Formula Electric, Baja SAE, Super mileage, all ASCE/ AISC programs Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, Surveying, Timber Frame Comp, ASME Sun And Wind, Human Powered Vehicle, NASA Moon Buggy.
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The desegregation adventure in Baker County, Florida started in 1971-1972 school year, the system moved a number of black students into the white elementary schools. For the 1972-1973 year the system trashed the junior high program and went to a …
In 2015, in an effort to expand income for collegiate design programs, research labs renovation, and new lab equipment TN Tech professors devised a program where they would provide expertise to TN automotive companies. The leader of the concept reached …
Business in our family was a priority and there were only so many hands. Understanding the plan always discounts the pursuit of frivolous information, if there’s not a profit in it don’t do it even if it feels good. School …
Below is a 2020 proposal prepared by our team for Motlow Community College in TN, it includes an updated version of the 1996 CVCC proposal. The biggest difference is the Modeling/ Computer Aided Drawing aspects. My dad and uncle were …
In the summer of 1996, Motorsports Workforce Development became a real thing. Catawba Valley Community College Foundation had been approached by the NC Workforce Development crowd to mature the motorsports industry and develop a skills specific workforce. The vision would …
As the Canadians took over, I was caught up in several assumptions, one was Bob genuinely had an interest in the motorsports industry, he had spent 100’s of thousands of dollars racing over the years. The second was the idea …
Motorsports Fabrication had matured its reputation as a turnkey car builder, spring of 1990 was very busy with a number of turnkey projects,1990 included facilitating over 12 touring series races, with a full late model stock championship run with GC. …
I was in LA LA land (Mooresville, NC) vested in a new business, a business model my dad and I had critiqued from the Sonny Hawkins days. As I matured the Motorsports Fabrication business, dad studied the product the motorsports …
Over the years at TN Tech the Capstone Senior Design, and Design of Machine programs have been sold as the pentacle of the engineering quest. Most engineering universities measure your ability as an engineer by your senior design and/or design …
The secret of success in any area of expertise is never stop learning. It takes a combination of knowledge, experience, confidence, natural ability, focus, patience, and “want to”. In the early 1900s training models fell into 2 categories, need-to-know, and …