Monthly Archives: May 2015

  1. Q&A with FRC Team 692 – The Fembots, Team Captain Allison Oliveros

    Q&A with FRC Team 692 – The Fembots, Team Captain Allison Oliveros
    “The FIRST program provides teenagers who are 1-4 years away from adulthood with a highly interactive and influential program that could pave the way to potential and stable career options.”
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  2. California’s Secret Sauce—What’s the Recipe?

    California’s Secret Sauce—What’s the Recipe?
    In addition to being chairman of the California Manufacturing and Technology Association Executive Committee, I have the honor of serving on the National Association of Manufacturers board of directors. During the spring board meetings of both organizations, there was a general sense of optimism for the state of manufacturing in our country and California. Nationally, the manufacturing base has grown by 7.5 percent. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the 26th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 69th consecutive month, according to the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business.
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  3. 10 Things You Should Know About STEM

    10 Things You Should Know About STEM
    Science, Technology, Engineering and Math—STEM, in colloquial parlance—are the tools we're using to build a better future. We like to think that the rock stars of the future will be robot-building, mechanically and scientifically inclined geeks.
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