Last month, Kevin Finan and eight of his machining program
seniors form Atlantic Technical College in Broward County took a road trip to
USF College of Engineering and the Haas Outlet in Tampa. Kevin is a firm believer that providing students
exposure to various opportunities for his students after graduation is very
important. First hand exposure to
various programs and levels of post-secondary education and various workplace
settings is extremely helpful for young people when they are trying to identify
what they want to do and where they might fit into the future. Often students know right way after making a
visit to a company, college or university that that is a place they want work
or, equally important, that it’s NOT a place can see themselves in the future. The students had a great time, asked a lot of
good questions at both “stops” on their “road trip”. At the Haas Outlet, they of course learned
about the latest CNC technologies and about careers in machining. At USF, they visited several labs including
electrical engineering, industrial manufacturing lab, the nanotechnology
research and technology center and the student innovation lab space. They also heard about the engineering college
programs from Eva Fernandez and mechanical engineering students and explored
the student projects in the innovation lab.
There might be no better way to engage and encourage seniors to start
seriously exploring options than field trips.
FLATE would like to thank all their USF partners for supporting the tour
request and helping to provide a rich experience for the Atlantic Tech
students. A big shout out to Eva
Fernandez, Rob Tufts, Dr. Susana
Lai Yuen and the Electrical engineering team for taking time to share their
engineering passions with these students.
BREAKING NEWS!: The Atlantic Tech (ATC) SkillsUSA
Machining team just won the regional competition and will be heading to
the state competition at the end of April. Congratulations to the students from
ATC and best of luck in the state competition!
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