The state-wide Forum on Engineering Technology (ET) held
on April 3-4, 2025 was hosted by Pasco
Hernando State College (PHSC) West Campus in New Port Richey, Florida. As of Spring
2025, the ET Forum has met fifty-four times since 1996 at 25 colleges around
the state. The Forum on Engineering Technology (ET Forum) serves as an important vehicle for bringing together Florida’s diverse and geographically dispersed community with common issues and challenges. With the support of the Florida Department of Education, FLATE works with the ET Forum network to strengthen the consortium, share its administrative activities and projects, provide professional development, bring industry and academia together, and engage in statewide FDOE curriculum frameworks review and reform. Over the years, it has become a true community of practice.
The 54th forum was well attended, with 78 (13 virtual) participants from 17 Florida state and community colleges and 3 universities. This two-day spring ET Forum included a roundtable discussion on the ET common core and database, Florida Department of Education comments about the proposed new Advanced Automation specialization, college program updates, an industrial workforce round table about emerging technologies, educational training-sponsors roundtable updates, and a tour of Pasco Hernando State College's ET Labs. Presentations included:
- Manufacturing USA Institute
- Building the workforce ecosystem with the Florida Semiconductor Institute
- Tools and Resources for Smart Manufacturing Transformation of Manufacturers with CESMII
- Terry Iverson’s ChampionNow program
- AI Ethics and Policy for K-12 and higher education, and
- Space Florida's Expansive Careers in Space program.
The NSF ET Grant updates included the creation of a series of videos to promote the AS ET Degree program in Florida, including short videos for Polk State College, College of Central Florida, Daytona State College, and St. Petersburg College, and an additional video is in progress to promote the SETIAB mission and goals. All Individual Videos are available for download at Google Drive Folder - Individual College Short Videos and are also posted on the Made In Florida YouTube channel ET Forum Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2oRqW47E-TtlsXkWgTPzLH-vZbSDhQE3. Scroll down to 2025.
Honoring Dr. Marilyn Barger Legacy at the ET Forum
What is the best opportunity to honor and
celebrate Dr. Marilyn Barger’s legacy of achievements in the ET Community and
manufacturing Education? The ET Forum is the only answer. Dr. Barger is a recognized leader in manufacturing
education and training both nationally and internationally, well-known for inspiring
the next generation of manufacturers, adjusting FL curriculum & Benchmarks
that address emerging technologies, and helping manufacturers build a steady
pipeline of qualified talent to help build and support local economies for
decades to come.
The Spring 2025 Statewide Engineering Technology Industry Advisory Board
(SETIAB) meeting took place on Thursday, April 3rd as part of the ET Forum. Attendance
included 10 industry voting members and 9 educational partner non-voting
members. The Board reviewed the new AS ET "Advanced Automation"
Specialization standards and the Curriculum Process Flowchart. The
discussion and approval of the name change, as well as the flowchart, are still
under review and will be voted on in the coming months. The SETIAB will collect
feedback from colleges for naming the new Advanced Automation Specialization. Discussion and action items include
activities for engaging and recruiting
the industry. Click here to learn more about the SETIAB.
Special thanks to Pasco Hernando
State College for hosting the ET Forum (for the first time) and the educational
vendors for sponsoring the Forum.
AmSkills,
Bluegrass Educational Technologies-FESTO Didactic, D.C. Jaeger Corporation, SES-Southern
Educational Systems & SME Sat Training, Technical Training Aids, and
Ultimate 3D Printing.
Mark
your calendar for the Fall 2025 ET Forum September
11-12, 2025 at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, FL.
The ET Forum serves as a model
organization for other disciplines and career clusters in Florida as well as
technical disciplines in other states. Presentations and recordings are
available on the ET
Forum Google Drive and FLATE.PBWorks/Presentations. For more information on the
Forum and/or A.S.E.T degree visit http://fl-ate.org/projects/et-forum.html
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