As the most recent entrants into the workforce, Gen Z is increasingly pursuing skilled trades over traditional two or four-year college degrees. This trend is driven by several factors: the rising salaries in skilled professions, the integration of new technologies in various hands-on industries, and a growing skepticism about the value of a...
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MxD and LIFT, manufacturing innovation institutes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense based in Chicago and Detroit, respectively, celebrate a decade of bolstering the vitality of the American manufacturing sector and strengthening the nation’s defense industrial base in 2024.
Recognizing manufacturing is a major driver of both innovative...
MxD says training course will address forecasted worker shortage by teaching digital manufacturing roles to overcome an aging workforce, disrupted supply chains, cyber threats.
Chicago-based Manufacturing x Digital, known by its acronym MxD, said the federal funding would launch its Curriculum and Pathways Integrating Technology and Learning...
Tooling U-SME, the workforce training and development arm of SME, and CyManII, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, have partnered to deliver “CyManII Sealed” – endorsed cybersecurity training for manufacturers. As cyberattacks grow increasingly sophisticated and threat landscapes expand, organizations and their employees need to...
That is the philosophy of CyManII (pronounced sī-man-ē), the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute. CyManII is an inclusive national research Institute comprised of members from: a) major leading research universities in cybersecurity, smart, and energy efficient manufacturing; b) Department of Energy (DoE) National Laboratories with...