As part of the National Aerospace Leadership Initiative, we are committed to creating new models of inter-disciplinary collaboration among educators, computer scientists, engineers, researchers and technology professionals and closing the skills gap between today’s workforce and the workforce of the future.
Our educational advances aim to keep pace with the scientific, engineering and computing advances to ensure a prepared, modern workforce and support our research agenda of virtual engine testing through computer simulation.
From kindergarten through graduate school, we are infusing students and faculty with the excitement we feel for new career opportunities in the Springfield/Clark County area in computer sciences, engineering and technology.
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Avetec and Clark State Featured in Washington, D.C. at the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Conference Thursday, November 3, 2011 Two Clark State students were selected by the American Community College Association to attend the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) conference. |
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The Internship Path to Employment: Avetec Partnership with Clark State Helps Students Land Jobs Each year, students of Clark State Community College take advantage of internship opportunities that equip them with professional experience as they enter today’s competitive job market. |
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Avetec Interns recognized locally and nationally for research funded by the National Science Foundation On Wednesday, April 6, a film crew for Boston public television station WGBH-TV came to Avetec to profile Kristen Edwards, one of Avetec’s second-year interns participating in the National Science Foundation-funded internship program. |
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Clark State Mathematics Student As Avetec Intern Clark State mathematics student Matt Hardacre had never heard of MATLAB or Octave before starting his internship at Avetec in December. Now he is helping the Avetec research team using transfer functions of Octave to study the volume of piston engines and also to work on vibration systems related to a mass-spring damping project. |
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Avetec and Clark State Mentor Partnership MentorLinks programs are making significant strides in improving or creating their technician education programs. |
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AVETEC Supports the STARBASE Mission Avetec is a non-profit research organization in Springfield, Ohio with a commitment to educational advances that will help the community of Springfield and the country keep pace with the advances in science, engineering and technology. |