FLATE's administrative core is a partnership between St.Petersburg College, the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida and Hillsborough Community College. The Center is housed at Hillsborough Community College on its Brandon Campus under the leadership of Campus President, Dr. Carlos Soto. It occupies 1500 square feet of office space and shares the laboratory resources of the manufacturing/engineering technology program.
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FLATE Chronology
The Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE) began with ideas that grew from collaborations with industry and college partners over ten years ago. The table below highlights some milestones. |
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1995 |
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January |
USF College Engineering develops total technician training program for Lucent Technologies |
1997 |
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June |
Lucent, FL High Tech Council, USF College Engineering begin to develop Tech 4 Education Consortium |
1999 |
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June |
NSF-ATE $1,000,000 award to Tech-4 Educational Consortium grant for “Tech-4 Electronic Workforce Development System” includes HCC and USF in Co-PI's |
2001 |
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| January | FL-ATE begins its monthly meetings with its identified stakeholders |
April |
HCC, SPC and USF submit a pre-proposal for an NSF-ATE Regional Center |
December |
FL-ATE leadership meet with Florida Department of Education Vice Chancellor, Nancy Cordill, to alignment Career and Tech A.S. programs with industry needs |
2002 |
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April |
NSF-ATE awards HCC $70,000 planning grant for Manufacturing Ed. Center |
October |
NSF-ATE awards USF College Engineering and HCC $500,000 High School Technology Initiative grant |
November |
HCC awarded $100,000 from the FL High Tech Corridor Council for highly automated training equipment and training |
2003 |
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February |
FL-ATE website (www.fl-ate.org) launched |
March |
FL-ATE co-sponsors Bay Area Manufacturing Association first annual manufacturer’s conference |
May |
HCC hosts Academic-Industry Briefing and Workshop for Florida Community Colleges with programs in manufacturing and related technologies |
October |
SPC hosts FL-ATE reception to reinforce the benefits of the center for Tampa Bay manufacturers |
2004 |
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July |
NSF-ATE awards $2,700,000 for statewide Manufacturing Ed. Center (FLATE) |
August |
FLATE’s, Principal Investigator and Executive Director, Dr. Marilyn Barger, named Motorola Educator of the Year |
2005 |
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June |
FL-ATE submit proposal to Workforce Florida for creation of the Banner Center for Manufacturing at HCC Brandon Campus |
December |
FL-ATE primers “Made in Florida” video at Manufacturing Association of Florida Annual Summit |
2006 |
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June |
Workforce Florida Inc. awards Banner Center for Manufacturing to FLATE at HCC- Brandon. |
August |
FL-ATE reviews its draft Curriculum Frameworks developed for A.S. Engineering Technology Degree with MSSC Certification pathway together with the FLDOE leadership |
2007 |
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March |
Florida Department Education approves FLATE designed A.S. Engineering Technology Degree Frameworks with its MSSC Certificate for college credit |
August |
3 State Colleges implement A.S. Engineering Technology Degree programs |
December |
Florida Department Ed. approves MSSC Industry Certification as the first Statewide Articulation Agreement for College credit using Industry Certification (MSSC) |
2008 |
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June |
NSF-ATE awards additional $2,700,000 to continue and expand FLATE operations |
July |
FLATE develops and offers its first independent student summer robotics camp |
August |
NSF-ATE awards $118,000 to coordinate joint ATE Centers dissemination activities |
2009 |
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| January | FLATE hosts first Manufacturing Stakeholders Summit |
July |
FLATE (Dr. Barger, PI & Executive Director) invited to be a member of the National Association of Manufacturers Education Council |
2010 |
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January |
FLATE publishes Release 2 of “Made in Florida” video |
February |
FLATE invited to testify with FESC to the Private College and Public University Policy Committee of the Florida House of Representatives |
May |
Tenth Florida State College System college adopts A.S. Engineering Technology Degree program |
May |
FLATE invited by NSF to submit a second renewal proposal. |
July |
FLATE’s summer robotics camp program adds 2 all girl and 3 remote site sessions |
July |
FLATE receives the HiTEC “Innovative Program” Award |
August |
NSF-ATE awards $176,000 to continue joint ATE Centers dissemination activities. |
August |
NSF-ATE awards $99,000 for pilot project with Tknika, a Spanish government technical training institute for faculty in San Sebastian, Spain |
November |
FLATE awarded Florida Association of Community Colleges (FACC) Occupational & Workforce Commission Exemplary Practice Award for its "Unified Statewide Approach to Meet the Needs of Florida’s Hi-Tech Industry” |
November |
SPC awarded the Florida Department of Education Chancellor’s Best Practice Award for its implementation of the FLATE Engineering Technology degree |
| November | FLATE develops a tool for program enrollment data validation for FLDOE |
December |
FLATE launches new “Made in Florida” website (www.madeinflorida.org) |
2011 |
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| June | FLATE awarded STEMflorida 2011 Best Practice for Integrating Needs of STEM-Enabled Programs into Engaging Curriculum and Educational Outreach Resources |
| June | FLATE hosts its first Energy summer camps for students in partnership with FESC |
| June | FLATE recognized for proactively meeting a US Department of Labor call to action for granting college credit for short-term workforce training |
| June | FLATE hosts its first Engineering Technology Summer Institute |
| August | FLATE partners with Junior Achievement for high school summer robotics camp |
| September | FLATE Executive Director identified by NAM as an expert for peer-to-peer leadership model for integrating MSSC standards |
| September | FLATE creates first annual statewide college/energy workshop with FESC |
| October | FLATE named finalist for 8th Annual TBTF Industry Achievement Awards |
| October | FLATE awarded 2 Best Practices Awards from NCPN for curriculum content |
| October | FLATE submits renewal proposal for continued NSF-ATE support |
| November | FLATE presents its 5th annual awards at 8th annual Florida Manufacturing Summit |
| December | FLATE validates ET Core course alignment to MSSC standards using student testing and defining common student outcomes |
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