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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.

1995

January

USF College Engineering develops total technician training program for Lucent Technologies

1997

June   

 Lucent, FL High Tech Council, USF College Engineering begin to develop Tech 4 Education Consortium

1999

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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