The CAAT is pleased to introduce Saleta McMurray, our new STEM Outreach Coordinator who conducts the in-classroom STEM labs referenced above. Saleta studied mechanical engineering at both Macomb Community College and Lawrence Technological University (LTU) where she ultimately received her bachelor's degree. After graduating from LTU, Saleta spent more than 10 years working in progressively more responsible engineering positions at DaimlerChrysler and Chrysler Group LLC. During her years as an Engineer, she nearly completed the process of becoming a teacher through the Saginaw Valley State Accelerated Teaching Program.

Since then, Saleta has been focused on raising her 3 children (grades 2-8) and being actively involved in the academic community. She very much enjoys interacting with students and teachers and loves to watch students learn about math and science.

Saleta hopes that sharing her engineering experience will allow students to gain a better understanding of engineering and other promising technical careers available to students who study the STEM disciplines. Her school-based volunteer experience includes serving as a room parent many times, an ink cartridge coordinator, the Little Caesar's fundraising chairperson, a parent helper, and various activities for parent teacher organizations.

Please join us in welcoming Saleta to the CAAT team!

On November 10, Macomb Community College and its automotive staff will host an Automotive Open House & the 2016 Fall Valve Cover Racing Nationals featuring Christophersen Racing, sponsored in part by the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology.

The event is open to local high school classrooms and will take place in the Automotive Building (Building M) on Macomb's south campus in Warren, MI. More than 65 people have already RSVP'd to attend this exciting event! Teachers interested in bringing their students to the event should RSVP to the Automotive and Technical Education Office at 586-445-7012.

The informative open house will begin at 11:00am. Faculty and staff will be available to answer questions about Macomb's automotive program offerings and schedules. Lunch will also be provided.

The fun-filled 2016 Fall Valve Cover Racing Nationals Competition will begin at noon and prizes will be awarded. Don't forget to bring your valve cover racer! For racing rules, please contact Macomb's Automotive and Technical Education Office at 586-445-7012.

Dawn Magretta, director, MCC Foundation, and Remia Lovell, wife of Gene Lovell, president of First State Bank, presenting sponsor of Comedy and Cocktails, ride solar trike made from recycled parts.

Macomb Community College's 2016 Comedy & Cocktails Fundraising Experience, presented by First State, Your Hometown Bank and held on October 21 at their Warren campus was a huge success attended by over 250 guests. Attendees included Macomb President's Council members Joe Petrosky, Casandra Ulbrich, Libby Argiri, Gerri Pavone, and Dean Balsamo. Also attending were MCC Foundation Board Members Gene Lovell, President of First State Bank and Presenting Sponsor, Wendy Batiste-Johnson, Julius Cicchini, Terry Hamilton, Lesley Lambright, Maria Silamianos Sherman, and Bill Westrick. The event raised more than $26,000 in ticket sales and donations alone!   The evening of fun and entertainment featured a red carpet entrance with "paparazzi" provided by the EAT photography students, cocktails and hors d'oeurves, a silent auction, raffle, and exciting hands-on experiences, followed by an elegant seated dinner and private comedic performance by The Second City Touring Company.

The CAAT and Macomb Community College (MCC) hosted its first Auto STEAM Days event for approximately 2,300 middle and high school students on October 19-20, 2016, at MCC's Sports and Expo Center in Warren, MI. Students participated from 27 different middle schools and high schools as well as five home school groups. Each day offered morning and afternoon sessions.

The Automotive Design and Engineering sector featured exhibits by General Motors (GM) on clay/digital modeling, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) on sketching, Ford Motor Company (Ford) on production design, and Magna on automated and connected vehicles!

The Manufacturing and Technology sector offered an exhibit on virtual welding by Macomb Community College, an exhibit by Siemens on coding/traffic light programming, an exhibit by American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) on vehicle electrification and drive trains, and an exhibit by Bosch on augmented reality, 3D printing and crash detection.

An additional module featured an exciting car show (presented jointly by GM, FCA, and Ford) with 23 vehicles that allowed students to sit behind the wheel and talk to real automobile designers and engineers. In addition to many current production vehicles, the car show included an array of six Chevrolet Camaro's celebrating the brand's 50 ^th anniversary (representing each generation), Ford pickup trucks, a Jeep Cherokee Chief concept car (with a beach vibe), and a Chrysler 300 Super S with matte finish paint.

Special thanks to our 2016 Auto STEAM Days event sponsors, including Magna, an Age of Manufacturing Leadership Sponsor ($10,000), and AAM, KUKA Robotics, Bosch, Siemens, and Oakland University, all of which were Age of Invention Sponsors ($2,500)!

Students were encouraged to bring their parents, family, and others to "Explore Careers in Manufacturing and Technology" which was held on Thursday evening, October 20. More than 340 parents and students attended this informative event which provided attendees with in-depth information on automotive and technology careers from recent graduates and local employers. More than 25 companies and organizations participated. Attendees visited exhibits and vendor tables and networked with local and national manufacturing companies. Event speakers included Scott Paradise, VP Marketing and Business Development, Magna International, who provided opening remarks, and a panel of students and industry experts/employers moderated by Macomb's Apprenticeship Coordinator, Vikki Gordon. Panelists were:

• Student Panelists:
  • David Verbeke, Proper Tooling
  • Jason McDaris, Magna Seating
  • Christine Smith, a digital sculpting student
• Industry Experts/employers:
  • Mike Arbaugh, Chief Designer, Ford Motor Company
  • Mark Schmidt, President Atlas Tool
  • John Kovalchuck, Faculty, Macomb Community College

Bob Feldmaier, CAAT Director, and Nelson Kelly, CAAT Assistant Director, attended the Design and Manufacturing Alliance (DMA) fall conference held at Kettering University in Flint, MI, on October 14. The conference theme was " Finding the Yellow Brick Road to the Future". The event focused on future employment opportunities in the automotive industry and featured keynote and guest speakers who emphasized the role that women play and will continue to play, in industry. Approximately 130 people attended the event.

Opening remarks for the conference were provided by Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea, President, Mott Community College, and Dr. Robert K. McMahan, President, Kettering University.

The keynote speaker, Diana Tremblay, Vice President, Global Business Services, General Motors, discussed the future direction of the automotive industry. Kevin Perry, Director Professional Services, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) addressed industry needs and the impact on education. And Sophie Stepke, Training Manager, ZF, talked about internship and co-op opportunities in the industry.

Gail Alpert, President of FIRST of Michigan, and Dr. Diane Peters, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Kettering University, led a panel discussion and Q&A session on challenges for educators. Then a student panel discussion and Q&A session was held with both current and former Kettering University and Mott Community College students.

To wrap things up, Kristin Dziczek, Center for Automotive Research (CAR), provided observations and a conference summary. The conference concluded with an optional tour of the FIRST Robotics Community Center, hosted by Bob Nichols, Director, which was very well received by attendees.

50 people completed the event survey, 37 indicated their overall satisfaction was very good and 13 indicated their overall satisfaction was above average. Congratulations to DMA on hosting another successful conference!

The 2016 Fall SEMATA conference was held at Macomb Community College's south campus in Warren, MI on Thursday, October 13. Macomb automotive faculty members, Dan Claus and Kurtis Lahaie, hosted the event, which included a general meeting, three technical training sessions, a trade show, multiple product demonstrations, a closing session, continental breakfast and lunch. Approximately 100 automotive teachers attended the successful and enjoyable event and received attendance certificates to use toward their NATEF training hours requirements.

Macomb Community College wishes to thank Wright Tool Company for their sponsorship of the event as well as assisting in its coordination and event registration.

The following technical training sessions were generously offered:

• The Diagnostic Process: Historical and Modern Perspectives (Steve Pulcheon, Snap-on)
• Another Look at Low Amperage Testing (Steve Pulcheon, Snap-on)
• Online Education with CDX Automotive & Diesel / Learning Management Systems Integration (Chris Manning, CDX)
• 2016 Survey Results of Online Automotive Instructors (Dr. Rod Boyes, Today's Class)
• Workplace Readiness and Team Based Learning (Dr. Rod Boyes, Today's Class)
• Preventive Maintenance: What the OEMs Don't Want You to Know (Steve Betts, BG Products)
• Air Conditional Review and What's New (Dave Roland, Macomb Community College)
• Safety Training Presentation and Discussion (Dewalt)
• How to Energize Your Classroom Using Automotive eLearning Technology from Electude (Bill O'Neill, Electude)
• Using Autolab II to Build a NATEF Certified Automotive Program (Buckeye Educational Systems)
• SIMSPRAY, an Immersive Virtual Reality Spray Painting Simulation Designed to Teach Fundamental Spray Painting Skills (SIMSPRAY)
• Collision Mitigation: Radar and Adaptive Cruise Control (Andrew Jabkibiwski, Federal Mogul)
• Alignment Angles (Andrew Jabkibiwski, Federal Mogul)

Several informative product demonstrations were also provided:

• BG Products Fuel Injection Cleaning
• OTC Encore Scan Tool
• Snap-on Diagnostic Tool, Alignment Machine
• Hunter Tire Machine, Balancer and Aligner
• Online Classes by CDX, Electude, AutoLab II, Today's Class

For more information about SEMATA, please click here.

The Michigan Society of Professional Engineers hosted a professional development workshop for 25 of their members on October 6 in Lansing, Michigan. Licensed Professional Engineers must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years. This workshop provided credit toward that requirement. CAAT Director, Bob Feldmaier, was invited to participate in a three-person panel of subject matter experts on the topic of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The presentation was designed to provide information about connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), the technology being used to test and develop the vehicles, the infrastructure needed to support them, and the curriculum being developed to train workers in this area. Attendees also learned how Michigan became and continues to be a leader in the AV industry.

Joining Bob on the panel were Collin Castle, Connected Vehicle Specialist for the Michigan Department of Transportation, and Sean Kelly, Principal The Mannik & Smith Group. Feldmaier provided an overview of automated and connected vehicles and information about training technicians to work on CAVs. Castle provided a look at MDOT's activities supporting CAV testing and operations from an infrastructure viewpoint. Kelly's presentation focused on the ongoing development of the American Center for Mobility (ACM) and why it, and UM's Mcity, will be the premier centers globally for advancing CAVs, and will complement ACM.

CAAT Assistant Director, Nelson Kelly attended three meetings of the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA) held in Ann Arbor on October 5-6, 2016. The first meeting, called The CVTA Standards Integration Workshop addressed standards issues in connected and automated vehicles. Approximately 30 thought leaders from automakers, software companies, and trade associations, including GENIVI, AUTOSAR, IEEE, SAE, and 3GPP, came together to consider end-to-end security as vehicles become more automated. The meeting was chaired by CVTA vice-president of industry relations Valerie Shuman and began with a white board of a vehicle equipped with sensors, and worked outwards to the services and databases accessible through the airlink. Each standards-developing organization present explained where their security efforts are represented on the white-board diagram. This roundtable produced a diagram and plan for solving key issues that will be captured in a whitepaper on the meeting subject.

The second meeting was a four-hour Connected Vehicle Professional Short Course presented by CVTA president Scott McCormick that gave an overview of the topics contained in the three Connected Vehicle Professional (CVP) Credentialing programs: CVPI, CVPII, and CVPIII. The three credentialing programs combined offer 100 hours of class time and each has a test that must be passed to receive the credential.

On October 6, the CVTA held the 7th Summit on the Future of the Connected Vehicle, sponsored by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The full-day meeting offered thirty 15-minute presentations on the latest developments in the connected and automated vehicle field conducted by experts from automakers, tier one and two suppliers, software companies, services and communication companies, insurers, academia, and state and federal government officials. The presentations are available for download.

CAAT Director, Bob Feldmaier, and Assistant Director, Nelson Kelly, attended the second Lightweighting Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) annual meeting held from October 26-28, 2016 at the Weston Book Cadillac Hotel. LIFT is a public-private partnership established to accelerate the reduction in mass of land, sea, and air transportation using lightweight metals. CAAT is very interested in the automotive technician education needs due to the lightweighting initiative in the automotive industry and has provided seed funding to Kettering University to develop three course modules on: 1) designing with composites, 2) designing with aluminum, and 3) joining aluminum to aluminum and dissimilar materials. See: CAAT Funded_Programs.

The LIFT annual meeting presented progress and plans for two of LIFTs main activities: workforce education and technology development. On the first day of the meeting LIFT Executive Director Larry Brown showed video and pictures of the LIFT facility on Rosa Parks Boulevard in Detroit including recent pictures of some major equipment in the building. Several programs in the five states covered by LIFT (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee) were described by their representatives. The second day of the meeting focused on technology development and Arthur Herman's book "Freedom's Forge" which describes the methods used by Bill Knudson, an auto executive from General Motors recruited by President Roosevelt just prior to the U.S. entry into World War II, to bring about the transformation of American industry from the production of automobiles and other peace-time goods into the production of military goods. This stimulating information applies well today as American industry is faced with many challenges in order to be competitive in the global economy. A panel discussion led by the LIFT Technology Development Committee and several technology project updates followed Herman's presentation. In the afternoon, four projects under the heading Lift's Technology Future were presented, along with a preview of the LIFT "members only" website section, a LIFT sustainability update, and a meeting wrap up by LIFT Executive Director, Larry Brown.

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