Education


Aerospace Advances; 2016 and Beyond

Now that 2015 has come to an end, it is a good time to reflect on what has happened in the aerospace cluster over the past year. The momentum South Carolina built this year resulted in a myriad of activities, but there are three areas of advancement…


South Carolina Joins Rural Innovative Schools Initiative

South Carolina has joined North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana and Mississippi in a five-year education initiative with Breakthrough Learning that will target students from high-poverty, rural areas. The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness will lead implementation in South Carolina. The goal of the Rural Innovative Schools Initiative is…


Engaging Our Future Workforce As A Community

When I was in middle school, I was more concerned with making the grade than applying the information. Work hard, be an honors student and stay active in afterschool programs – this is what I thought it meant to be an ideal student and prepare myself to…


RSMeans from The Gordian Group Sponsored National Solar Decathlon 2015

Greenville, SC-based  The Gordian Group, a leading provider of construction cost analytics and estimating information, pricing data and procurement solutions, announced today RSMeans’ industry-leading construction cost estimating tools were used by 14 college teams competing in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015. Each college received…


Students Learn about CNC Manufacturing Technology and Careers

Okuma America Corporation, a  CNC machine tool manufacturer, and Siemens, one of the world’s largest producers of energy- efficient, resource-saving technologies, partnered to host Manufacturing Day 2015 on Friday, October 2, 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina at their respective facilities. Students from CU-ICAR participated in the activities….


Reduce Human Error on the Drug and Device Manufacturing Floor

Reduce Human Error on the Drug and Device Manufacturing Floor: Framework and Tools to Assure Effective CAPAs **FDAnews Webinar** June 29, 2015 — 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT http://www.fdanews.com/humanerror What causes drug and device manufacturing failures and recalls? Human error. Time after time, CAPA investigations single…


Rise in Advanced Manufacturing Drives Need for Graduate Degrees in Lowcountry

A growing number of advanced manufacturing companies in the Lowcountry want their professional employees to seek graduate degrees in engineering and science while they work, but the opportunity to pursue those degrees in the region has been limited. Not for much longer. A day after Volvo announced…