Welcome to the Center for Materials Technology Education!
The National Science
Foundation has recently funded a project to Edmonds Community College that will create a National Resource Center
for Materials Technology Education (MatEd) at Edmonds Community College.
The objective of this project is to develop a clearinghouse of teaching materials for the broad
field of materials technology. All materials considered for this Resource Center will be peer reviewed and the
focus will be on innovative approaches to curriculum.
The National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education is housed at Edmonds Community
College at Monroe Hall. Contact MatEd at mated.edcc.edu.
Specific goals of the Resource Center are:
- To develop a set of core competencies in the area of materials technology to define the materials-related
skills a technician needs in today's advanced manufacturing environment;
- To provide faculty with easy and direct access to available curriculum that will allow them to introduce the
required competency-related concepts of materials technology into their manufacturing and engineering technology
courses;
- To provide mentoring and professional development for faculty members to assist them to better teach the
basic subjects of materials technology to their students; and
- To provide the communication systems and web-based resources needed to create a community of users to
disseminate and sustain the Resource Center activities.
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