Catherine Ross Age: 30
National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS)—Fairfax, VA Read more at
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atherine Ross is a reminder that important manufactur- ing work sometimes happens far from the factory floor. Catherine holds a degree in sociology and her primary role at NIMS is overseeing the nation’s sole accrediting body for training programs in precision machining. Under her direc- tion since 2009, more than 120 training programs have been accredited and no less than 135 training programs have applied for accreditation. But Catherine, who received a flurry of nominations, is most recognized for promoting the field of advanced manufacturing to students, teachers and parents, often through SkillsUSA. Catherine proudly reports: “We’re seeing more and more students in the national contests.”
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Kevin James Shaw Age: 15 Student
Freeland, MI Read more at
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evin Shaw may be young, but he already knows he’s headed into a STEM field, probably mechanical or electrical engineering. He has a particular interest, too, in designing and building prosthetics. He’s already shown his skill at combining theory and hands-on building. He’s made a hovercraft with a vacuum cleaner engine, knows how to do basic electrical wiring and he’s currently rebuilding a 1965 Corvair dune buggy. He was nominated by his par- ents, who say he has always been “an engineer at heart.” Said Kevin: “I’m really passionate about math and science. It just really clicks with me.”
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Meghan West Age: 29
Mastercam/CNC Software Tolland, CT Read more at
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eghan West has been going to machine shops for as long as she can remember. Her father founded Mastercam/CNC Software the year she was born, in 1983. As the oldest of five, she heard a lot about manufacturing growing up. But choosing it as a career, Meghan said, was her choice. “My father never pushed me,” she said. Today, she is leading educational efforts and software enhance- ments at the company. “As I got more involved, I asked what did my generation want to see in the software. It’s not just functionality, it’s how the customer feels about it,” said Meghan, who has an MBA from Hawaii Pacific University.
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Christina Borgese Age: 30 PreProcess Inc. San Ramon, CA Read more at
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hristina is as much an engineer as she is an entrepre- neur. Which explains why she quit her stable job in corporate America—as a process engineer at Clorox—to, as she explains it, “go save the American economy.” She went to a startup, BioFuelBox, where she helped develop and scale the world’s first commercial-scale supercritical biodiesel reactor. In 2010 she founded PreProcess Inc. with a partner, Marc Privitera. Privitera wrote in his nomination letter that Christina is now “responsible for over 10 products on the shelves of supermarkets, countless thousands of gal- lons of biodiesel in fuel tanks, and producing literally tons of materials for use in manufacturing processes.”
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