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a Lamar University research assistant studying how dynamic simulation can create safer and more reliable chemical plant operations. The announcement was made in June at the 2013 Honeywell Users Group Americas conference held in
Phoenix. The competition, one of three held at Honeywell’s global HUG customer conferences, seeks to recognize some of the most talented engineering students in the world. More at
http://unisim.studentcompetitions.com.
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Workforce Development
Hypertherm (Hanover, NH), a manu-
facturer of advanced cutting systems, has expanded support of STEM (Sci- ence, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiatives. Those initiatives include a 5-year commitment by the company’s HOPE (Hypertherm Owners Philanthropic Endeavors) Foundation to fund the Montshire Museum’s School Partnership Initiative. The program, run by the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont, aims to improve the science curriculum available to rural schools The commitment follows Hypertherm’s support of “How People Make Things,” a traveling exhibition at the Museum during the first half of 2013. The exhibit, inspired by Mister Roger’s Neighborhood TV series, tells the story of how people, ideas and technology transformed raw materials into finished products.
Events
The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS; Benbrook, TX) on July 9 an- nounced its final schedule of events for the 29th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) from July 22–26 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. For more information, visit
http://www.cmsc.org.
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