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Western Michigan University Offers Intro to Metal Casting to Local High School
students at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Parkview Campus Metal Casting Laboratory of Western Michigan University. The workshops that are offered to the students cover
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topics ranging from the history of metalcasting to trends in metalcasting to casting processes and quality of castings. Students explore the use of computers, math and material science as it relates to metalcasting, as well as molding, melting and finishing a casting. In addition to the workshops and labs, the students are able to meet with WMU administrators to discuss university entrance requirements and expectations. In order for the students to really experience the
industry first-hand, they are taken on a tour in the western Michigan area that includes a foundry, a die caster and an investment caster. One of the highlights of “camp”, is the
or each of the last 20 summers, Dr. Sam Ramrattan, has been offering a one week, hands-on metalcasting workshop for 10th through 12th grade high school
students’ participate in a round-table discussion with various representatives from the metalcasting industry. This discussion time gives the students an opportunity to ask questions related to casting processes as well as to learn about the career opportunities available in the metalcasting industry. This past summer, there were 22 students who participated
– these were students from various high schools throughout the Midwest as well as a few local home-schooled students. Thanks to the generosity of the Foundry Educational Foundation, AFS Western Michigan Chapter, AFS Central Michigan Chapter, Saginaw Valley AFS Chapter, CAC Ohio AFS Chapter, AFS Northern Indiana Chapter, and NADCA Chapter 3 Grand Rapids, the costs associated with room, board and transportation of the students was covered. Dr. Ramrattan has been serving as the FEF Key Professor at
Western Michigan since 1993. He is also the AFS Student Chapter advisor and directs the activities in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan’s Parkview Campus Metal Casting Laboratory. He is also the official representative as a Member of the Investment Casting Institute.
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