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Accomplishments 2020
CAAT's 2020 Accomplishments and Activities
Professional Development
CAAT Conference and MATA Conference
cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions
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STEM Outreach to Middle and High School Students and Parents
Provided STEM outreach opportunities to more than 300 middle and high school students and parents
Taught
girl scouts
about designing, building and showcasing robots. Women from various engineering fields served as mentors and team leaders. (February, 80 students)
Conducted a
virtual robotics camp
. Students learned to build and program a COSMOS Jimu Robot through hands-on activities, experimentation, trial and error, and live virtual instruction. (August, 35 students)
Collaborated with Macomb Community College, General Motors and Bosch, on a second
robot programming challenge
. Students explored the world of microcontrollers and built and programmed their own OSOYOO Robot Car. (September, 70 students)
Participated in the
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program
(DAPCEP) Virtual STEM Conference with a virtual hands-on session called, “STEM Fun with Catapults” (October, 100 students)
In conjunction with MISD and NCAT, offered a
Drone Learn to Fly Challenge
event with virtual instruction session held via Zoom and an in-person competition held at Jimmy John’s Field in Utica. (October, 34 students)
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Educational Leadership
Participated in various opportunities to engage with leading educational organizations to further the education of technicians and engineering technologists in advanced automotive technologies
CAAT Director, Ben Cruz participated in the
2020 Autonomous Vehicle Technology Sensors Educator Workshop
offering a presentation on ADAS Sensors in Automotive Applications-Radar and Ultrasound. (October, 100 attendees)
Presented a spotlight session at the
ATE PI Virtual Conference
, STEM Engagement in the Time of COVID: Strategies from Air, Land, & Sea, with NCAT and MATE. (October, 900 attendees)
Presented at the
National Career Pathways Network
2020 Virtual Conference on The Technician Skills Gap in the Emerging Connected and Automated Vehicle Industry. (October)
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Industry Engagement
Attended important industry events to keep the CAAT on top of the expanding workforce needs of the automotive industry
CAAT Director, Ben Cruz was featured on the
Mobility Moments podcast by Driven Detroit: The Region Leading the World in Mobility
discussing how important a properly skilled technical workforce is to the future of Michigan mobility. (March)
CAAT Director, Ben Cruz provided input for industry articles:
Why Big Changes in Vehicle Design Happen More Often
for Adapt Automotive
The Future Technician is a True Multi-Talent
for Fender Bender
Attended the virtual
CAR Management Briefing Seminars
(August)
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Marketing and Communications
Maintained website for students, educators, and industry representatives that was visited more than 40,900 times by nearly 33,500 unique visitors
The website had more than 136,000 pageviews this year
Added a new
NEVTEX Resources
page to host the work being done by NEVTEX.
Added 21 new resources to the
CAAT's free library
, from which more than 1,500 resources were downloaded
Engaged with nearly 1,250 followers over social media
Developed three CAAT Tracks newsletters distributed to 1,600 subscribers
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