Production Pulse: Promoting Manufacturing in Education

Aug. 29, 2024
In one of the "lost episodes" of IndustryWeek's bi-weekly livestream series, engineers and educators talk about getting younger and younger people interested in manufacturing work.

Due to technical challenges, several episodes of IndustryWeek's Production Pulse video series did not get posted to our website, until now. We'll be adding these lost episodes throughout the next few weeks. This episode originally aired on July 25, 2024.

Manufacturers have known for more than 20 years that they needed more engineers and science/engineering/math-oriented students to work in their shops. So, many are now starting younger, as early as middle school to expose young people to future manufacturing careers. Hear from:

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