Educational Materials & Multimedia

David O. Kazmer - Plastics Product Design and Polymer Process Development Website
This website specializes in plastic product design and polymer process development. Aspects of design and manufacturing of net shape plastic parts is researched.

Engineering Magazines
Browse through our extensive list of free Engineering magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts to find the titles that best match your skills and interests; topics include electronics, civil engineering, design engineering and bioengineering. Simply complete the application form and submit it. Remember to fill out the forms COMPLETELY. All are absolutely free to professionals who qualify.

GEM - Global Education in Manufacturing
GEM is a project aiming at creating an international framework for a Master degree curriculum in manufacturing strategy and integrating competence in technology and business. The Curriculum shall reflect the future needs of the manufacturing industry.

LAI Educational Network - EdNet
The LAI Educational Network (EdNet) is a group of universities and colleges working together and with LAI industry and government members to develop and deploy curriculum based on lean and Six Sigma research and practical knowledge.

Manufacturing News Now
Manufacturing.net is a website designed for today's busy manufacturing executives. It features daily updates covering the latest news from around the globe on key topics for manufacturers - regulations, industrial trends, plant openings and closings, supply chain updates, distribution and trade issues, prices, employment, finance, economic forecasts, world events and more.

Materials Science and Engineering in Action!
Demonstrations of materials in actions.

Minnesota Online - Manufacturing Programs
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities established Minnesota Online as the primary conduit to the system's full array of online education and training. Through Minnesota Online, you can search and review the thousands of online courses, and over 200 degree, certificate, and diploma programs offered by 32 colleges and universities. Manufacturing programs are available. The colleges and universities offering online degrees are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

National Association of Manufacturers - YouTube
The National Association of Manufacturers has launched a YouTube channel stocked with video clips on manufacturing topics from "America's Business" and "Cool Stuff Being Made." It provides an excellent cross section of manufacturing topics in video format.

Pr²ove It
The PR2OVE-IT website is a dynamic and evolving digital clearinghouse that summarizes the available research on educational interventions designed to enhance student learning, retention, and professional success in post-secondary engineering and other allied sciences. It is intended to be a tool for translating education research on interventions into practical classroom use by engineering faculty who are not engaged in educational research. The goal of PR2OVE-IT is to “characterize studies constituting the education research for ‘best practices’ in instruction and assessment without making judgments of quality” and is based on the premise that consolidation and characterization of the engineering education literature would constitute a valuable resource for engineering faculty to consult current, innovative, and ‘best’ pedagogical practices.

RoboEducators - CAD Module
RoboEducators operates under a National Science Foundation grant with the following purpose: Create a Design and Engineering curriculum that is disguised as an integrated science or math class for the beginning high school student (9th grade, algebra based). This course will serve the dual purpose of providing context embedded science and math curriculum and a training class for the freshman robotics team. (CAD Module).

RoboEducators - Microcontroller Programming
RoboEducators operates under a National Science Foundation grant with the following purpose: Create a Design and Engineering curriculum that is disguised as an integrated science or math class for the beginning high school student (9th grade, algebra based). This course will serve the dual purpose of providing context embedded science and math curriculum and a training class for the freshman robotics team. (Microcontroller Programming).

ROBOLAB: The educational software for LEGO MINDSTORMS for schools
Tufts Robolab website offers college level curriculum and other resources for LEGO Robots.

Superfactory
Superfactory is dedicated to spreading manufacturing and enterprise excellence information with an aim to improve manufacturing efficiency and productivity worldwide. Courses, presentations and information are listed.

The Story of Stuff
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Virtual Tours of Organizations Using Remote Systems (VTOURS)
VTOURS introduces plant tours to students and professionals in Business, Economics, and Engineering. In part, this site was developed for students at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.