Manufacturing jobs today are highly skilled within workplaces that are among the nation’s most innovative environments. To inspire more students to consider careers in manufacturing, UNC Charlotte and Dassault Systemes recently hosted nearly 175 high school students and teachers for an event in advance of National Manufacturing Day.
This event, held in the University’s PORTAL Building, enabled students with interests in STEM disciplines to learn about myriad job possibilities in software technology. Students interacted with 3-D software and printers and hands-on exhibits, such as “The Living Heart,” a high-fidelity multi-physics model of a four-chamber adult heart with ready to execute dynamic, electro-mechanical simulations. They also toured a number of UNC Charlotte facilities including the Motorsports Lab and were entertained by a live musical performance featuring Jamil, a Charlotte artist and choreographer.
Students and teachers from Union County Technical Academy, Central Cabarrus High School, East Mecklenburg High School, Garinger High School, Vance High School, Butler High School, West Charlotte High School, Harding High School, Northwest Cabarrus High School and SVN Creative Spirits Home School attended this Manufacturing Day event, part of the local Dassault Systemes Charlotte office’s community engagement effort to connect with, invest in and support the local community through volunteerism, education and relationship development.
Dassault Systemes is a French company located in University Research Park that makes and markets software to companies in aerospace and defense, architecture, engineering and construction, energy and many other sectors.
The UNC Charlotte Research and Economic Development’s Office of Industry and Government Partnerships and PORTAL Business Partner Informative Technologies co-sponsored this event.
The National Association of Manufacturers celebrates modern manufacturing on the first Friday in October (this year on Oct. 4) across the United States to inspire future generations to pursue careers in the field.