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IDEA Systems Engineering Boot Camp at Drake State
A Systems Engineering Boot Camp developed by IDEA for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors was held at Drake State Community and Technical College. The class featured hands-on simulations of rockets and spacecraft to demonstrate STEM principles in a fun and stimulating day-long adventure. Chris Crumbly, IDEA Director,...
Donations Provide SET Internship Opportunities
At the Institute for Digital Enterprise Advancement (IDEA) we are leading the effort to ensure a strong technical workforce exists with skills to meet the demand to build, manipulate, and exploit the burgeoning Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) industry. IDEA is currently offering the following solutions to meet the MBSE demand:...
Initial SET intern program is a success as two students begin work with local defense contractor in support of a Missile Defense Program
Two students enrolled in the System Engineering Technology (SET) program at Calhoun Community College (CCC) are on their way to applying their newly acquired skills as interns on Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. These students hired and placed as interns by Victory Solutions, a Huntsville based...
New Systems Engineering Technician curriculum to launch with $9.9M DOD Award
Victory Solutions has partnered with Auburn University, Calhoun Community College, and the newly created Institute for Digital Engineering Advancement (IDEA) to utilize a $500,000 award from the Department of Defense to develop a digital engineering curriculum to educate the next generation of systems engineering technicians. The award...
Congressman Aderholt secures $550,000 funding for IDEA
The Institute for Digital Enterprise Advancement (IDEA), a non-profit national collaborative center supporting Digital Engineering Education and Workforce Development, will receive $550,000 to take the next steps in fulfilling its challenge of accelerating the supply of a competent engineering technical workforce. This workforce will...