Hi, I’m Mark Schmidt, water quality instructor here at Moraine Park Technical College. Today marks the first day of a blog regarding water quality.
I have been asked by many people about the safety of consuming water, whether bottled or municipally supplied. Some questions have also come from people that have private wells. The questions certainly make me think as there seems to be some pretty interesting misinformation available.
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Several students in the Electricity Club and CNC/Tool & Die Club competed at the state level during this year’s Skills USA competition held in Madison, WI. Students who participate in these competitions are dedicated and work hard to excel in their respective fields.
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Mechatronics – what is that? Most people aren’t familiar with the word Mechatronics or what career it leads to. So…we changed the name to Electromechanical Technology. Does that help?
There is a great demand for employees in this field and it is a high paying field.
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On Wednesday, May 11th, the Integrated Manufacturing Students at Moraine Park Technical College held the championship match of their Techbots Competition. In the championship match, Flippin Awesome proved to be nearly indestructible against the dangerous Chips Miller.
Manufacturing skills are in high demand and the manufacturing industry continues to expand, Moraine Park Technical College Economic and Workforce Development is giving students the opportunity to gain those skills by offering short-term training boot camps. We often boast about the success of students who leave this short-term training opportunity and go on to succeed, not just in steady jobs, but in careers. We want you to be successful long after you leave, and part of that success comes from finding the right fit in an internship.
What’s the value of an internship?
It’s a chance to show employers your skills, while making sure that they’re a fit for you too. It’s an extended job interview – a chance to shine off paper. It’s an opportunity that could lead to a new future.
But maybe it’s better if you heard it right from the source. Meet our spring 2016 boot campers:
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Moraine Park’s Integrated Manufacturing Classes are required of students in the Mechanical Design, Process Engineering Technology, and Mechatronics programs. Students in these programs take the course together and work in cross-functional teams to complete a project. This year’s project was a Techbot competition. Four teams in the evening class and four teams in the day class built remote-controlled robots to compete against each other by battling in an 8ft x 12ft cage. Each team designed and built their Techbot from scratch. Limitations included a $250 budget and a 15-pound weight limit.
Preliminary rounds were on Wednesday, May 4 for the evening class, and Friday, May 6 for the morning class.
Champions of both classes were crowned, and now the final battle for supremacy between these two Techbot champions will take place this Wednesday night (May 11) for ultimate bragging rights.
Drum roll please …
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A battle for Techbot supremacy is coming soon to the classrooms of Moraine Park. Here’s a preview of one of the first-round match-ups. Check out the bios and watch the videos below, and let us know who you think will win in the comments section!
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Moraine Park Technical College hosted its second-annual High School Welding Competition on Tuesday, May 3 at its Beaver Dam campus. Check out all some awesome pics from the event below. High school students from Horicon and West Bend took part, with students working in our lab to put the parts together and weld them in a timed, competitive environment.
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A battle for Techbot supremacy is coming soon to the classrooms of Moraine Park. Here’s a preview of one of the first-round match-ups. Check out the bios and watch the videos below, and let us know who you think will win in the comments section!
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