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Student Summit

Help inspire the next generation of manufacturing and engineering talent at the SMX Student Summit during their hands-on competition. 

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The SME Education Foundation Student Summit event series showcases the high-tech nature of modern manufacturing and effectively fights the misperception that manufacturing is dull, dirty and dying.

Hosted alongside Smart Manufacturing Experience, this one-day summit is designed to provide high school students with their first taste of manufacturing by delivering student-centric programming, keynote speakers, hands-on competitions, technology demonstrations, and guided show-floor tours of exhibiting manufacturing companies.

Schedule of events:

  • 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. School Arrival
  • 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Welcome and Keynote Speaker
  • 10:45 – 12:00 p.m. Student Hands-On Competition or Show-Floor Tour
  • 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch
  • 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Student Hands-On Competition or Show-Floor Tour
  • 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Wrap-Up and Student Hands-On Competition Awards

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The hands-on competition is the cornerstone of the Smart Manufacturing Experience Student Summit. Produced by SME Education Foundation partner, Ten80 Education, the competition engages students in three different disciplines: Design, Fabrication and Prototype, and Testing.

Volunteers are needed to help five-person student teams’ cycle through three 20-minute stations, earning points along the way. Volunteers will monitor each station by instructing the students during the competition and scoring their performance.

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Volunteers Needed

Help us inspire the next generation of manufacturing and engineering talent by volunteering at the Smart Manufacturing Experience Student Summit hands-on competition.

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