Department of Energy Facilitates Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Activities

According to Industry Week, The US Department of Energy has announced that it is creating the "National Training and Education Resource (NTER), [which] will provide students with highly interactive and engaging materials in a variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas, as well as virtual technician training."  The NTER is designed to complement the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and is created in partnership with the  Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies, and Macomb Community College.  Each of the partner organizations will utilize the technology tools to promote manufacturing skills and curricula.  http://www.industryweek.com/articles/doe_creating_partnerships_to_provide_it_tools_to_workforce_25033.aspx?SectionID=1