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SME Home Education Educators

A Shared Mission

Educator Resources. Partnerships. Expertise.

SME and the SME Education Foundation support and share the mission of educators. From academic research and technical reports to the very direct support of the SME PRIME Schools initiative, explore our commitment to education and teachers.

Manufacturing is becoming increasingly connected, automated and intelligent, marking a new industrial revolution. Technology-driven, advanced manufacturing supports 13 million jobs in the U.S., assuring economic stability and opportunity.

A core mission of SME is workforce development, supporting and ensuring that students and high-tech employees are prepared and equipped with the creativity, ability and skills necessary for success.

Powering Student Achievement

Help your students fund their manufacturing future. They can join hundreds of graduating high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students that will be awarded millions of dollars in scholarships from the SME Education Foundation’s nearly 60 scholarship funds.
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Power Up!

We recently released guidelines for the 2020 SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing State Competition, which challenges the AM understanding and skills of student competitors across the country. The best prepared students will compete at the national competition in June.
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Resources for Educators

Manufacturing Research

Manufacturing Research (NAMRI | SME)

The North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI | SME) brings together researchers from leading companies, government laboratories, academic institutions and industrial think tanks located around the world for the advancement of the scientific foundation of discrete-parts manufacturing.
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Journals

Journals

SME's Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Manufacturing Processes and Manufacturing Letters are published by Elsevier and included in the ScienceDirect digital library. As a benefit, SME members have FREE access.
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Mentor Programs

Manufacturing Education & Accreditation Committee

SME's Manufacturing Education & Accreditation Committee serves through benchmarking, identification, definition and assistance in the implementation of manufacturing education activities and accreditation standards and guidelines. The committee functions in an advisory role for these activities to the SME Board of Directors.
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Education with Tooling U-SME

Education with Tooling U-SME

We partner with educators to help build and provide industry-proven training through online classes and apprenticeship programs which allow more time for hands-on instruction and enable individualized educational plans for students with different knowledge, skills and abilities.
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Partnerships

ABET

ABET

Our volunteers help ABET evaluate its technical programs that lead to degrees in engineering, engineering technology, computing, and natural and applied sciences.
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ASEE Manufacturing Division

ASEE Manufacturing Division

We are an official sponsor of the ASEE/SME Competition for Student Makers.
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SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA

Our Additive Manufacturing Contest uses an emerging technology to attract more students to careers in manufacturing.
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