Solution III

Solution III: Support Advanced Technology Manufacturing

Goal 1: Develop innovation and incubation centers focusing on the needed workforce, new programming and entrepreneurship development
Goal 2: Provide technical assistance to incubate new products, ideas and processes
Goal 3: Provide new advanced technology manufacturing training and degrees
Goal 4: Recruit and develop faculty to support advanced technology manufacturing instruction

Progress to Date:

A statewide Advanced Technology Work Group has been formed to anticipate commercialization of new technologies that may impact the workforce needs of Wisconsin. The principle purposes are to:

Identify emerging technologies that have commercialization potential.
Collaborate on initiatives in entrepreneurship education/business incubation.
Foster professional development and exchange of ideas between UW and WTCS faculty in emerging and converging technologies.

Initial discussions produced plans to move forward on:

Developing a joint proposal with the UW Small Business Development Center to the Department of Commerce to establish entrepreneurial referral centers
Develop instructional capacity in nanotechnology
Link with UW Madison student entrepreneurship competitions
Developing a "clearing house" of information on emerging and converging technologies

For more information contact the following individuals:

James L. Gibson, Ph.D.
Education Director
Wisconsin Technical College System
(608) 266-2412
jim.gibson@wtcsystem.edu

Ed Knudson
Gateway Technical College
Kenosha Campus
(262) 564-2990
knudsone@gtc.edu

Last modified: March 8, 2005