Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering (TIME) Center

时间中心在确保马里兰州的中学和中学后课程与制造业的快速转型方面发挥了重要作用，制造业从大规模生产、以产品为基础的行业转变为以知识为基础、以需求为导向的定制生产行业。时间中心的目标和目标侧重于培养制造和工程技术人员(MET)，以满足地区劳动力需求，并提高新技术人员和现有技术人员的高级技术技能。区域大都会职业生涯正在演变，需要更广泛和更深入的技能，以及新兴技术和融合技术的更多整合。目标1：在需求驱动的项目领域开发和加强中等/大专制造与工程技术(MET)课程。目标2：为中等和大专制造与工程技术(MET)教师提供职业发展机会，以增强他们的技术知识，提高他们的教学技能，并扩大他们对MET与STEM职业的认识。目标3：与合作伙伴和主要利益相关者群体合作，提高制造和工程技术作为可行职业选择的知名度和形象。目标4：实施创新方法来改进和增强MET学习，提供更广泛的MET学习机会，并更好地将合作伙伴大学的努力与其地区的经济发展需求相结合。

The TIME Center has been instrumental in ensuring that Maryland's secondary and post-secondary programs keep pace with the rapid transformation of manufacturing from a mass-production, product-based industry to a customized production, knowledge-based, demand-driven industry.The TIME Center's goals and objectives are focused on educating manufacturing and engineering technicians (MET) to meet regional workforce demands and enhancing the advanced technical skills sets of new and incumbent technicians. Regional MET careers are evolving to demand broader and deeper skills and more integration of emerging and converging technologies. The goals, objectives and activities extend the work the Center has begun.Objective 1: Developing and enhancing secondary/post-secondary manufacturing and engineering technology (MET) curricula in demand-driven program areas.Objective 2: Providing professional development opportunities for secondary and post-secondary MET faculty that enhance their technical knowledge, improve their pedagogical skills and broaden their awareness of MET & STEM careers. Objective 3: Collaborating with partners and key stakeholder groups to increase the visibility and improve the image of manufacturing and engineering technology as viable career options.Objective 4: Implementing innovative approaches to improve and enhance MET learning, providing broader access to MET learning opportunities and better integrating partner college efforts with economic development needs in their regions.