Lockheed Martin Corporation is investing in JSU’s STEM research by providing the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) $60,000 for 3-D printer equipment and robotics training for students.
“We are excited to be able to bring these learning tools to our technology program,” said Dr. Wilber Walters, CSET associate dean.
“We will launch these technologies in the spring,” Walters said.
The funding includes:
— $45,000 for a Robot Training Package designed to allow advanced laboratory experience for students. It would be integrated into technology, computer engineering and electrical engineering curricula;
— $15,000 for four desktop 3-D prototype replicators. The machines rely on computers for design of complex structures. They would be integrated into existing computer design classes.
“Three-D printing is in its infancy,” Walters said, so “we’re keeping students in the trend” of emerging technologies, he said.