The Cutting Edge™ - February 2004Education NewsWMMA® Member Enjoys Engineering Support as a Result of Scholarship Program RelationshipBy Todd Herzog, Accu-Router, (THERZOG@BLOMAND.NET) Accu-Router has parlayed two WMMA® scholarship awards into a multi-faceted engineering support program from Tennessee Tech University. Needless to say, we are thrilled about this development. We will benefit from 21 Mechanical Engineering seniors working on their "senior design project." They will break into three groups of seven, and tackle three current Accu-Router engineering projects. Accu-Router will retain all intellectual rights. The students began their work in January with the start of the spring 2004 semester. Our cost is simply to provide whatever materials the three groups will need for prototyping, a commitment we would make anyway within our own company. The instructor at Tennessee Tech is the interim Dean of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Hoy, so we have the University department head behind this. This benefit is a result of the relationships we have established through the WMMA® Scholarship Program. Tennessee Tech is now assisting Accu-Router with projects that have been in our queue. A little investment of time and interest on our part has yielded progress for our company and exciting learning opportunities for college seniors. All of this is possible through one of the most understated WMMA® programs – and you have to believe that the rewards are great. Now it is your turn to realize the benefits of the WMMA® Scholarship program. To learn more about how you can create your own scholarship program with proven power for your company, click here http://www.wmma.org/members/eduhowto.cfm. You will also have the opportunity to hear about the program from the student’s point of view at the WMMA® Business Session during the 2004 Woodworking Industry Conference in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, April 23rd http://www.wmma.org/events/wic.cfm. To read last month’s Education article entitled, Member Enters Second Round of Student Sponsorship – A Win-Win Situation, click here http://www.wmma.org/cuttingedge/ce0104_pg9.cfm.
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