There were 176 participants registered to this conference. Twelve speakers from industry and academia presented their works together with capturing presentation and machining demonstration from Sandvik. Industrial representatives included AutoDesk, MscDirect, Tooling U, ChampionCNC, NIMS, Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, Cognisco Technologies, Teaching Systems, and Mitutoyo. Delicious and authentic Mexican food was generously sponsored by ChampionCNC; the conference ended with an informative tour to Cinch factory.

• View conference flyer and final program.
• Link to South Texas College’s manufacturing program
• Link to Gene Haas scholarship information
• Presentation files
  • Using online curriculum in a machining program
  • SME, STEM, and the future of manufacturing technology
  • Sandvik machining Demo
  • Optimizing CNC codes for thread milling program
  • NIMS 101
  • Experimental investigation of micromist for effective machining
  • Metrology in precision manufacturing
  • Machine tool probing in production environments using Mastercam
  • Teaching manufacturing in cellular laboratory
  • Dynamic motion technonoly in MasterCam