Michigan Technological University joins Knoxville-based METAL program
The program is focused on enhancing and scaling up industry-driven training opportunities for current and prospective metalworking and manufacturing professionals.
The Knoxville-headquartered Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, better known as The Composites Institute, has added a new member to its Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program.
Michigan Technological University (MTU) joins the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as members who are focused on enhancing and scaling up industry-driven training opportunities for current and prospective metalworking and manufacturing professionals.
With funding from the Department of Defense’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program, METAL strengthens and diversifies the U.S. metal manufacturing workforce, focusing on casting, forging, and plate rolling.
The MTU hub will implement a stacked curriculum model, which combines interactive online learning with immersive in-person casting and forging boot camps at MTU’s state-of-the-art labs. Future educational modules will incorporate training on automation in casting and forging, and will open pathways to employment in critical industry roles.
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