Legislation Aimed At Preparing America For Advanced 21st Century Manufacturing

It’s hard for Babatunde Ogunnaike to contain his excitement at the thought of a new federal grants program aimed at improving the U.S. manufacturing workforce. Last week, President Barack Obama signed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a bill setting policy for all activities at the Department of Defense (DOD). Buried within the 969 pages of legislation (S. 2943) is a manufacturing engineering education program to be run by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Ogunnaike, dean of engineering at the University of Delaware (UD) in Newark, has been an advocate for the program ever since two Washington, D.C.–based think tanks first floated it 4 years ago as a network of manufacturing universities. And although the final version is far more limited both in scope and in the size of the federal investment, he still thinks the new program “will be a game changer, if done correctly.” But what’s new about the NDAA-created program, Ugunnaike says, is its emphasis on education and training. “I view this program as the best way to supply a steady stream of well-trained workers in advanced 21st century manufacturing,” he says. http://bit.ly/2iJiypY http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com


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