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NCNGM Mission

To cultivate and nurture relationships among new partners in collaboration with high school, community college and university educators, industry, government agencies, NSF ATE Centers, next generation manufacturing projects, and other stakeholders with an interest in further development in creating a diverse technical workforce and a larger pool for National Science Foundation projects and programs.



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general NCNGM Information:

NCNGM Principal Investigator & Executive Director - Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch - kwosczyna-birch@commnet.edu

NCNGM Assistant Director - Wendy Robicheau - wrobicheau@txcc.commnet.edu

Specific technologies:

NCNGM CO-PI & Fabrication Technology Team Lead - Tim Baber - tim.baber@canyons.edu

NCNGM CO-PI & Processing Technology Team Lead - Jerry Muller - jerrymuller@cccneb.edu

NCNGM CO-PI & Supply Chain, Logistics, & Quality Control Technology Team Lead - Chris Dennis - cdennis13@cscc.edu


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