Director of NIST Addresses Local STEM Students During Manufacturing Day Event at Northrop Grumman
October 05 2015 - 9:19AM
Willie E. May, director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), discussed the many opportunities for students
interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) during a Manufacturing Day address at Northrop Grumman
Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Maritime Systems campus in
Charlottesville.
A group of 15 students from Charlottesville High School
interested in science were on hand to hear May's remarks. The
students were invited to the company's Charlottesville campus to
help assemble 3D-printed components for low-cost prosthetic hands
as part of a nationwide project to donate the devices to children
in need around the world. VOICE (Victory Over Impairment and
Challenge Enterprise), a Northrop Grumman volunteer employee
resource group that supports people with disabilities and helps
create environments that are more supportive to their needs, helped
arrange the day's activities aimed at recognizing the importance of
manufacturing.
Manufacturing Day, an annual national event held on the first
Friday in October, is a grassroots effort by U.S. manufacturers
designed to showcase modern manufacturing technology and careers,
and improve the public perception of manufacturing in America. More
information is available at: www.mfgday.com
After assembling more than 20 of the prosthetic devices, the
students and Northrop Grumman employees gathered to hear an address
from May, the second Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and
Technology and the 15th director of NIST. May has been serving as
director since May 2015, and has worked at NIST since 1971, leading
research activities in chemical and biological measurement science
activities prior to serving as associate director for laboratory
programs and as principal deputy to the NIST director.
"Northrop Grumman is pleased to support the efforts of these
bright young minds as they explore these additive manufacturing
techniques of the future," said Jeffrey Holloway, site director for
the Northrop Grumman Charlottesville facility. "Through this
project they have learned to interpret and manipulate 3D designs,
as well as print and assemble prosthetic hands as a part of a
nationwide effort being undertaken at many of our facilities
throughout the country."
"This was a great activity to show students one of the many
opportunities they might have to use their STEM skills to
innovative and create, and do cool things to make the world a
better place," said May. "This is what Manufacturing Day is all
about."
The prosthetic hand design was pioneered by Enabling the Future,
a nonprofit organization whose volunteers are dedicated to using 3D
printing to "give the world a helping hand."
In a similar Manufacturing Day celebration last week at Northrop
Grumman's facility in Baltimore, Maryland, employees assisted STEM
students from two Baltimore City high schools with a prosthetic
hand assembly project and also donated the hands to Enabling the
Future.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Fernando Catta-Preta
434-974-2736 (office)
434-242-9283 (mobile)
fernando.catta-preta@ngc.com
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