華盛頓州是企業和製造業中創新和技術的領導者，其經濟受到高技術人才之推動。 然而，該地區正面臨著為現今STEM、科學、技術、工程、數學之領域人才短缺問題。
Washington state is a leader in innovation and technology within business and manufacturing and has an economy that’s driven by a highly-skilled workforce. However, the region is facing a shortage of workers who are trained for today’s jobs in STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
華盛頓州州長傑伊·英斯利最近拜訪了EdmondsCC，與學院的工程和工程技術課程的學生、校友、教師會面，深入了解兩年制學位課程如何滿足勞動力需求。
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee recently visited Edmonds Community College to meet with students, alumni, and faculty of the college’s Engineering and Engineering Technology programs to gain insight into
how two-year degree programs are meeting workforce demands.
去年，Inslee啟動了一項公私合營的Career Connect Washington計劃，其目標是五年內讓100,000名年輕人參與實習，建教學院合作和其他學習機會聯結起來。
Last year, Inslee launched the Career Connect Washington initiative, a public-private partnership with the five-year goal of connecting 100,000 young people with employer internships, registered apprenticeships, and other learning opportunities.
在拜訪期間，Inslee參觀了材料科學技術實驗室，該實驗室佔地11,000平方英尺，擁有超過100萬美元的先進及高端的技術設備，用於複合材料、航空航天及消費品的生產。
During his visit, Inslee toured the college’s Materials Science Technology lab, an 11,000-square-foot building that houses more than $1 million in state-of-the-art, high-end technical equipment used in the production of composites, and aerospace and consumer products.
此技術實驗室還設有創客空間及其快速原型實驗室，配備雷射切割機，3D列印機，3D掃描機和CNC路由器。同時也開放給民眾使用。
The technology lab also houses The Facility Makerspace and its Rapid Proto Lab equipped with laser cutters, 3D printers, 3D scanners, and a CNC router. It is open to the public.
學生們贈送Inslee在快速原型實驗室設計和製作的雷射切割紀念品。 Inslee還會見了火箭社社團的學生，並近距離觀察風洞儀器。
Students presented Gov. Inslee with a laser-cut souvenir that was designed and made in the Rapid Proto Lab. Inslee also met with students in the college’s rocketry club and got a close-up look at the college’s wind tunnel.
該風洞儀器的購買資金來自華盛頓州的撥款，為大學提供額外資金，用於航空航太工業1,000名FTE（全日制學生），以助增加兩個航空航天職業特定課程的入學率：預工程和工程技術-材料科學。
The wind tunnel was purchased with funds from a Washington state allocation – 1,000 FTEs (full-time equivalent students) for aerospace – that gives extra funding to colleges to help expand enrollment in two specific programs that lead to aerospace careers: Pre-Engineering and Engineering Technology – Materials Science.
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