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To assist in the education and training of veteran students for specialized high-demand STEM careers, the NSF Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) July 1 awarded Georgia Piedmont Technical College a grant totaling $1 million.

In its grant application, Georgia Piedmont emphasized the ever-increasing demand for trained technicians to support the critical mechatronics industry, not only in its service area of DeKalb, Newton and Rockdale counties but across the country. Mechatronics is a cutting-edge field that merges mechanics, electronics, and computer science to create intelligent machines and systems. It’s a vital part of the overall manufacturing industry.

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