About the TEC Network

The T&E Express is intended to enhance the STEM curriculum of schools that don’t have the equipment or infrastructure to provide such training. 

Our goals:

• To provide comprehensive access to high-tech industry-standard equipment and high-quality teacher-written curriculum to schools in a 50-mile radius.
• To preserve and promote integrated STEM programs at a time when schools must make difficult decisions based on tight budgets and reduced funding.
• To develop curriculum for use with equipment and to encourage development of additional curriculum.
• To promote a holistic approach to education that all students need as they prepare for college and careers.
• To show how business and education can work together toward common goals.
• To encourage collaboration among science, technology, engineering, and math teachers.
• To build networks of support for teachers in the region.
• To partner with businesses as a way to build access to state-of-the-art equipment.

Equipment

The equipment and experiments offered by the mobile lab are designed to attract young people to careers in technology and engineering. With the mobile laboratory, local educators are able to cover such topics as:

• 3D printer (10)
• Laser engraver (7)
• Virtual welder (2)
• Virtual painter
• CNC router (3)
• CNC plasma cutter (3)
• 3D scanner (2)
• Concrete and masonry tools
• SAM - robotic bricklayer
• MULE - masonry material handler
• Productive robots COBOT
• Productive robots COBOT welder
• HAAS CNC Mill (3)
• Forest Scientific CNC Mill (3)