Melissa Walston and Rachel Reed have spent their careers traveling the world, learning languages and guiding U.S. diplomats across foreign nations and cultures. But when it came to navigating a […]
Manufacturing Works has been the right hand of Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing community for nearly 40 years. Through life-changing apprenticeships and strategic funding, the organization helps manufacturers grow their talent and […]
In October, Penn State hosted its first METAL Sand Science Bootcamp, a hands-on course exploring the chemical and physical principles behind green sand and chemically bonded sand. These are two […]
Paul Lynch grew up in a town that hummed with manufacturing. In a small community hugging the Appalachian mountains of eastern Pennsylvania, he learned first-hand the impact foundries can have […]
The first time Stephen Sheriff cast metal – a replica of the Wizard of Oz’s Tin Man – in front of an auditorium of elementary school students, he was hooked. […]
Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has earned a reputation for forging aluminum, bronze and brass castings that meet rigorous, high-quality standards of excellence—and the same can be said for the foundry’s metal […]
When Sydney Parks first stepped onto Tennessee Tech University’s campus, she planned to be a nurse—and she had no idea about the school’s foundry. This summer, almost a decade later, […]
After starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria Rambo began to doubt her future as an engineer. But everything changed when she discovered Virginia Tech’s foundry and resources through the […]
For more than 150 years, FerroWorks’ foundries have powered trains and railroads in America. Now, the steel company is keeping manufacturing in the U.S. on track by training the next […]
In a sunlit studio in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, surrounded by stacks of century-old wooden foundry patterns and oil paintings drenched in rust-colored nostalgia, artist Cory Bonnet is quietly revolutionizing the […]
Yash Babar always imagined the kind of engineer he could be. From robotics to car designs, the high school sophomore hasn’t decided what he might build one day, but he’s […]
Robert Myers followed his passion for hands-on work and became a welder and machinist after high school. But after an accident caused him to put his career on hold, Myers […]
