by Georgia White, Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE), Western Nevada College, Carson City Western Nevada College’s Jump Start College Program started with 27 enrolled students three years ago, and it has evolved into a highly successful, dynamic program that is providing a variety of higher education benefits to Nevada high school students. Besides
We are excited to share the fifth issue of Full STEAM Ahead with a lead article by Rose Catron, coordinator of the UNR Innevation Center in Reno. Click on the image below to retrieve the full PDF file. Contents: The University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center – A Catalyst for Enterprise (by Rose Catron, UNR
By Rose Caltron, Innevation Center Coordinator The University of Nevada, Reno supports a cooperative research and discovery environment. With an unusual, open approach to industry and entrepreneurs, the University has the goal of connecting the resources and knowledge of the campus with the greater community. It was with this goal in mind that the University
These Turtle designs for laser cutting were created in preparation for an upcoming 2-Day NCLab Spring Camp in Susanville, CA. Each one was implemented using a simple Python program.
In 3D Modeling, by Boolean operations we mean creating intersections and unions of objects, as well as subtracting objects from each other. All these are set operations that students know from Venn diagrams. Let’s stay with the last one for the moment. In order to demonstrate subtraction, let’s consider a pair of overlapping objects, such
Charles Babbage was born in London Dec. 26, 1791 in London. He dedicated his entire life to the vision of a mechanical machine that would perform calculations. In Babbage’s times there was very high error rate in the calculation of math tables. Babbage planned to find a new method that could be use to make
By Sena Loyd, Director Carson City Library Libraries have to change. We understand knowledge doesn’t necessarily just come from books. We’re in the generation where information is at our fingertips, but the way we access it is constantly changing. And how do we know what information is correct? The Carson City Library is bridging that
NCLab presented itself to a group of peers and venture capitalists at the Venture Summit West 2017 in Silicon Valley. Click on the image below to retrieve the PPTX file.
This two-page document provide an overview of courses and services provided by NCLab. Click on the image to retrieve the PDF file!
Soft skills such as perseverance, problem solving and coping with failure are increasingly important to employers. The table below provides a concise overview of the soft, hard and applied skills taught by NCLab in the context of computer programming and 3D modeling. Click to download the PDF file: