Class at IMTS 2002 Goes High-Tech for Hundreds of Area Students

CHICAGO - August 29, 2002 - /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of students from the Chicago area will have the opportunity to experience the latest in high-tech advances in manufacturing at the upcoming Student Summit held in conjunction with the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS 2002), September 4-11, McCormick Place, Chicago.

Attendance at the IMTS 2002 Student Summit is expected to be similar to that of IMTS 2000. More than 4,000 students from some 240 high schools, post- secondary technical schools, and colleges from 29 states and 8 foreign countries attended the IMTS 2000 Student Summit. This included more than 120 Illinois schools with more than 80 of these from Chicago and surrounding suburbs, according to Dave Horn, Student Summit Coordinator for show sponsor AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

Nine pavilions are used to group similar types of technology at this, possibly the largest trade show in North America this year. "Student interests vary. Some may prefer CAD CAM. Others are fascinated with the lasers, robotics or water jets that cut metal. Certainly metalworking is our largest pavilion. EDM can be mesmerizing. And we usually have some exhibits where the sheer size, speed, or advanced technology leaves students in awe," Horn says.

Students, from junior high through post-secondary levels, are encouraged to attend. "We find that student interests vary widely: from applied arts and machine shop to math, science and beyond," Horn says. Admission is free for teachers, age-appropriate students and school administrators.

The Summit also highlights rewarding career opportunities as students discover that high technology and manufacturing are increasingly inseparable. Today's advanced manufacturing technology allows us to design, build, program, operate and maintain the machines we use to make everything from alarm clocks and coffee pots to cars, jets and trains to computer terminals and more, according to Horn. Without manufacturing technology, few manmade items would exist.

Visits to the highly acclaimed Student Summit start at the Student Union located on the top floor of the east (Lake Side) building in room E450.

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