{"id":93,"date":"2020-09-16T02:28:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T02:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2020-volume-1-issue-40\/san-jacinto-college-edge-center-offers-students-out-of-this-world-aerospace-training\/"},"modified":"2020-10-23T17:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T17:49:00","slug":"san-jacinto-college-edge-center-offers-students-out-of-this-world-aerospace-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2020-volume-1-issue-40\/san-jacinto-college-edge-center-offers-students-out-of-this-world-aerospace-training\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jacinto College EDGE center offers students out of this world aerospace training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">By Melissa Trevizo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The San Jacinto College EDGE Center, located at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fly2houston.com\/spaceport\/\">Houston Spaceport at Ellington Airport<\/a>, \u00a0offers aerospace training and a pathway to careers in the aerospace industry under instructors who work are at the top of their fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cWe are partnering with companies like Intuitive Machines to offer our students the very best, up-to-date knowledge about the aerospace industry,\u201d said Dr. Janis Fowler, director of the College\u2019s aerospace education and workforce department. \u201cStudents have the opportunity to work on projects side by side with professionals who are working on NASA-level projects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The certificate-based programs are open to anyone who is interested, whether they are recent high school graduates or have spent decades in the workforce, said Dr. Fowler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">San Jacinto College is the official education training partner for the Houston Spaceport at Ellington Airport. Courses are open for enrollment now and are offered through the San Jac My Way hands-on hybrid instructional option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cSo many of our courses are lab-based,\u201d Dr. Fowler said. \u201cA hybrid format was the best decision for us to make during altered operations. It has been a big help to our students to be able to attend their labs in small groups in person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The EDGE Center offers programs in composites manufacturing technician, aerospace electrical assembly technician, aerospace mechanical structures technician, aerospace quality technician, mechatronics and industrial automation technician, and manufacturing technician.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">In addition to the technical tracks, the EDGE Center offers small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), or drone pilot training. This two-day course prepares students for the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) Part 107 commercial drone pilot test.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">To learn more about the EDGE Center, visit <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanjac.edu%2Fedge-center&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMelissa.Trevizo%40sjcd.edu%7C9826287b0dd44f54678508d7280fb827%7C514efd408efe4f15819f34e56acf1562%7C0%7C0%7C637021921040756605&amp;sdata=WurXcotkhFsAOUDlbNlbVv%2FjG%2Bzx86x4%2FhFoU6dU8I0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.sanjac.edu\/edge-center<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Melissa Trevizo The San Jacinto College EDGE Center, located at the Houston Spaceport at Ellington Airport, \u00a0offers aerospace training and a pathway to careers in the aerospace industry under 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