America’s Cutting Edge and Winona State University’s Composites Technology Bootcamp: The Development and Execution of a New Way to Grow the Composites Workforce

Presenter(s)

Student Presenters: Noah Misukanis, Luke Poglayen, and Dominic Perez; Faculty presenter :Eric Kerr-Anderson

Abstract

Winona State University has partnered with the Institute for Advanced Composite Materials Innovation to offer Composite Bootcamps in the summer free of charge to anyone 17 and older. There are many stages in setting up programming that pull in aspects of concept, budgeting, paperwork, and campus discussions. As the pilot site for this ambitious nation-wide programming, the brainstorming and production was entirely developed by WSU staff and students. The curriculum and car was designed in a way to allow for alternate sites to recreate with multiple types of processing equipment.

College

College of Science & Engineering

Department

Composite Materials Engineering

Campus

Winona

Location

Kryzsko, Minnesota Rooms 223-224, Winona, Minnesota; United States

Start Date

4-23-2026 11:00 AM

End Date

4-23-2026 11:20 AM

Presentation Type

Oral Presentation

Format of Presentation or Performance

In-Person

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America’s Cutting Edge and Winona State University’s Composites Technology Bootcamp: The Development and Execution of a New Way to Grow the Composites Workforce

Kryzsko, Minnesota Rooms 223-224, Winona, Minnesota; United States

Winona State University has partnered with the Institute for Advanced Composite Materials Innovation to offer Composite Bootcamps in the summer free of charge to anyone 17 and older. There are many stages in setting up programming that pull in aspects of concept, budgeting, paperwork, and campus discussions. As the pilot site for this ambitious nation-wide programming, the brainstorming and production was entirely developed by WSU staff and students. The curriculum and car was designed in a way to allow for alternate sites to recreate with multiple types of processing equipment.