Vanston J. Emerging Technology Programs. Advanced Digital,..2004 torrent

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The importance of emerging technologies to the economic well being of Texas and to the quality of life of its citizens was clearly recognized in 1999 when the Texas State Senate charged TSTC to “develop and administer a program to forecast the types of technical education programs that are needed to maintain and improve the State’s economic and technical competitiveness.” To meet this charge, TSTC, together with TFI of Austin, Texas, developed the Program for Emerging Technologies (PET) process for identifying and evaluating emerging technologies that promised to offer attractive employment opportunities for the graduates of the State’s Colleges. Since the development of the PET process, analyses have been conducted by TSTC and TFI
on nanotechnology, fuel cell technology, and homeland security technologies. TSTC and the IC2 Institute (IC2) analyzed gaming and M2M wireless technologies. Reports for each of these analyses were distributed to the education decision makers of the Colleges and other interested people and organizations. Surveys of recipients attest to the high quality and utility of the reports