Multiple media outlets published reports of the recent $5.7 million federal grant awarded to Professor Ryo Amano, mechanical engineering, by the U.S. Department of Energy. The funding supports training programs to increase a workforce with “green” skills needed in the manufacturing sector.
The grant establishes Industrial Training Assessment Centers in the Midwest that will provide instruction in energy assessment. Amano will direct the initiative and work with nine community college partners across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Milwaukee Business Journal, “Federal grant powers UWM’s training for clean energy jobs”
BizTimes.com, “U.S. Department of Energy grants $5.7 million to UWM’s College of Engineering”