Virginia Beach Welcomes Massive Manufacturing Facility
ECPI University has Programs to Help Prepare for These High-Skill Positions
City leaders are celebrating the biggest economic news to hit Virginia Beach, home of ECPI University, in many years. Global Technical Systems (GTS), a provider of advanced engineering solutions, has announced it will build a new $54.7 million advanced manufacturing facility, which will create approximately 1,100 new jobs.
This will mark the Virginia Beach-based company’s initial foray into the energy storage business. GTS says the new facility will be building electro-mechanical energy storage systems that will produce and distribute green energy storage systems using advanced composites and engineering technologies.
According to a news report in Virginia Business, GTS has developed a method that involves advanced carbon fiber technology to create a clean electro-mechanical device that stores energy without using hazardous chemicals. It can connect with an array of power sources, including wind, solar, and water.
"This green energy manufacturing center is a longstanding dream we've had at GTS," said CEO Terry Spitzer in a Virginia Business news report. "Having steadily grown our business since 1997, we've continuously expanded our technical engineering competencies to meet the dynamic needs of our commercial and government customers.” He also added, “Central to our aspirations is delivering much-needed economic diversification and high paying advanced manufacturing jobs.”
Construction of the 500,000-sqaure-foot facility is expected to begin after the first of the year, and will be operational in 2019. To compete for jobs like these, applicants must have a skill set centered around such areas as electronics, mechanical engineering, and computer and information systems. If you’d like to compete for jobs like these, take a look at ECPI University and its Virginia Beach campus. There, you will find three programs that are directly aligned with the advanced manufacturing profession.
The Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program is designed to prepare you to work with:
- Digital Electronics and Communications
- Testing and Measuring Instruments
- Data Acquisition and Control Systems
ECPI University’s Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program focuses on:
- Mechanical design and analysis
- Thermal-fluid-energy sciences
- Computer aided engineering graphics and analysis
- Instrumentation and controls
- Material science and manufacturing processes
- Electro-mechanical devices
Finally, the Mechatronics program blends portions of the EET and MET programs, and adds additional curriculum centered on Computer and Information Science. This can give graduates a wide skill set that is highly prized by employers in the advanced manufacturing sector.
Not interested in spending four years in college? No problem. Through ECPI University’s year-round, accelerated schedule, you can earn a Bachelor’s degree in as little as 2.5 years or an Associate’s in just 1.5 years. Want to learn more? Take a moment and connect with a helpful admissions advisor at the Virginia Beach campus. So now, there’s just one question – what are you waiting for?
It could be the Best Decision You Ever Make!
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