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>>Coming up next on ATE TV, game development and simulation.
>> Its greatlearning, you know programming
and then graphic design and actually seeing the stuff
that we are doing instead of just, you know, imagining it
you can bring all your imagination to life,
and it's just an amazing experience.
>>Green building technology.
>>What you'll find in these classes, you'll find a lot
of people that are actually in the field that have some hands
on experience that they are willing to share with the class.
>>And wind energy technology.
>>Wind energy is an important career track
because of climate change regulations,
people are more interested in renewable energy,
it's kind of a cutting edge sort of field.
>>Now on ATE TV.
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From across the country to your own backyard,
ATE TV shows you the many advanced technological education
opportunities available at your local community college.
Do you like video games?
Maybe you've even thought about designing
and creating your own game.
Let's meet Brian Simpson, a student in the Simulation
and Game Development Program
at Wake Technical Community College, who's doing just that.
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>>My name is Brian Simpson, I'm a student
at Wake Tech for Video Game Design, it's the SGD Program,
its Simulation and Game Development.
Its, you know, a passion of mine.
I like just sitting at home drawing up designs and figuring
out what I can do with video games, and you know,
it's really hard having, you know, doing a lot math in my head
and do a lot of writing out and its great learning, you know,
programming and doing the graphic design
and actually seeing the stuff that we're doing instead
of just, you know, imagining
and you can bring all your imagination to life
and it's just an amazing experience.
>>If you just click on it a couple of times,
the piece you want to work with, and that way you can get
by the group and you can just select the piece.
>>Thank you, whoa.
>>So far I've had a lot fun with 3D modeling,
it's kind of difficult, you know,
the program is very pristine, you know,
If you move the wrong direction or use the wrong tool,
it kind of throws your model off
or you don't get your proportions right, but,
you know, it's a lot of fun seeing what, you know,
everyone can do and students will come up to you
and they'll work with you and the teachers will come up to you
and work with you and throwing out ideas for this and that and,
you know, saying, "Well, what if you take this model and,
you know, just tweak it just a little bit, or you know,
add this weapon or make it this much bigger, or you know,
this lighting to it to add just the perfect effects
for the perfect scenario."
>>Great.
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>>I've been actually working on a video game of mine
for the past couple years.
I'd like to keep working on that and hopefully get a job
with any kind of video game company I can,
just get out there, get in the field,
even if I'm not getting paid, if I can just get an internship
and just see how everything runs and work with that and,
you know, build off of that, it would be amazing.
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The SGD Program, Simulation
and Game Design, it's the place to be.
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>>Brian Simpson is using his time at Wake Tech
as an opportunity to be creative and acquire useful
and marketable technical skills.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in,
be sure to check out your local community college.
Maybe you're just starting out and are interested
in Green Building Technologies, or maybe you've been working
in the building industry for a while and are looking to go back
to school to upgrade your skills.
Community colleges have programs that are designed just for you.
Let's take a look.
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>>It's that much of a trade off savings?
>>Code wise it is.
I'm not going to say energy wise it is, but code wise it is.
>>We've had some people who've been in the building industry
for a number of years, but when they find
out how much they can benefit
from weatherization programs, they're amazed.
>>Insulation, limited space heating, air conditioning,
water heating requirements.
>>That's why you see a diverse range of age in our population,
because many of these people
in these weatherization programs are coming
to Sinclair for training.
>>I think Sinclair is a fantastic opportunity.
>>I'm 58 years old, planning on a second career.
>>So, I will get dimensions on windows, somebody on that side,
you two, John you want to go to the back side?
>>Yeah.
>>What you'll find in these classes, you'll find a lot
of people that are actually in the field that have some hands
on experience that their willing to share with the class,
so I learned a lot from the faculty and I learn a whole lot
from my fellow students as well.
>>Do you have to stand in one place,
or do you move around the room?
>>You can move around the room.
>>We encourage students to work together, help each other.
>>Yeah, go down and take a cross.
>>In many of my classes, I have older students
and younger students who work together quite well.
>>I found my experience with the younger students very enjoyable,
they're bright, young, excited about getting started,
so it's been very enjoyable, almost inspiring at times.
>>Yeah, try that.
>>The older people bring life experience to the classroom
and that adds a lot to it,
makes things very very realistic.
>>The problem is you've got to put your sheathing higher
so you've got more siding on and more sheathing.
>>I wouldn't say I have one specific mentor
that helped me get to this stage
or helped pushed me in this direction.
>>I just feel like its a learning community
and that it's really great.
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>>Community college programs often have a broad
and diverse range of students
and that diversity creates a supportive learning approach
and helps students develop team building and technical skills
and prepares them for the workforce or higher education.
Interested in the renewable energy fields?
How about a high demand career that is full of challenges?
The Wind Technology Program
at Laramie County Community College could be the right place
for you to start your climb.
Take a look.
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>>Wind energy is an important career track
because of climate change regulations,
people are more interested in renewable energy,
it's kind of a cutting edge sort of field.
>>Those little weights fly out as a result of centrifugal force.
Disconnecting the start winding from the circuit.
>>Somebody who has had formalized training certainly
has a leg up on the typical wind technician right now,
since it's such a new field.
>>How come we have a resistance difference in the start winding?
>>Because the wire size is smaller
>>Because the wire size is smaller.
>>In the last about 4 years,
you've seen exponential growth throughout the industry.
Its growing so rapidly that the manpower, the knowledge,
the expertise that we're reaching
out for is very difficult to fill.
>>Take this wire off too.
>>We're searching adamantly for people across the country.
>>Turn the power back on.
>>Our relationship with Laramie County Community College began
during construction of the facility.
We allowed the Wind Technology students to come
out to the site, look around.
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>>The Wind Technology students all have to be trained
in high angle rescue and so they came out
and used our facility as a training ground.
>>He's controlling his own decent, just like you see some
of these rock climbers do.
>>Careers available at some place
like Duke Energy might be working
in our development office.
>>The engineering design, construction management.
>>Now, where's the main shaft break?
Yeah, it's right here.
>>The kind of training
that L triple C is giving their students
like AC/DC circuits, mechanical systems, computer programming,
they're all the sort of training
that Duke Energy is looking for in a potential employee.
>>These yaw drive motors,
I actually had 2 different types...
>>Those who are attending these new colleges are definitely
being looked at.
>>Actually when you really think about that,
which side is the active flank?
>>The education that they will receive here is top notch,
I don't know if you can get it any better anywhere else
from my experience.
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>>Wow, some incredible opportunities and not just
in the Wind Power industry, community colleges all
across the country have strong regional industry
and business relationships that keep courses up to date
and can lead to great jobs.
If you want to find out more about Wind Energy Technology,
or want more information on anything you've seen today,
explore our website at ATETV.org.
Thanks for watching.