Skip to main content

Rowan U. engineering program will receive $203K grant to build safety simulations

June 8, 2017

NJ.com. By Caitlyn Stulpin

...On Friday, Congressman Donald Norcross announced that Rowan University's Collaborative Research: Experiential Process Safety Training for Chemical Engineers, a program that integrates computer-based simulations of digital environments to allow students to experience safety challenges first-hand, will be receiving a $203,321 federal grant.

..."Preparing our future high-skilled workers for the challenges they will face on a job site is incredibly important," said Norcross in a press release. "Thanks to this NSF grant, South Jersey STEM students will be receiving top-of-the-line training that will allow them to stay safe and thrive in their chosen field and, as a result, positively influence South Jersey's economy when they join the workforce."

Click here to read the full article.

Issues: Education