Building Partnerships Collaborations that Enable Leveraging of Grant Funds: 2013 ATE National Principal Investigators Conference

This presentation by Bob Feldmaier and Joe Petrosky of the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT) was presented at the 2013 ATE National Principal Investigators Conference during the workshop "Follow the Money: Strategies for Leveraging ATE Grant Funding" and describes how the CAAT strategically leverages grant funding. Discussed in the presentation is Macomb Community College (MCC), CAAT affiliations, the past and present auto industry, MCC's and the CAAT's response to the evolving auto industry, and MCC grants and their impact on the future electric vehicle business sector. This conference took place at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. from October 23-25, 2013 and featured many other presentations, workshops, etc. from other Advanced Technological Education (ATE) centers.