Vaughn College Hosts its 11th Annual Manufacturing Day

Vaughn College celebrated National Manufacturing Month with the 11th annual manufacturing day on Friday, November 7 to highlight new developments in the field and address the growing need for workers. The event, run by the engineering and technology department, included a manufacturing leadership session on industry innovations and current advancements in the field. The speakers included Daniel Doscher ’23, mechatronics engineer at ArcBest Technologies, Ariel Ferrera ’20, co-founder of Hoppion, Bilal Siddique ’12, senior project manager at Honeywell Building Solutions and Michael Wroblewski ’14, business development and product manager for CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense. 

“What was so special about this year’s presentations was that every speaker was a Vaughn graduate,” said Dr. Hossein Rahemi, engineering and technology department chair. “These alumni are contributing what they learned at the College and sharing their knowledge with the next generation of students to help foster their success.” 

“I have always cherished my time as a student at Vaughn and it always felt like family here,” said Wroblewski. “I hope to spread awareness about accelerating the impact in munition technology, which is probably something nobody thinks about, while educating Vaughn students who are sitting in the same seat I sat in several years ago.” 

Students from Vaughn’s Robotics, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Rover Clubs hosted STEM workshops for local community colleges and high schools, including Bayside, Hillcrest, Freeport and Uniondale High Schools, St. Catharine Academy in the Bronx and Health, Arts, Robotics and Technology (H.A.R.T) High School in Cambria Heights. Students had the opportunity to learn about robotics design and autonomous programming, fly drones and practice their rover design and manufacturing process skills.