At SolidProfessor, we talk to engineers, designers, and manufacturers every day who navigate the gap between what they learned in school and what their jobs demand. GD&T — Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing — comes up a lot. It’s one of those skills that’s critical to the job but often undertaught in formal education.
Now, a research team from Purdue University, UNC Charlotte, and Murray State University is digging into that gap with hard data, and they need input from people in the field to do it right.
The team — led by Dr. Rustin Webster (Purdue), Dr. Jaime Berez (UNC Charlotte), and Dr. Rudy Ottway (Murray State) — has launched a short industry survey examining current practices and workforce needs related to dimensioning and tolerancing across multiple industries. The goal: to understand where education and training are falling short and use those findings to improve how GD&T is taught and developed at every level.
If you work in manufacturing, engineering, or a related field, your experience is exactly what this research needs. The survey takes just a few minutes, and your responses will directly shape future training and workforce development efforts.
Click here to complete the survey
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