In association with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University, NextFab Foundation is providing HCD curriculum development and STEM training for a consortium of high schools in Western Pennsylvania, with the objective to prepare graduates for placement in the region’s emerging technology workforce and/or matriculation to university. In addition, NextFab Foundation is providing training/re-skilling in advanced manufacturing for the legacy workforce throughout Western Pennsylvania’s small post-industrial communities, heretofore excluded from the broader regional development associated with energy and the advanced technology sectors.