Wearing a black virtual-reality helmet, with a small television screen inside to see what he was doing with his hands, Greg Arty of Waukegan received a lesson in stick welding at the College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center. “It’s pretty cool,” he said. “I’ve never done anything like this before.” Ivan Barrera works on a project at the College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center.
He plans to earn his associate degree this spring, and plans to study engineering at a four-year university. “I’m troubleshooting by stopping the motor to find out what is wrong with the system so I can fix it,” Barrera said, as he used a laptop computer sitting at a table with engines and tools. A student works in the Industrial Technology classroom at the College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center.