An auto show filled with jaw-dropping vehicles, technology and presentations from some of the biggest people in the industry is coming to the Cobo Center in Detroit.  The North American International Auto Show will be hosting its eighth annual outing at the center where they will greet thousands upon thousands of interested onlookers.

The automotive industry, while it hasn’t lost its spot in the limelight (everyone wants a flashy car/truck), has lost some of its luster as a potential career choice.  With so much focus on business and other popular college degrees, the technical and often laborious professions sometimes get set aside by those in search of a rewarding career.

The show will go public from January 14 to January 21, with an initial media preview on the ninth and tenth.  On January 18 however, busloads of Southeast Michigan Students will have their chance to tour the show as a scheduled field trip.  The trip won’t be without its educational experiences and homework assignments, however the students will benefit from some hands-on offerings, live presentations and have the ability to interact and interview leading engineers and technicians who work in the field of automotive tech.

NAIAS Education Day Career Focus

Operating together, the school and the convention hope to instill some interest and further information into the automotive field as a feasible profession and have students get some solid information and understanding of what new technology has to offer in the career of an automotive tech.  You don’t just have to go into the field to work on vehicles; there are also designers, engineers and so much more.

“NAIAS 2012 Education Day promises to offer even more for those schools in attendance.  The event will be more customized as the experience will be based on the classes that are attending.  Young minds will have the opportunity to become further engaged by taking part in pre and post show lesson plans, brief tours hosted by experts in their fields of interest, taking part in hands-on activities, and attending fascinating career based presentations throughout the day,” according to the official brochure.

In an effort to help out the schools who wish to partake in the education day, NAIAS will be helping via offering bus grants to the first 100 registered for the day of learning.  Each will receive a generous $100 towards the cost of transportation for that day.

Novi High students and other high schools across the Southeast Michigan area will also be meeting up with reps from six different colleges which can benefit students looking to get more information on the career and the education behind it.  Those in attendance will be Michigan State, University of Michigan, Oakland University, Lawrence Technological University, Wayne State and the College for Creative Studies; although students also have other farther-reaching options across the country.