A Regional Photonics Initiative

区域光子学倡议

• 批准号: 0901172
• 负责人: Steven Dulmes
• 金额: $ 14.98万
• 依托单位: College of Lake County
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0901172&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Regional; Photonics; Initiative

This photonics project is the start of a three-phase initiative to develop a new photonics program that a) responds to regional employment shortages in this emerging field by training much-needed technicians, and b) produces graduates who choose to go on to receive more advanced degrees. Phase one adds a photonics option to the college's existing manufacturing offerings by instituting a Photonics Technician Certificate, creating a new optics laboratory, and exploring the local need for an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Photonics. Future phases will implement the AAS degree, extend the student recruitment effort, and pursue articulation agreements with four-year institutions. The project team applies lessons learned from an NSF S-STEM grant for student recruitment, and collaborates with the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) and the ATE program at Indian Hills Community College. This project: Develops new courses by adapting and field testing photonics curricula in collaboration with OP-TEC and local industry; Trains faculty in both content and teaching methods; Adapts existing strategies used by other ATE grantees, including those designed to equip all students with the mathematical ability to succeed; Collaborates with local manufacturers on an Industrial Advisory Board; Develops a local pipeline from high school to AAS degree to 4-year degree; Provides a replicable model of how to implement a new technical program in an emerging technology field in a systematic manner, including local partners.

这个光子学项目是开发一个新的光子学项目的三个阶段计划的开始，该计划a)通过培训急需的技术人员来应对这个新兴领域的区域就业短缺，b)培养选择继续接受更高学位的毕业生。第一阶段通过设立光子学技术员证书，创建一个新的光学实验室，并探索当地对应用科学（AAS）光子学学位的需求，为学院现有的制造产品增加了光子学选项。未来阶段将实施AAS学位，扩大招生工作，并寻求与四年制院校的衔接协议。该项目团队将从美国国家科学基金会S-STEM资助中吸取的经验教训用于学生招聘，并与国家光学和光子学教育中心（OP-TEC）和印度山社区学院的ATE项目合作。该项目：与OP-TEC和当地工业合作，通过调整和实地测试光子学课程来开发新课程；培训教师的教学内容和教学方法；调整其他ATE受助人使用的现有策略，包括旨在使所有学生具备数学能力以取得成功的策略；在工业咨询委员会上与当地制造商合作；开发从高中到AAS学位再到四年制学位的本地管道；提供一个可复制的模型，说明如何以系统的方式在新兴技术领域实施新的技术计划，包括当地的合作伙伴。