Collaborative Research: Development of a Sophomore-Level Course "Introduction of Renewable Energy Manufacturing" and Faculty Expertise

合作研究：开发大二课程“可再生能源制造概论”和教师专业知识

• 批准号: 1245420
• 负责人: Bradley Kramer
• 金额: $ 8.84万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-01 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Development; Sophomore; Level

The project is to develop, assess, revise, and disseminate a sophomore-level course, "Introduction of Renewable Energy Manufacturing," and to develop faculty expertise in teaching the course. Project tasks include: (1) draft the textbook for the course and publish it though a self-publishing company; (2) develop lab modules; (3) draft the lab manual and publish it though a self-publishing company; (4) establish a website that contains links to relevant YouTube videos and homework assignments; (5) develop assessment questions for students; (6) visit related manufacturing companies and national renewable energy labs; (7) teach the course at three institutions and conduct both informative and summative assessments; (8) analyze assessment results; (9) revise the draft textbook and lab manual based on assessment results; (10) submit revised textbook and lab manual to a regular publisher; and (11) publish journal and conference papers and make presentations to disseminate findings.The proposed work will have significant impacts on training the nation's future workforce in renewable energy manufacturing. Such a workforce is critical for the U.S. to secure its global leadership in the renewable energy industry. This will greatly benefit the U.S. economy, energy security, environment, and society in general. The collaborative work among the three institutions, one of which is a HBCU, will broaden participation and promote diversity in STEM education.

该项目旨在开发、评估、修改和传播一门二年级水平的课程--“可再生能源制造导论”，并培养教授该课程的教师专业知识。项目任务包括：(1)起草课程教科书并通过自助出版公司出版；(2)开发实验模块；(3)起草实验手册并通过自助出版公司出版；(4)建立一个网站，包含相关YouTube视频和家庭作业的链接；(5)为学生开发评估问题；(6)访问相关制造公司和国家可再生能源实验室；(7)在三个机构教授课程，并进行信息性和终结性评估；(8)分析评估结果；(9)根据评估结果修改教科书和实验手册草案；(10)向定期出版商提交修订后的教科书和实验手册；(11)出版期刊和会议论文，并发表报告以传播发现。拟议的工作将对国家未来可再生能源制造劳动力的培训产生重大影响。这样的劳动力对美国确保其在可再生能源行业的全球领导地位至关重要。这将极大地有利于美国的经济、能源安全、环境和整个社会。三个机构之间的合作，其中一个是HBCU，将扩大参与，促进STEM教育的多样性。