Michigan Photonics and Lasers Technician Education and Training

密歇根光子学和激光技术人员教育和培训

• 批准号: 1304071
• 负责人: Anca Sala
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: Baker College of Flint
• 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: 2013-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1304071&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Michigan; Photonics; Lasers; Technician; Education

This project focuses on creating and implementing a Photonics and Lasers Technology Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program at Baker College of Flint. The new program, unique in Michigan, responds to a documented need for photonics technicians in the state, the Midwest region, and across the United States. The project consists of multiple activities including: developing new curricula, creating a well-equipped optics and photonics laboratory, training faculty to teach in the program, performing outreach activities to area high schools, and educating a first group of students to become photonics technicians. The project also offers opportunities for flexible training of employed technicians and displaced workers. The project leverages broad collaborative work between Baker College of Flint, the newly formed Mi-Light Michigan Photonics Cluster industry group, OP-TEC National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, and Indian Hills Community College. It creates an Associate level Photonics program that encompasses fundamental knowledge and skills in the discipline as well as recent photonics applications that are becoming widely used in diverse industries. The new AAS degree program creates a model that can be adopted by colleges interested in photonics nationwide. Results of the project will be disseminated to educational, industry and professional organizations to reach a wide audience. The project includes efforts to recruit underrepresented minorities and veterans to advanced technological education and training programs. The project supports the advancement of an economically depressed local area and the diversification of the Michigan economy as a whole.

该项目的重点是在弗林特贝克学院创建和实施应用科学（AAS）学位课程的光子学和激光技术副学士。新的计划，在密歇根州独特的，响应在国家，中西部地区，并在美国各地的光子技术人员的记录需要。该项目由多项活动组成，包括：开发新课程，创建设备齐全的光学和光子学实验室，培训教师在该计划中授课，对地区高中进行推广活动，并教育第一批学生成为光子学技术人员。该项目还为就业技术人员和失业工人提供灵活培训的机会。该项目利用了弗林特贝克学院，新成立的Mi-Light密歇根光子集群产业集团，OP-TEC国家光学和光子学教育中心和印第安山社区学院之间的广泛合作。它创建了一个准级光子学计划，包括该学科的基本知识和技能，以及最近在不同行业中广泛使用的光子学应用。新的AAS学位课程创建了一个可以被全国对光子学感兴趣的大学采用的模型。该项目的成果将分发给教育、工业和专业组织，以达到广泛的受众。该项目包括努力招募代表性不足的少数民族和退伍军人参加先进的技术教育和培训计划。该项目支持经济萧条的当地地区的发展和密歇根州经济的多样化。