NSF ATE: Saint Paul College Science Instrumentation Collaborative

NSF ATE：圣保罗学院科学仪器合作组织

• 批准号: 1361567
• 负责人: Travis Mills
• 金额: $ 19.97万
• 依托单位: Saint Paul College-A community & Technical College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1361567&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; ATE; Saint; Paul; College

Saint Paul College's (SPC) Advanced Technological Education project provides students with cutting-edge scientific technician training in collaboration with the scientific community. Industry partners support development of curriculum, provide internship placements and have access to high-tech caollege facilities. SPC houses an instrumentation lab including a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR), and class 1000 clean room. The project increases the number of highly trained technicians to support workforce demand and connects local businesses to high-tech facilities of the college. SPC demonstrates success through an established and growing for-credit stackable Science Instrumentation Technician program with at least 24 students enrolled each semester. The program offers for-credit problem-based internships with mentor guidance from industry professionals and at least five industry partners are using the high-tech instrumentation center and class 1000 clean room facilities on a regular basis. Intellectual merit is provided through collaboration of the principal investigator and industry partners led by a Technical Program Advisory Committee. The broader impact is realized as SPC produces graduates that meet the needs of the workforce in chemical technology and science instrumentation fields. SPC achieves regional impact as a high-tech provider of working instrumentation laboratory equipment and facilities. This work furthers the goal of the Minnesota Legislature to create a corridor of high-tech industry between the metropolitan areas of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

圣保罗学院（SPC）的先进技术教育项目为学生提供与科学界合作的尖端科学技术人员培训。行业合作伙伴支持课程的开发，提供实习机会，并可以使用高科技的教学设施。SPC设有仪器实验室，包括扫描电子显微镜（SEM），原子力显微镜（AFM），傅立叶变换红外光谱仪（FTIR）和1000级洁净室。该项目增加了训练有素的技术人员的数量，以支持劳动力需求，并将当地企业与学院的高科技设施联系起来。SPC通过建立和不断增长的可堆叠科学仪器技术员计划展示了成功，每学期至少有24名学生入学。该计划提供基于学分的问题实习，由行业专业人士提供导师指导，至少有五个行业合作伙伴定期使用高科技仪器中心和1000级洁净室设施。通过技术项目咨询委员会领导的主要研究者和行业合作伙伴的合作来提供智力价值。更广泛的影响是实现作为SPC生产的毕业生，满足劳动力在化学技术和科学仪器领域的需求。SPC作为工作仪器实验室设备和设施的高科技供应商，实现了区域影响。这项工作进一步推动了明尼苏达州立法机构的目标，即在明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗的大都市区之间建立一条高科技产业走廊。