People with Disabilities Achieving Career Employment (PACE)

匹兹堡大学的人类工程研究实验室和Hiram G. Andrews职业培训中心正在合作开展一项名为残疾人实现职业就业（PACE）的国家科学基金会先进技术教育（ATE）项目。PACE将为退伍军人和残疾人提供先进制造业证书培训和就业机会。该项目主要针对有骨科和认知障碍的个人。通过为退伍军人和残疾人创造充分参与先进制造、教育和工作场所领域的机会，该项目有可能提供显著的社会效益。先进制造业是国民经济发展的重要领域。目前，先进制造企业很难找到具备相应技能的初级员工。退伍军人和残疾人有可能在先进制造业找到有意义的工作，但由于缺乏适合退伍军人和残疾人的培训计划和工作场所设施，这一目标无法实现。退伍军人和残疾人对先进制造业劳动力的贡献不仅有利于他们个人，也有利于整个社会。PACE项目将与广泛的行业、学术和倡导专家合作，设计、开发和提供为先进制造领域的退伍军人和残疾人量身定制的教学和体验式培训课程。该项目将为学术机构和行业提供指导，以制定适合退伍军人和残疾人的先进制造计划。项目目标包括提供先进的制造课程，并将其整合到学分证书课程中。这些证书是：国家金属加工技能协会（NIMS）认证加工1级，加工2级和制造工程师协会（SME）增材制造证书。PACE还将为教育和工业设计和传播专业发展材料和指南，以便在先进制造业中纳入退伍军人和残疾人并为其提供便利。PACE的研究成果将对教育课程、工程教育、工程公共政策和包容性领域的知识进步做出重大贡献。项目评估工作包括设计一个基于标准的评估工具，以审查通过这项工作开发的项目特征。此外，将编制利益相关者的看法，包括分析从合作伙伴和参与者收集的定性数据。评估设计包括开发具有潜在广泛用途的类似程序的调查工具。关于形成性数据的发现将有助于记录项目修改的需要，并提供见解，帮助将项目创新传播给其他感兴趣的群体。

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh and the Hiram G. Andrews Vocational Training Center are partnering to conduct an NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project entitled People with Disabilities Achieving Career Employment (PACE). PACE will extend advanced manufacturing certificate training and employment opportunities to veterans and people with disabilities. The project focuses on individuals with orthopedic and cognitive impairments. This project has the potential to provide significant societal benefits by creating opportunities for veterans and people with disabilities to become full participants in the advanced manufacturing educational and workplace arenas. Advanced manufacturing is an area of critical importance to the national economy. Currently, advanced manufacturing industries are reporting difficulties in finding entry-level employees with appropriate skills. Veterans and people with disabilities have the potential to obtain meaningful employment in advanced manufacturing, but the lack of training programs and workplace facilities that are accommodating to veterans and people with disabilities keep this from being a reality. The contribution of veterans and people with disabilities to the advanced manufacturing workforce benefits not only those individuals, but also society as a whole. The PACE program will work with a broad range of industry, academic and advocacy experts to design, develop, and deliver didactic and experiential training curricula tailored to veterans and people with disabilities in the advanced manufacturing field. The project will provide guidance to academic institutions and industry on making their advanced manufacturing programs accommodating to veterans and people with disabilities. Project goals include delivering an advanced manufacturing curriculum that is integrated into for-credit certificate programs. The certificates are: National Institute for Metalworking Skill (NIMS) Certified Machining Level 1, Machining Level 2, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Additive Manufacturing Certificate. PACE will also design and disseminate professional development materials and guidelines for education and industry for inclusion of and accommodations of veterans and people with disabilities in advanced manufacturing. Findings from PACE will contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge in the areas of educational curricula, engineering education, engineering public policy, and inclusiveness. The project evaluation work includes design of a criteria-based evaluation instrument to review the program characteristics developed through this work. In addition, stakeholder perceptions will be compiled including analysis of the qualitative data gathered from partners and participants. Evaluation design includes the development of survey instruments of potential broad use by similar programs. Findings regarding formative data will serve to document the need for program modifications and provide insights to help disseminate the project innovations to other interested groups.