Collaborative Research/Workshop: Educational Needs and Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing; Arlington, Virginia; April 10-11, 2014

协作研究/研讨会：增材制造的教育需求和机会；

• 批准号: 1431566
• 负责人: Timothy Simpson
• 金额: $ 4.2万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 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: 2014-04-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1431566&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Workshop; Educational; Needs

This Collaborative Research award supports the conduct of a workshop to engage participants from academia, industry, and government in discussions related to preparing and enhancing the Additive Manufacturing (AM) workforce through novel educational partnerships. While several workshops have been held to discuss advances in AM technology and research, there has not yet been a dedicated workshop to address the gaps in the workforce's AM knowledgebase. The workforce's limited knowledge of the capabilities of AM technologies is a critical barrier to widespread AM adoption. The intellectual merit of the workshop lies in developing novel educational partnerships to prepare and enhance the AM workforce. The workshop will identify synergies between existing AM efforts (e.g., those by America Makes, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and American Society for Testing and Materials) and funding opportunities to realize new educational partnerships to prepare and enhance the AM workforce. Advancing the understanding, utilization, and adoption of Additive Manufacturing will require an interdisciplinary workforce that has the knowledgebase for synthesizing new materials, integrating advanced process controls, establishing quality control standards, and formulating new design and communication methodologies. The workshop will provide a strong foundation for preparing the workforce for the paradigm shift in design and production that is enabled through AM technology. By working with a variety of non-profit organizations and government agencies, the workshop will identify new ways to work effectively across a wide spectrum of educational needs--graduate, undergraduate, community colleges, technician training, industry practitioners--while harnessing the excitement of the Maker Movement and numerous K-12 outreach efforts involving 3D printing that are fueling the science, technology, engineering and mathematics career pipeline. The workshop organizers will leverage collaborations with America Makes (the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to disseminate workshop outcomes to students, faculty, and industry practitioners.

该协作研究奖支持了一个研讨会的举动，以吸引来自学术界，行业和政府的参与者进行与通过新颖的教育合作伙伴关系准备和增强添加剂制造（AM）劳动力有关的讨论。 尽管已经举行了几次研讨会来讨论AM技术和研究的进步，但尚未有一个专门的研讨会来解决劳动力AM知识基础的差距。 劳动力对AM技术能力的有限了解是广泛采用AM的关键障碍。 研讨会的智力优点在于建立新颖的教育伙伴关系来准备和增强AM劳动力。 该研讨会将确定现有的AM努力（例如，美国制造商，国家标准与技术研究所，美国测试和材料协会）和资金机会之间的协同作用，以实现新的教育合作伙伴关系，以准备和增强AM劳动力。 促进对添加剂制造的理解，利用和采用将需要一个跨学科的劳动力，该劳动力具有合成新材料，整合高级过程控制，建立质量控制标准以及制定新设计和通信方法的知识基础。 该研讨会将为准备通过AM技术实现的设计和生产范式的范围而为劳动力做准备。 通过与各种非营利组织和政府机构合作，该研讨会将确定新的方式来跨多种教育需求有效地工作 - 毕业生，本科生，社区学院，技术人员培训，行业从业人员 - 虽然利用了制造商运动的兴奋和众多的K-12外展工作，而涉及3D打印量，这些努力涉及3D打印的习惯。 研讨会组织者将利用与美国制造（国家添加剂制造创新研究所）和美国机械工程师协会的合作，向学生，教职员工和行业从业人员传播研讨会的成果。