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.

该合作研究奖支持举办研讨会，让来自学术界、工业界和政府的参与者参与讨论，通过新颖的教育合作伙伴关系，准备和增强增材制造（AM）劳动力。虽然已经举行了几次研讨会来讨论增材制造技术和研究的进展，但还没有一个专门的研讨会来解决劳动力增材制造知识库中的差距。劳动力对增材制造技术能力的有限知识是广泛采用增材制造的关键障碍。研讨会的智力价值在于发展新的教育伙伴关系，以准备和提高AM劳动力。研讨会将确定现有AM工作之间的协同作用（例如，美国制造，国家标准与技术研究所和美国测试与材料协会的工作）以及实现新的教育伙伴关系的资助机会，以准备和增强AM劳动力。推进对增材制造的理解、利用和采用将需要一支跨学科的劳动力队伍，他们拥有合成新材料的知识库，整合先进的过程控制，建立质量控制标准，制定新的设计和沟通方法。该研讨会将为通过增材制造技术实现设计和生产范式转变的劳动力准备提供坚实的基础。通过与各种非营利组织和政府机构合作，研讨会将确定新的方法，在广泛的教育需求中有效地工作-研究生，本科生，社区学院，技术人员培训，行业从业者-同时利用创客运动的兴奋和众多K-12外展工作，涉及3D打印，为科学，技术，工程和数学职业管道提供动力。研讨会组织者将利用与美国制造（国家增材制造创新研究所）和美国机械工程师协会的合作，向学生、教师和行业从业者传播研讨会成果。