Logistics Engineering Technology Work Study (LETWS)

物流工程技术工作研究（LETWS）

• 批准号: 1700520
• 负责人: Jeremy Banta
• 金额: $ 68.79万
• 依托单位: Columbus State Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-15 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700520&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Logistics; Engineering; Technology; Work; Study

An increasing demand in the nation's supply chain sector exists for highly-skilled workers to manage advanced technologies for operations management, tracking, inventory, and distribution of goods. To address this demand, Columbus State Community College (CSCC) will collaborate with universities, high schools, and regional employers to educate next-generation technicians to work in logistics industries. The project will expand CSCC's associate degree program in Logistics Engineering Technology (LET) to add a work study component with paid industrial learning experiences for students. New laboratory demonstrations will be developed and implemented in the curriculum to strengthen students' experience with the type of state-of-the art equipment used in the Central Ohio logistics industry. Thus, students will combine knowledge from classroom demonstrations with worksite applications so that they can move seamlessly into real work environments. The project will create a process for adult learners, particularly under-employed existing workers or military veterans, to formally recognize and apply previous training or experience toward the associate degree. Specific outreach to underserved and underrepresented groups will ensure that a diverse set of students are recruited and retained in the program. Summer programs will also be conducted to engage high school students in logistics technologies. This project will help build a diverse technician workforce in logistics engineering and strengthen this important high-growth sector of the nation's economy.The LET curriculum will combine technology applications (e.g. programming, data mining, and simulation modeling) with engineering systems (e.g. automation systems, controls, stochastic processes, computer-aided design, electro-mechanical and industrial engineering), with supply chain principles. The intellectual merit contributions of the project will be creation of educational pathways that add: 1) A paid real-world experiential learning component that leverages a proven work study model and adapts it to the growing regional logistics industry. During students' second academic year in the program, they will take classes two days per week and learn on-the-job the remaining three days. 2) An innovative laboratory with an automated work cell to simulate a smart conveyer used in regional companies. The system will contain a flat belt conveyor and chip belt conveyer controlled by a mechanical drive learning system to give students experience installing, operating, and maintaining the technologies used in industry. 3) A bridge program to address the needs of adult learners, especially the unemployed, under-employed incumbent worker, and military veterans, and that includes assessments of prior learning, a formalized process to recognize past training, and learning modules to help reintegrate these learners into higher education. A Work-Study Summer Institute for high school seniors will also be created, in which participants earn a stipend during an intensive one-week introduction to logistics engineering technology. The project outcomes will be extensively evaluated and disseminated to a national audience for replication.

国家供应链部门对高技能工人的需求日益增加，以管理先进的运营管理，跟踪，库存和货物分销技术。为了满足这一需求，哥伦布州立社区学院（CSCC）将与大学、高中和地区雇主合作，教育下一代技术人员在物流行业工作。该项目将扩大CSCC的物流工程技术（LET）副学士学位课程，为学生增加一个带薪工业学习经验的工作学习部分。新的实验室演示将在课程中开发和实施，以加强学生对俄亥俄州中部物流行业使用的最先进设备的体验。因此，学生将结合联合收割机知识，从课堂演示与现场应用程序，使他们能够无缝地进入真实的工作环境。该项目将为成人学习者，特别是就业不足的现有工人或退伍军人，创造一个正式承认和应用以前的培训或经验对副学士学位的过程。对服务不足和代表性不足的群体的具体宣传将确保在该计划中招募和保留多样化的学生。还将举办暑期课程，让高中生参与物流技术。该项目将帮助建立一个多元化的技术人员队伍在物流工程和加强国家经济的这一重要的高增长部门。LET课程将结合联合收割机技术应用（例如编程，数据挖掘和仿真建模）与工程系统（例如自动化系统，控制，随机过程，计算机辅助设计，机电和工业工程），与供应链原则。该项目的智力价值贡献将是创造教育途径，增加：1）一个付费的现实世界的体验式学习组件，利用经过验证的工作学习模型，并使其适应不断增长的区域物流业。在该项目的第二学年，学生每周上课两天，其余三天在工作岗位上学习。2)一个创新的实验室，配备自动化工作单元，模拟区域公司使用的智能输送机。该系统将包含由机械驱动学习系统控制的平带式输送机和芯片带式输送机，让学生体验安装，操作和维护工业中使用的技术。3)一个桥梁方案，以解决成人学习者的需求，特别是失业，就业不足的在职工人，退伍军人，其中包括以前的学习评估，正规化的过程，以承认过去的培训，学习模块，以帮助这些学习者重新融入高等教育。还将为高中高年级学生创建一个勤工俭学暑期研究所，参与者在为期一周的物流工程技术密集介绍中获得津贴。将对项目成果进行广泛评价，并向全国宣传推广。