Unmanned Aircraft System operations Technician Education Program (UASTEP)

无人机系统操作技术员教育计划（UASTEP）

• 批准号: 1700552
• 负责人: Wing Cheung
• 金额: $ 79.89万
• 依托单位: Palomar 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: 2017-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Unmanned; Aircraft; System; operations; Technician

This ATE project is focused on developing educational and career pathways to prepare students to succeed as employees or entrepreneurs in the high growth unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or "drone" industry. Led by Palomar College in San Marcos, California in close collaboration with Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, this project will serve to educate technicians for the high growth UAS industry in close collaboration with industry partners and other academic institutions. Industry estimates project that the UAS industry will generate more than 100,000 jobs in various sectors, and generate economic impacts upward of $82 billion by 2025. California, and specifically San Diego, is home to the world's two leading UAS manufacturers and the demand is increasing for a workforce that specializes in the production of drone sensors, drone data analytics, and the development of UAS navigation technology for mapping and inspection applications. Because there is a lack of UAS educational programs, local colleges and universities have been urged to focus on UAS technology to preserve San Diego's leadership in the industry. In response to industry demand for qualified UAS technicians and the need for UAS educational programs, Palomar College and Southwestern College along with their many industrial and educational partners will develop new academic programs and educational pathways to prepare the next generation of UAS technicians.More specifically, this project brings together community college leaders in collaboration with partners from high school districts, universities, and various industry representatives to develop industry-specific UAS coursework. The project team will involve industry professionals and veteran experts to support curricular development, professional development for educators, student competency development, and outreach efforts. Students will be prepared with not only UAS knowledge and skills, but also business and workplace acumen. Summer academies will be hosted to excite underrepresented high school and college students about UAS educational and career pathways. This project will not only increase the number of skilled UAS technicians in the workforce, but also seeks to foster interest in UAS among faculty members and students from different disciplines. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will also be developed as part of this project and will enable broad dissemination about the safe and novel applications of UAS to both the public and technical professionals. Such dissemination has the potential to foster a responsible culture for UAS operations and building further excitement around UAS careers.

这个ATE项目的重点是开发教育和职业途径，为学生在高增长的无人机系统(UAS)或“无人机”行业成为成功的雇员或企业家做好准备。该项目由加利福尼亚州圣马科斯的帕洛玛学院牵头，与加利福尼亚州丘拉维斯塔的西南学院密切合作，将与行业合作伙伴和其他学术机构密切合作，为高增长的无人机行业培养技术人员。业内估计，到2025年，UAS行业将在各个行业创造超过10万个就业机会，并产生超过820亿美元的经济影响。加州，尤其是圣地亚哥，是世界上两家领先的无人机制造商的所在地，对专门生产无人机传感器、无人机数据分析以及为地图和检查应用开发无人机导航技术的劳动力的需求正在增加。由于缺乏UAS教育项目，当地的学院和大学被敦促专注于UAS技术，以保持圣地亚哥在该行业的领先地位。为了满足行业对合格UAS技术人员的需求和对UAS教育项目的需求，Palomar学院和西南学院将与他们的许多工业和教育合作伙伴一起开发新的学术项目和教育途径，以准备下一代UAS技术人员。更具体地说，该项目汇集了社区学院领导人与来自高中地区、大学和各种行业代表的合作伙伴，共同开发针对行业的UAS课程。该项目团队将包括行业专业人员和资深专家，以支持课程发展、教育工作者的专业发展、学生能力发展和外展工作。学生不仅要具备无人机的知识和技能，还要具备商业和工作的敏锐性。暑期学校将举办，以激发代表不足的高中生和大学生关于UAS教育和职业道路的兴奋。该项目不仅将增加劳动力中熟练的无人机技术人员的数量，还将寻求培养来自不同学科的教职员工和学生对无人机的兴趣。作为该项目的一部分，还将开发一个大型在线开放课程(MOOC)，使公众和技术专业人员能够广泛传播无人机的安全和新颖应用。这种传播有可能为无人机的运作培养一种负责任的文化，并围绕无人机事业建立进一步的兴奋。