Smart Advanced Manufacturing Education in the Silicon Valley

硅谷智能先进制造教育

• 批准号: 1902339
• 负责人: Rose-Margaret Itua
• 金额: $ 54.3万
• 依托单位: Ohlone Community College District
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1902339&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Smart; Advanced; Manufacturing; Education; Silicon

A growing number of U.S. companies are finding ways to automate and control how they manufacture products using digital, or "smart," technologies. This manufacturing trend has created an unmet demand for well-qualified technicians in the Silicon Valley region of California. To help address this need, Ohlone College will develop a program in smart advanced manufacturing that offers new courses, certificates, and an associate degree. The program will include pathways and supports for students who might need more help building their math skills. This structure will also be used to help encourage and retain more students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. The program will create learning communities with student cohorts and include internships opportunities that allow students to connect their classroom learning to the technical skills needed for the workplace. The project team will work closely with local industries and organizations to design the program and courses to make sure the necessary workforce skills are included. The project will also expose high school students to advanced manufacturing projects and careers. It is expected that these efforts will help to increase the number of qualified technicians for the smart advanced manufacturing workforce.This project aims to develop and certify a new program that includes seven new courses, a Certificate of Achievement, and an associate degree in smart advanced manufacturing. The associate degree will have concentrations in the "Internet of Things," Automation & Fabrication, and Prototyping. The program will be designed in collaboration with local manufacturing industries and will feature highly-supported pathways with defined on-ramps aligned with the incoming students' level of preparation. Students will progress through the courses and degree pathways in a block-scheduled, cohort-based learning community that has wraparound academic and social support. This wraparound support will emphasize elements such as study skills development, field trips to industry sites, cohort meetings, and team-building activities. Experiential learning will be integrated into the degree program through internships in a three-credit Work-Based Project course that students will take after they complete their first year of coursework. Outreach to increase the interest of high school students in advanced manufacturing careers will include hands-on projects, design challenges, and demonstrations of techniques and new technologies. Project results, course materials, and best practices will be widely disseminated, including to the Bay Area Community College Consortium and regional hubs in the STEM Core Alliance of the Growth Sector non-profit. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

越来越多的美国公司正在寻找使用数字或“智能”技术自动化和控制产品制造的方法。这种制造业的发展趋势使加州硅谷地区对合格技术人员的需求无法满足。为了帮助满足这一需求，Ohlone College将开发一个智能先进制造项目，提供新的课程，证书和副学士学位。该计划将包括途径和支持学生谁可能需要更多的帮助建立他们的数学技能。这一结构也将用来帮助鼓励和留住更多的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的学生。该计划将与学生群体建立学习社区，并包括实习机会，使学生能够将课堂学习与工作场所所需的技术技能联系起来。项目团队将与当地行业和组织密切合作，设计项目和课程，以确保包括必要的劳动力技能。该项目还将使高中生接触先进的制造项目和职业。预计这些努力将有助于增加智能先进制造劳动力的合格技术人员数量。该项目旨在开发和认证一个新的计划，包括七个新课程，成就证书和智能先进制造副学士学位。副学士学位将集中在“物联网”，自动化制造和原型。该计划将与当地制造业合作设计，并将以高度支持的途径为特色，并根据即将入学的学生的准备水平确定入口坡道。学生将通过课程和学位途径在一个块计划，队列为基础的学习社区，具有概括性的学术和社会支持的进展。这种概括性的支持将强调学习技能发展，实地考察行业网站，队列会议和团队建设活动等要素。体验式学习将通过三学分的基于工作的项目课程实习整合到学位课程中，学生将在完成第一年的课程后参加。提高高中生对先进制造业职业兴趣的外联活动将包括动手项目，设计挑战以及技术和新技术的演示。项目成果、课程材料和最佳实践将被广泛传播，包括湾区社区学院联盟和STEM增长部门非营利核心联盟的区域中心。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。