Enhancing Aviation Maintenance Technician Training with Nondestructive Testing Skills

加强航空维修技术人员无损检测技能培训

• 批准号: 2100113
• 负责人: Robert Crognale
• 金额: $ 52.94万
• 依托单位: Florida State College at Jacksonville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Aviation; Maintenance; Technician; Training

Nondestructive Testing (NDT) is used to detect and evaluate defects in materials without damaging the object being tested. In this way, NDT can be used to ensure the functionality of objects across their period of service. The NDT industry is expected to grow substantially over the next few years, driving an increasing industry demand for technicians with the knowledge and skills needed to perform NDT. A need for more NDT technicians already exists within Northeast Florida’s aviation manufacturing industry. However, local college education programs are not available to help meet this need. This project aims to establish a new career pathway in NDT for students and incumbent workers. It will do so by developing a new NDT certificate program within the current Aviation Maintenance Technology associate degree program at Florida State College at Jacksonville. To support the certificate program, the project will create a new NDT learning lab equipped with training equipment so that students can learn how to use different types of NDT methods. A set of NDT lab exercises will be developed for outreach activities, such as high school visits and summer camps, designed to increase the number of students in the certificate program. These outreach efforts will focus on reaching students from communities that are underrepresented in the aviation maintenance workforce. The project is expected to provide the aviation industry with workforce-ready technicians while broadening participation in the technical workforce.Based on recommendations from aviation industry partners, the college will develop a program to prepare students for American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) NDT Level I certification. It will develop the NDT program with guidance from a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) that includes members from the aviation industry and academic institutions. The project anticipates developing a set of five courses covering the common NDT techniques of magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, and visual inspection. The courses will use an inquiry-based learning model based on the 5E learning cycle, Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Extend. A new NDT learning lab will serve as an educational training center for faculty and students and will include NDT equipment needed for inspection techniques covered in the ASNT Level I certification. Outreach activities will be conducted at participating high schools to introduce students to NDT technology, to describe career opportunities available in aviation technology, and to share profiles of high school and college students from diverse populations who are employed in the aviation technology industry. The impact of the project activities on student enrollment and retention will be assessed using institutional data including demographics, student enrollment in courses, and student retention rate. 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.

无损检测（NDT）用于检测和评估材料的缺陷，而不损坏被检测对象。通过这种方式，无损检测可以用于确保对象在其服务期间的功能。NDT行业预计将在未来几年内大幅增长，推动行业对具有执行NDT所需知识和技能的技术人员的需求不断增加。佛罗里达州东北部的航空制造业已经需要更多的无损检测技术人员。然而，当地的大学教育项目无法满足这一需求。本项目旨在为学生和在职工作者建立新的无损检测职业道路。它将通过在杰克逊维尔佛罗里达州立学院目前的航空维修技术副学士课程中开发新的无损检测证书课程来实现这一目标。为了支持证书课程，该项目将建立一个新的无损检测学习实验室，配备培训设备，以便学生学习如何使用不同类型的无损检测方法。将为拓展活动开发一套无损检测实验室练习，例如高中访问和夏令营，旨在增加证书课程的学生人数。这些外联工作将侧重于接触在航空维修劳动力中代表性不足的社区的学生。该项目预计将为航空业提供准备就绪的技术人员，同时扩大技术劳动力的参与。根据航空业合作伙伴的建议，学院将制定一个计划，为学生准备美国无损检测协会（ASNT） NDT I级认证。它将在商业和工业领导团队（BILT）的指导下开发无损检测计划，该团队包括来自航空业和学术机构的成员。该项目预计将开发一套五门课程，涵盖磁粉、液体渗透、电磁、超声波和目视检测等常见无损检测技术。课程将采用基于5E学习周期的探究式学习模式，即参与、探索、解释、评估和扩展。一个新的无损检测学习实验室将作为教师和学生的教育培训中心，并将包括ASNT I级认证所涵盖的检测技术所需的无损检测设备。将在参与的高中开展外展活动，向学生介绍无损检测技术，描述航空技术领域的就业机会，并分享在航空技术行业就业的来自不同人群的高中生和大学生的简介。项目活动对学生入学和保留的影响将使用机构数据进行评估，包括人口统计、课程学生注册和学生保留率。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。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。