Amping Up Today’s Electric Drive Automotive Education - AMPED Technology Certification: Advanced Modules in Powered Electric Drive Technology Certification

混合动力和电动汽车目前占美国所有上路车辆的总市场份额的10%。在过去的二十年里，该行业取得了显著的增长，不仅在电动汽车的数量上，而且在包括混合动力、全电动和插电式电动在内的各种发动机类型上也是如此。这种快速增长产生了对混合动力汽车(HEV)和电动汽车(EV)平台技术方面训练有素的汽车技术人员的需求。明尼苏达州立大学社区和技术学院将通过创建开放式教育资源(OER)和两个新的可堆叠证书来满足这一需求，这些证书将使在校学生、过去的毕业生和现有的行业技术人员能够提高他们诊断、服务、修复、更换和维护这些技术的知识和能力。该学院将创建两个新的学术证书，并招收汽车技术专业的应届学生和应届毕业生。这些证书代表了地区雇主一直在为其技术人员寻找的专业培训类型。明尼苏达州社区和技术学院将调整他们目前的课程，以应对地区培训的趋势，并通过创建开放教育资源使其更容易获得。该小组将与中西部技术和工业区教师协会(MTTIA)合作，向中学和中学后教师提供混合动力和电动插电式技术方面的培训。支持这些新证书的班级将在明尼苏达州立社区和技术学院开发，并将扩大到包括里弗兰学院，作为广泛传播的典范。该项目的设备包括一个125千瓦的充电站，将同时支持公共基础设施和学生培训。学生将以社区教育活动的形式组织基于社区的“骑行和驾驶”活动，使学生能够成为电动汽车革命的大使。评估计划将衡量该项目设计和传播符合行业需求的证书并为学生提供就业途径的能力。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注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优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Hybrid and electric vehicles currently represent 10 percent of the total market share of all vehicles on the road in the United States. The past twenty years have seen remarkable growth in this industry with expansion not only in the number of electric vehicles, but also the variety of engine types which include hybrid, fully electric, and plug-in electric. This rapid growth has created a need for trained automotive technicians in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV) platform technologies. Minnesota State Community and Technical College will meet this need by creating Open Educational Resources (OER) and two new stackable certificates that will enable current students, past graduates, and current industry technicians to advance their knowledge and capabilities to diagnose, service, repair, replace, and maintain these technologies. The college will create two new academic certificates and recruit current students and recent graduates from the Automotive Technology program. These certificates represent the kind of specialized training that regional employers have been seeking for their technicians.Minnesota State Community and Technical College will align their current program offerings to address trends in regional training and make them more accessible by creating Open Education Resources. In partnership with the Midwest Teachers of Technical and Industrial Areas (MTTIA), the team will provide training to secondary and post-secondary instructors in Hybrid and Electric Plug-In Technologies. The classes that support these new certificates will be developed at Minnesota State Community and Technical College and will be expanded to include Riverland College as a model for widespread dissemination. Equipment from this program includes a 125-kilowatt capable charging station that will simultaneously support public infrastructure and student training. Community based “Ride and Drive” events will be organized by students as community-based education events that will empower students to become ambassadors for the electric car revolution. An evaluation plan will measure the project’s ability to design and disseminate certificates that meet the needs of industry and provide a path to employment for students. 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.