Preparing Students for the Industry 4.0 Technician Workforce

帮助学生为工业 4.0 技术人员队伍做好准备

• 批准号: 2202007
• 负责人: Edward Garner
• 金额: $ 52.08万
• 依托单位: Wake Technical Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2202007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Students; Industry; 4.0; Technician

Manufacturers are implementing new Industry 4.0 technologies to improve the performance of their production systems and supply chain. Highly skilled technicians are essential for designing, programming, and maintaining software and hardware used in these technologies. Technical education programs need to keep pace with the new technologies that students will encounter when they enter the workforce. This project will develop an Industry 4.0 hands-on training program to prepare students in five technology degree programs for multiple career pathways. Students will learn skills that cut across multiple disciplines such as troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and project management. The project team will conduct an industry survey to determine what skills are needed in an Industry 4.0 environment. Based on the survey results, a set of six technology courses will be revised to create a new certificate program with industry certifications. A new Industry 4.0 laboratory will be developed to provide hands-on training on Industry 4.0 technologies. The project team will implement best practices in recruiting strategies for students from traditionally underrepresented groups to broaden participation in the technical workforce. The project goals are to: (1) identify skills needed for Industry 4.0 in collaboration with industry and existing ATE centers, (2) revise six courses across multiple degree programs to create a new certificate program, and (3) increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in five technician degree programs. The project team will collect data from industry in the region and two ATE centers using a skills survey that is focused on Industry 4.0 technologies. Survey results will be used to identify new skills requirements and revise six courses used in multiple degree programs, namely, Programmable Logic Controllers, Environmental Health and Safety, Introduction to Mechatronics, Circuit Analysis, Introduction to Maintenance Procedures, and Bioprocess Equipment Maintenance. A new Industry 4.0 certificate program will be created using this set of courses. An Industry 4.0 laboratory will be developed with input from industry and two ATE centers. The laboratory will provide hands-on learning experiences for students with multiple automation stations that include the sensors, actuators, and controller necessary for automating a process. The project team will implement effective advising strategies for recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented groups. The survey results, curriculum, and educational materials from this project will be disseminated across the North Carolina Community College System and at national technical education conferences. 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.

制造商正在实施新的工业4.0技术，以提高其生产系统和供应链的性能。高技能的技术人员对于这些技术中使用的软件和硬件的设计、编程和维护至关重要。技术教育项目需要跟上学生进入劳动力市场时将遇到的新技术的步伐。该项目将开发一个工业4.0实践培训计划，为五个技术学位课程的学生提供多种职业道路。学生将学习跨越多个学科的技能，如故障排除、预防性维护和项目管理。项目团队将进行一项行业调查，以确定在工业4.0环境中需要哪些技能。根据调查结果，将修改一套六门技术课程，以创建一个新的具有行业认证的证书课程。将开发一个新的工业4.0实验室，提供工业4.0技术的实践培训。项目团队将在为传统上代表性不足的群体的学生招聘战略方面实施最佳实践，以扩大技术劳动力的参与。该项目的目标是：(1)与行业和现有的ATE中心合作，确定工业4.0所需的技能；(2)修改多个学位项目的六门课程，以创建新的证书项目；(3)增加五个技术学位项目中代表性不足群体的学生人数。项目团队将通过一项以工业4.0技术为重点的技能调查，从该地区的工业和两个ATE中心收集数据。调查结果将用于确定新的技能要求，并修订多个学位课程中使用的六门课程，即可编程逻辑控制器、环境健康与安全、机电一体化导论、电路分析、维护程序导论和生物工艺设备维护。一个新的工业4.0证书课程将使用这组课程创建。一个工业4.0实验室将在工业界和两个ATE中心的投入下发展。该实验室将为学生提供多个自动化工作站的实践学习经验，包括自动化过程所需的传感器、执行器和控制器。项目团队将实施有效的咨询策略，从代表性不足的群体中招募和留住学生。该项目的调查结果、课程和教育材料将在北卡罗莱纳社区学院系统和全国技术教育会议上传播。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。