ATE Advanced Aerospace Welding (AAW)

芒特韦斯特社区和技术学院（MCTC）将与罗伯特C。伯德研究所（RCBI）在马歇尔大学实施一个项目，旨在振兴一个陷入困境的地区经济，以前依赖于煤炭工业。MCTC和RCBI建议通过设计和实施包括航空航天焊接技能的课程来扩展现有的焊接技术人员计划。该项目的活动将包括一个全面的努力，创造灵活的学习选择在制造业计划，加强学生的支持，并解决女性和服务不足的学生代表性不足。计划的改进不仅将加强航空维修教育，还将使该计划更好地满足肯塔基州、俄亥俄州和西弗吉尼亚州三州制造业雇主的劳动力需求。该项目将追求以下目标：1）加强MCTC/RCBI的焊接技术计划，以包括可堆叠的证书，包括航空航天焊接技能，2）设计新的模块化课程，增加最新设备，以满足教学需要，并使学生为该地区不断发展的航空航天工业做好准备，3）提供更好的支持服务和职业学习经验，以帮助学生，特别是妇女和那些得不到充分服务的学生，实现他们的大学目标，并满足该地区的制造业雇主的需求，和4）与K-12，大学和雇主合作，创造强大的职业道路，有记录的进入/退出点，并通过衔接协议和一致的技能组合的支持。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。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。

Mountwest Community and Technical College (MCTC) will partner with the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University to implement a project aimed at revitalizing an ailing regional economy that was previously dependent on the coal industry. MCTC and RCBI propose to expand the existing welding technician program by designing and implementing a curriculum that includes a skillset in aerospace welding. The project activities will include a comprehensive effort to create flexible learning options within manufacturing programs, strengthen student support, and address underrepresentation of female and underserved students. Program improvements will not only strengthen aviation maintenance education but also position the program to better meet workforce needs of employers across the tri-state manufacturing sector of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.The project will pursue the following objectives: 1) enhance MCTC/RCBI’s Welding Technology program to include stackable credentials, including a skillset in aerospace welding, 2) design of a new modular curriculum and the addition of up-to-date equipment to meet instructional needs and prepare students to contribute to the region’s growing aerospace industry, 3) provide enhanced support services and career-learning experiences in order to help students, especially women and those who are underserved, attain their college goals and meet the needs of the region's manufacturing employers, and 4) work with the K-12, universities, and employers to create robust career pathways that have documented entry/exit points and are supported by articulation agreements and aligned skill sets. 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.