Enhancing Design and Construction Technology Education Through the Context of Mass Timber

通过大量木材加强设计和施工技术教育

• 批准号: 2203123
• 负责人: George Berghorn
• 金额: $ 64.81万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 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 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2203123&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Design; Construction; Technology; Education

This project aims to serve the national interest by creating a national standard design and construction curriculum for mass timber. Mass timber, a broad term for a variety of engineered wood building materials, is an emerging construction technology in the US with up to 2,500 mass timber buildings expected to exist in the US by 2023, supported by an expected architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) workforce of over 90,000 technicians by 2029. Much of the interest in increasing use of mass timber stems from the materials’ enhanced sustainability performance via carbon storage and avoided emissions from conventional building materials, as well as from potential construction time and cost savings associated with substituting mass timber for other common building materials. But several industry, government, and academic sources have suggested that greater adoption of mass timber in the United States is limited by a lack of focus on workforce education. This project will create new opportunities for technician-level students in postsecondary AEC educational programs acquire knowledge and skills in mass timber design and construction. This content will be developed as a series of modules that can be readily integrated into academic programs, facilitating uptake by a national audience.The project will prepare students to move into technician-level design and construction careers that include the pursuit and execution of mass timber projects. The specific components and activities to be developed through this project will be determined through interaction and collaboration with AEC industry. Previous data collection efforts have indicated that modular curriculum frameworks and virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) environments are in high demand among AEC faculty members for both students and faculty lacking access to nearby mass timber buildings. This project will benefit the AEC industry and broader society by providing a trained workforce for mass timber design and construction in the United States. Efforts to maximize uptake of curricular products by faculty include the creation of a faculty community of practice and inclusion into the project leadership team diverse representatives from a variety of institution types (2-year schools, 4-year schools, and minority serving institutions) from across the country into the project leadership team. By partnering with schools that have strong high school outreach programs and diverse student bodies, the team expects to serve a greater cross section of students and faculty than are traditionally part of AEC programs. 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.

该项目旨在通过为大量木材创建国家标准设计和施工课程来服务于国家利益。大规模木材是各种工程木材建筑材料的广义术语，是美国的一种新兴建筑技术，预计到2023年，美国将有多达2，500座大规模木材建筑，到2029年，预计建筑，工程和建筑（AEC）的劳动力将超过90，000名技术人员。人们对增加使用大量木材的兴趣主要来自于材料通过碳储存增强的可持续性性能和避免传统建筑材料的排放，以及与用大量木材替代其他常见建筑材料相关的潜在施工时间和成本节约。但一些行业、政府和学术界的消息来源表明，由于缺乏对劳动力教育的关注，美国对大规模木材的更多采用受到限制。该项目将为AEC教育项目中的技术人员级别学生创造新的机会，获得大规模木材设计和施工方面的知识和技能。该项目的内容将被开发为一系列模块，这些模块可以很容易地集成到学术课程中，促进全国观众的吸收。该项目将为学生进入技术人员级别的设计和施工职业做好准备，其中包括追求和执行大规模木材项目。将通过与原子能委员会行业的互动和合作来确定通过该项目开发的具体组成部分和活动。以前的数据收集工作表明，模块化课程框架和虚拟和增强现实（VR/AR）环境在AEC教师中的需求很高，因为学生和教师都无法进入附近的大型木材建筑。该项目将通过为美国的大规模木材设计和建筑提供训练有素的劳动力，使AEC行业和更广泛的社会受益。努力最大限度地吸收课程产品的教师包括实践和包容到项目领导团队的教师社区的创建不同的代表从各种机构类型（2年制学校，4年制学校和少数民族服务机构）从全国各地到项目领导团队。通过与拥有强大的高中外展计划和多样化学生团体的学校合作，该团队希望为学生和教师提供比传统AEC计划更广泛的服务。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。