RET Site: Interdisciplinary Additive Manufacturing Research Experience for Teachers (IAM-RET)

RET 网站：教师跨学科增材制造研究体验 (IAM-RET)

• 批准号: 2206986
• 负责人: Joy Gockel
• 金额: $ 59.99万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 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: 2022-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2206986&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Interdisciplinary; Additive; Manufacturing

The Interdisciplinary Additive Manufacturing Research Experience for Teachers (IAM-RET) Site at Colorado School of Mines (Mines) will prepare high school teachers to integrate additive manufacturing into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum. This 3-year project will work with 30 teachers, providing mentorship by Mines faculty and graduate student researchers and professional development opportunities. The experiences will provide teachers the knowledge and experience to educate high school students about the different career pathways and opportunities in industrial additive manufacturing. High school teachers will experience hands-on use of the industrial additive manufacturing equipment in the Mines laboratories that can fabricate many different types of materials such as plastics, ceramics, and metals for applications in many fields including medical, automotive, and aerospace. A pipeline of students highly qualified with industrial additive manufacturing knowledge will help strengthen American-based supply chain resilience and further advance American manufacturing global competitiveness.The Interdisciplinary Additive Manufacturing Research Experience for Teachers (IAM-RET) Site at Colorado School of Mines (Mines) will prepare high school teachers to integrate additive manufacturing into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum. A major barrier towards implementation of additive manufacturing is a lack of qualified workforce with knowledge about the different industrial additive manufacturing processes. This knowledge requires working at the interface of many different interdisciplinary fields including manufacturing, mechanical engineering, and material science to perform accurate process and material selection for additive manufacturing applications. The IAM-RET site will introduce industrial metal, ceramic, and polymer additive manufacturing processes to high school teachers, who will develop curriculum educating their students on the same concepts, creating a significant impact on the integration of additive manufacturing into the 9-12 curriculum. The program will also include group professional development and curriculum development opportunities. Follow-up academic year engagement between the teachers, their students and Mines will include a design competition among participating high schools. Broad dissemination of the IAM-RET curriculum and results will enhance workforce development efforts and impact the additive manufacturing community nationwide. The experience will produce a lasting partnership among collaborating high schools, universities, and the local AM industry to produce a highly skilled workforce, poised to strengthen the Colorado additive manufacturing industry.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.

科罗拉多矿业学院(Mines)的教师跨学科添加剂制造研究经验(IAM-RET)网站将帮助高中教师将添加剂制造整合到科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)课程中。这个为期3年的项目将与30名教师合作，提供Mines教师和研究生研究人员的指导和专业发展机会。这些经验将为教师提供知识和经验，教育高中生在工业添加剂制造领域的不同职业道路和机会。高中教师将在Mines实验室体验工业添加剂制造设备的实际使用，这些实验室可以制造许多不同类型的材料，如塑料、陶瓷和金属，用于医疗、汽车和航空航天等许多领域。拥有工业添加剂制造知识的高素质学生将有助于加强美国供应链的韧性，进一步提升美国制造业的全球竞争力。科罗拉多矿业学院(Mines)教师跨学科添加剂制造研究经验(IAM-RET)网站将培养高中教师将添加剂制造纳入科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)课程。实施添加剂制造的一个主要障碍是缺乏了解不同工业添加剂制造工艺的合格劳动力。这方面的知识需要在包括制造、机械工程和材料科学在内的许多不同跨学科领域的界面上工作，以便为添加剂制造应用执行精确的工艺和材料选择。IAM-RET网站将向高中教师介绍工业金属、陶瓷和聚合物添加剂制造工艺，他们将开发课程，教育他们的学生相同的概念，对将添加剂制造融入9-12课程产生重大影响。该计划还将包括团体专业发展和课程发展机会。教师、学生和Mines之间的后续学年互动将包括在参与的高中之间举行设计比赛。IAM-RET课程和结果的广泛传播将加强劳动力发展努力，并影响全国添加剂制造业。这一经历将在合作的高中、大学和当地AM行业之间建立持久的合作伙伴关系，以培养一支高技能的劳动力队伍，准备加强科罗拉多州的添加剂制造业。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已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。