Accelerating Advanced Electric Vehicle Technician Education While Increasing the Recruitment and Retention of Women

加快高级电动汽车技师教育，同时增加女性的招聘和保留

• 批准号: 2300497
• 负责人: Michael LeBlanc
• 金额: $ 34.79万
• 依托单位: Linn Benton Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2300497&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Accelerating; Advanced; Electric; Vehicle; Technician

The shift towards battery powered electric vehicles continues to change the landscape of public and personal transportation in the United States and shows no signs of slowing down. While development of infrastructure ramps up and the number of electric vehicles on the road continues to grow, the impact on the automotive and heavy equipment repair industry will need to be addressed. This project from Linn Benton Community College (LBCC) seeks to address the growing skills gap facing automotive and heavy equipment technicians in southwest Oregon. The college will leverage its existing automotive and heavy equipment diesel facilities to create a new one-year certificate that will focus on electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle technology. As part of this effort, the college will make a special effort to engage more female students in the college's advanced transportation technology program. Finally, the project will promote the development of advanced vehicle technician education programs regionally through a collaborative effort including neighboring community colleges and high schools. The project team recently completed an industry survey of dealerships, independent repair shops, and municipalities in the region to gauge their needs for current and future workers. Results from this survey will inform the creation of a new one-year certificate, which will be a new stackable credential that will contribute to the existing Advanced Vehicle Technology degree. Instructors from LBCC will complete industry recognized training to prepare them for the creation of six new courses on Advanced Transportation and Battery Vehicle Technology. To increase the representation of females, the college will participate in customized training sessions to make systemic changes that should result in increased female enrollment. Practices from this training will create a culture of support for female students, and should ultimately help to diversify the electric vehicle workforce. Results from this work will be shared regionally among Oregon's 17 community colleges, and nationally through the ATE community. 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.

向电池供电的电动汽车的转变继续改变美国的公共和个人运输的景观，没有显示出放慢速度的迹象。尽管基础设施的开发不断增加，并且道路上的电动汽车数量不断增长，但需要解决对汽车和重型设备维修行业的影响。林恩·本顿社区学院（LBCC）的该项目旨在解决俄勒冈州西南汽车和重型设备技术人员面临的不断增长的技能差距。该学院将利用其现有的汽车和重型设备柴油设施来创建一份新的一年证书，该证书将重点放在电动汽车和混合动力汽车技术上。作为这项工作的一部分，学院将特别努力与更多的女学生一起参与学院的高级运输技术计划。最后，该项目将通过包括邻近的社区大学和高中在内的合作努力来促进区域上高级车辆技术人员教育计划的发展。 该项目团队最近完成了该地区经销商，独立维修店和市政当局的行业调查，以评估他们对当前和未来工人的需求。这项调查的结果将为创建新的一年证书的创建提供信息，这将是一个新的可堆叠证书，它将为现有的高级车辆技术学位做出贡献。 LBCC的讲师将完成行业认可的培训，以准备创建有关高级运输和电池车辆技术的六个新课程。为了增加女性的代表性，学院将参加定制的培训课程，以进行系统性更改，以导致女性入学人数增加。这项培训的实践将为女学生提供支持文化，并最终有助于使电动汽车劳动力多样化。这项工作的结果将在俄勒冈州的17所社区学院以及全国范围内通过Ate社区共享。该项目由先进的技术教育计划资助，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来通过评估来支持的。