Strengthening Building & Construction Technician Training with Alternative Energy Sources to Advance Sustainability (B/C Alt-Energy Tech)

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• 批准号: 2300938
• 负责人: Alexandra Ion
• 金额: $ 61.64万
• 依托单位: Florida State College at Jacksonville
• 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=2300938&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strengthening; Building; & Construction; Technician

This Advanced Technological Education Program Track 2 project aims to serve the national interest by improving curricula and educational materials in building and construction science technician education for the Northeast Florida region. By 2050, according to environmental scientists’ predictions, the United States will be entirely dependent on renewable energy. This includes going green in the building and construction science industry. Carrying out this transition of the nation’s energy infrastructure will require a robust construction technician workforce that integrates building science and energy-efficiency knowledge into their standard practice. Florida State College at Jacksonville’s project, Strengthening Building and Construction Technician Training with Alternative Energy Sources to Advance Sustainability, supports a significant effort to increase our capacity to educate students and regional technicians. The project goals are to: 1) create an Alternative Energies track, as part of Associate of Science degree programs that will prepare students to earn multiple industry-recognized credentials in alternative energies use in building and construction, 2) establish an Alternative Energies and Materials Laboratory for students to practice installation and performance analysis techniques, 3) design and build a low-cost classroom alternative energy and thermal conductivity trainer for teachers to use in secondary courses, and 4) create a career pipeline for K-12 populations, including underrepresented students, and professional development activities for secondary school teachers. Fifty (50) college students, 10 incumbent workers, 5 postsecondary faculty members, 20 high school teachers participating in faculty workshops and 40 high school students will gain knowledge and skills. Enrollment of underrepresented populations will increase by at least five percent through using diversity best practices. Dissemination will take place at regional and national levels. 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.

这个先进的技术教育计划轨道2项目旨在通过改善课程和教材，在建筑和建筑科学技术人员教育为东北佛罗里达地区的国家利益。根据环境科学家的预测，到2050年，美国将完全依赖可再生能源。这包括在建筑和建筑科学行业走向绿色。要实现国家能源基础设施的转型，需要一支强大的建筑技术人员队伍，将建筑科学和节能知识融入他们的标准实践中。 佛罗里达州立学院在杰克逊维尔的项目，加强建筑和施工技术人员培训与替代能源，以促进可持续发展，支持一个重大的努力，以提高我们的能力，教育学生和区域技术人员。该项目的目标是：1）创建一个替代能源轨道，作为理学学位课程的一部分，这将使学生准备在建筑和建筑中使用替代能源方面获得多个行业认可的证书，2）建立一个替代能源和材料实验室，供学生练习安装和性能分析技术，3）设计和建造一个低成本的教室替代能源和导热性培训器，供教师在中学课程中使用，4）为K-12人口，包括代表性不足的学生，创造一个职业管道，和中学教师专业发展活动。 五十（50）名大学生，10名在职工人，5名中学后教师，20名高中教师参加教师讲习班和40名高中学生将获得知识和技能。 通过使用多样性最佳做法，代表性不足的人口的入学率将增加至少5%。将在区域和国家两级进行宣传。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。