Curriculum Integration in Training EVs (CITE)

位于北卡罗来纳州罗利的威克技术社区学院（Wake Tech）将研究新兴的电动汽车（EV）和混合动力汽车劳动力在国家提高能源安全竞赛中的挑战。该项目将通过培训技术人员为多样化和新兴的汽车系统和工作场所做好安全准备，从而提高知识水平，从而获得更大范围的汽车就业机会。Wake Tech将与合作伙伴合作，制定有效的、以安全为重点的培训标准，并促进对这些标准的全国讨论。该项目旨在通过重点拓展，增加女性和代表性不足的学生在该项目中的代表性，使汽车行业的劳动力多样化。Wake Tech的(a)设施和在线教学资源，(b)项目团队对汽车项目多样化的关注，以及(c)与项目合作伙伴的合作，将为Wake Tech社区学院和其他北卡罗来纳州社区学院改进课程并创建有效的教育材料，并影响国家技术人员培训标准。由此产生的项目教育材料将提供给北卡罗莱纳州所有58所社区学院。其他传播将通过先进技术教育（ATE）项目合作伙伴进行。该项目将与当地和国家合作伙伴合作完成，重点是开发和实施先进的电动汽车和混合动力汽车技术人员课程，其中包括四个新课程，包括一个新的证书选项。该团队将(a)调查行业，了解他们对技术人员的持续需求；(b)与评估人员合作，进行beta测试、评估并不断改进教育材料；(c)开发有效的在线、课堂和实践教学；(d)将电动汽车安全模块融入整个汽车课程；(e)在全国范围内传播跨学科项目。该项目还将为教师提供专业发展，从而获得行业认证。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech) in Raleigh, North Carolina will be investigating emerging electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid vehicle workforce challenges in the nation's race to increase energy security. This project will advance knowledge by training technicians to be safely prepared for diverse and emerging automotive systems and workplaces for a greater range of automotive employment opportunities. Wake Tech will collaborate with partners to develop effective, safety-focused training standards and contribute to the national discussion of such standards. Through focused outreach to increase representation of women and underrepresented students in the program, the project will aim to diversify the automotive workforce. Wake Tech's (a) facilities and online instruction resources, (b) the project team's focus on diversifying the automotive program, and (c) collaboration with project partners, will improve curriculum and create effective educational materials for Wake Tech Community College, fellow North Carolina community colleges, and impact national technician training standards. The resulting programmatic educational materials will be available to all 58 North Carolina community colleges. Additional dissemination with occur via the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program partners. This project will be accomplished in collaboration with local and national partners with a focus on developing and implementing an advanced EV and hybrid vehicle technician curriculum with four new courses comprising a new certificate option. The team will (a) survey industry to understand their ongoing need for technicians, (b) work with evaluators to beta test, assess, and continually improve educational materials, (c) develop effective online, classroom, and hands-on instruction, (d) infuse EV safety modules into the entire automotive curricula, and (e) disseminate to interdisciplinary programs nationally. The project will also provide faculty with professional development leading to industry certifications. 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.