Building Capacity for Transportation Innovation

百年纪念学院成立于1966年，是安大略省当时新成立的社区学院体系中的第一所学院。从那时起，它已经发展到包括多伦多的五个校区，共有超过45,000名学生，提供280多个文凭和学位课程。Centennial的应用研究活动利用其学术规划的优势，专注于六大研究专业：医疗保健技术、航空航天、先进制造、可再生能源、社会创新和商业人工智能数据分析。学院在这些领域的活动每年都得到政府拨款和近100个行业和社区合作伙伴的支持，与他们合作开展对经济，环境和当地社区重要的项目。百年纪念大学在学生参与应用研究活动方面处于全国领先地位，每年有近500名付费学生研究人员。该提案寻求资金，以扩大Centennial在低碳交通和航空航天维护、维修和大修方面的研究活动，这些领域是学院现有和应用研究优势的补充，并且代表了加拿大关键业务需求的领域。Centennial的应用研究将帮助其合作伙伴适应向电动汽车转变的需求，包括现有汽车电气化、预测性维护和培训，并将通过推进该领域的人工智能、虚拟现实、增材制造和复合维修技术，协助飞机维修和大修行业的转型。学生培训——在项目相关的技术和软技能方面——将成为该计划的重要组成部分，为学生提供进一步的技术教育、创造性解决问题和创业培训的机会。

Centennial College was founded in 1966 as the first institution in Ontario's then-new Community College system. Since that time, it has grown to encompass five campuses in Toronto, with a total enrollment of over 45,000 students in over 280 diploma and degree programs.Centennial's Applied Research activities draw on the strength of its academic programming, and focus on six major research specializations: healthcare technology, aerospace and aviation, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, social innovation, and AI-powered data analytics for business. The College's activities in these areas are supported by government grant funding and the contributions of close to 100 industry and community partners each year, with whom Centennial collaborates on projects of importance to the economy, environment, and the local community. Centennial is a national leader in involving students in its applied research activities, with close to 500 paid student researchers every year. This proposal seeks funding for expansion of Centennial's research activities in low-carbon mobility and aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul -- fields that are complementary to the College's existing and applied-research strengths, and which represent areas of crucial business need in Canada. Applied research at Centennial will help its partners adapt to the demands of the move to electric vehicles, including existing vehicle electrification, predictive maintenance, and training, and will assist the transformation of the aircraft maintenance and overhaul industry by advancing AI, virtual reality, additive manufacturing, and composite repair technology in this field. Student training -- in both project-related technology and soft-skills -- will form a crucial part of this program, with opportunities for further technical education, creative problem-solving, and entrepreneurship training.