South Carolina Upstate Photonics Center

这是一项为期三年的地区性倡议，由南卡罗来纳州格林维尔技术学院、斯帕坦堡技术学院和三县技术学院以及克莱姆森大学光学材料科学和技术中心(COMSET)三所技术学院组成的联盟参与培训光子技术人员，以支持安德森、切诺基、格林维尔、奥科尼、皮肯斯、斯帕坦堡和尤宁七个目标县作为新兴研究、开发和制造行业的光电子领域。21世纪的光电子应用在不断变化的世界中越来越多，越来越多地依赖光纤来开展业务、进行激光手术和监测环境问题，仅举几例。这些应用和新的光子学开发的实施需要了解集成系统如何运行的技术人员，以及谁可以为各级工程师提供支持。该联盟利用各种资源，包括与具有光子学知识的机构/组织的合作、过去设计和实施南卡罗来纳州ATE卓越中心的经验等，专注于建设南卡罗来纳州北部吸引光子学研究和开发公司到北部竞争的能力。确定了四个目标：1)在高中一级提高对作为职业选择的光子学的认识；2)提高教师为光子学课程开发远程学习和远程实验室的能力；3)通过制定范围和顺序，使光子学课程与现有的工程技术课程相一致；以及4)使组织研究与发展中心开发的内容材料以问题为基础，并为远程学习做好准备。该项目的设计元素解决了专注于吸引不同人口群体进入光电子行业的需要。这一点在高中意识部分尤其如此。从高级研究中心项目中吸取的经验教训在这一倡议中尤其有益，因为招聘妇女和任职人数不足的少数群体被确定为四个关键成功因素之一。该联盟将通过在国家、区域和州讲习班和会议上的发言来传播从这些活动中学到的成果。

This is a three-year regional initiative involving an Alliance comprised of three South Carolina technical colleges, Greenville Technical College, Spartanburg Technical College and Tri-County Technical College and Clemson University's Center for Optical Material Science and Technologies (COMSET) in the training of photonics technicians to support the photonics field as an emerging research, development and manufacturing industry in seven target counties: Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union.The applications for photonics in the 21st century are increasing in an ever-changing world that relies more and more on fiber optics to conduct business, perform laser surgery, and monitor environmental issues, to mention a few. These applications and the implementation of new photonics developments requires technicians who understand how integrated systems operate and who can support engineers at all levels. The Alliance uses a variety of resources, including collaborations with institutions/organizations knowledgeable in photonics, past experiences in the design and implementation of SC's ATE Center of Excellence, etc., to focus on building the capacity for Upstate South Carolina to compete in drawing photonics research and development companies to the Upstate. Four objectives are identified: 1) to increase the awareness of photonics as a career choice at the high school level; 2) to increase faculty capacity to develop distance learning and remote laboratories for photonics courses; 3) to align photonics courses to existing engineering technology curricula through the development of a scope and sequence; and 4) adapt content materials developed at the Center for Organization Research and Development (CORD) with a problem-based emphasis and ready the material for distance learning. The design elements of this project address the need to focus on attracting diverse population groups to the photonics industry. This is particularly true in the high school awareness component. Lessons learned from the SC ATE Center of Excellence project are particularly beneficial in this initiative since recruitment of women and under-represented minorities are identified as one of four critical success factors. The Alliance will disseminate the results learned from these activities through presentations at national, regional, and state workshops and conferences.