Manufacturing an Engineering Resource Center: An NSF National Center of Excellence

该项目代表了两个NSF国家卓越中心的合并：（a）国家制造教育中心（NCME），经营制造教育资源中心（MERC在线），一个制造业和相关教育资源的在线交换中心（由俄亥俄州代顿的辛克莱社区学院管理）;及（B）新泽西高级技术教育中心（NJCATE），其经营国家工程技术教育交换所（NETEC），一个工程技术及相关教育资源的在线交换所（由新泽西的爱迪生米德尔塞克斯县学院管理）。智力优势：该项目的目标是增加工程和制造技术改革的全国影响，通过传播示范方案，材料，并通过基于网络的信息交换中心（www.merconline.net），教师专业发展和相关的推广服务的教学课程。重点的主要领域是（1）积极扩大数字信息交换中心的教育资源，（2）积极扩大全国大学预科和中学后教师的用户群。数字信息交流中心在全国传播的教学资源代表了最先进的技术内容和基于项目的教学法。一名经验丰富的外部评估员正在确保对项目成果进行有效的形成性和总结性评估。更广泛的影响：合并两个中心可以利用双方开发的最佳实践，同时提高运营效率并降低成本。该资源中心是众多专业协会（制造工程师协会、制造教育和研究、中小企业教育基金会和ASEE制造部门）和NSF资助的中心（如亚拉巴马地区汽车制造中心联盟（CARCAM）和洛兰县社区学院的国家焊接教育和培训中心）的传播网站。在线服务正在扩大，包括专业发展、指导和技术援助。

This project represents a merger of two NSF National Centers of Excellence: (a) The National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) which operates the Manufacturing Education Resource Center (MERC Online), an online clearinghouse of manufacturing and related educational resources (administered by Sinclair Community College of Dayton, Ohio); and (b) The New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education (NJCATE) which operates the National Engineering Technology Education Clearinghouse (NETEC) an online clearinghouse of engineering technology and related educational resources (administered by Middlesex County College of Edison, New Jersey). Intellectual Merit: The goal of the project is to increase the national impact of engineering and manufacturing technology reform through the dissemination of model programs, materials, and instructional curricula via a web-based clearinghouse (www.merconline.net), faculty professional development, and related outreach services. The primary areas of emphasis are (1) proactively expanding the educational resources available in the digital clearinghouse and (2) aggressively expanding the user base of pre-college and postsecondary faculty across the country. The instructional resources disseminated nationally by the digital clearinghouse represent cutting edge technology content and project-based pedagogy. An experienced external evaluator is assuring effective formative and summative assessment of the project outcomes. Broader Impacts: Merging the two centers leverages the best practices developed by both while providing operational efficiencies and cost reductions. The resource center is the dissemination site for numerous professional societies (Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Manufacturing Education and Research, SME Education Foundation, and the ASEE Manufacturing Division) and NSF-funded centers such as the Consortium for Alabama Regional Center for Automotive Manufacturing (CARCAM) and the National Center for Welding Education and Training at Lorain County Community College. Online services are being expanded to include professional development, mentoring, and technical assistance.