PFI: Manufacturing Innovation and Revitalization Partnerships: Universities, Manufacturers, Government and K-12 Teachers (MIRP)

这个创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目-俄克拉荷马州立大学（OSU）， NSF PFI毕业生（0332723）和卡梅伦大学（OK劳顿）之间的III型（a: C）合作伙伴关系，是PFI计划的新机构（定义为从未成为PFI受助人的机构）-建立在以前的PFI奖项之上，该奖项使OSU能够创建新产品开发中心（NPDC）。该建议提供了一种多学科的方法来整合三个教育项目，目的是在美国中小型制造企业（SMMs）中建立创新活动。这三个项目是：1)制造商创新领导计划（MILP），专为在中小企业中具有领导潜力的制造商设计；2)总统创新与创造学者（PICS），该项目将组建由大四学生和教师组成的多学科团队，他们将与参与MILP的小型制造商一起生产和加工创新项目；3)教师创新计划（IPT），该计划为K-12教师提供机会，让他们有机会参加互联网上的制造业创新课程。MILP将结合经验、基于问题和基于研究的学习。项目参与者将研究创新成功，了解创新过程，进行研究以评估问题的替代解决方案，并接受来自中小企业和大学教师的创新领导者的指导，并与他们互动。美国制造业未来的全球竞争力取决于中小企业的创新能力。社会和经济影响包括创造和保留就业机会、创造财富、学生教育、少数民族制造能力和K-12创新教育。通过瞄准该州的制造能力，该项目将对俄克拉荷马州多样化的低收入人群产生直接影响。此外，在这个项目的各个方面，俄克拉何马州的退伍军人等代表性不足的群体都做出了明确的努力。项目开始时的合作伙伴是学术机构：俄克拉荷马州立大学（OSU）（牵头机构）和卡梅伦大学；私营部门组织：Charles Machine Works， Lucas Metal Works, Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, Stolhand Heating and Air Conditioning；以及州和地方政府：俄克拉何马州EPSCoR和俄克拉何马州科技进步中心（俄克拉何马市）。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project--a Type III (A: C) partnership between Oklahoma State University (OSU), an NSF PFI graduate (0332723), and Cameron University (Lawton, OK), an institution new to the PFI Program (defined as one that has never been a PFI grantee)--builds upon the previous PFI award which enabled the creation of the New Product Development Center (NPDC) at OSU. This proposal provides a multidisciplinary approach to the integration of three education programs with the aim of building innovation activities in small- and medium-sized U.S. manufacturing firms (SMMs). These three programs are 1) the Manufacturers Innovation Leadership Program (MILP), designed for manufacturers who have leadership potential within SMMs; 2) the Presidential Innovation and Creativity Scholars (PICS), which will create multidisciplinary teams of senior college students and faculty, who will produce and process innovation projects with small manufacturers participating in MILP; and 3) the Innovation Program for Teachers (IPT) which provides K-12 teachers an opportunity to take an internet-delivered class on manufacturing innovation. MILP will embrace a combination of experiential, problem-based, and research-based learning. Project participants will study innovation successes, learn about innovation processes, perform research to evaluate alternative solutions to problems, and be mentored by, and interact with, leaders in innovation from SMMs as well as by university faculty.The future global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing depends on the innovation capacity of SMMs. Societal and economic impacts include job creation and retention, wealth creation, student education, minority manufacturing capabilities, and K-12 education for innovation. By targeting manufacturing capability in the state, the project will have a direct impact on the diverse, lower income populations of Oklahoma. Moreover, an explicit effort is made to include underrepresented groups, including military veterans, in the state of Oklahoma in all facets of this project.Partners at the inception of the project are Academic Institutions: Oklahoma State University (OSU) (lead institution) and Cameron University; Private Sector Organizations: Charles Machine Works, Lucas Metal Works, Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, and Stolhand Heating and Air Conditioning; and State and Local Governments: Oklahoma EPSCoR and Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (Oklahoma City).