Collaborative Research/Workshop: Educational Needs and Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing; Arlington, Virginia; April 10-11, 2014

该合作研究奖支持举办研讨会，让来自学术界、工业界和政府的参与者参与与通过新型教育合作伙伴关系准备和加强添加剂制造(AM)劳动力相关的讨论。虽然已经举办了几次研讨会来讨论AM技术和研究的进步，但还没有专门的研讨会来解决劳动力AM知识库中的空白。员工对AM技术功能的了解有限是广泛采用AM的关键障碍。研讨会的学术价值在于发展新的教育伙伴关系，以准备和加强AM劳动力。研讨会将确定现有AM努力(例如，美国制造、国家标准与技术研究所和美国测试与材料学会的努力)与资助机会之间的协同效应，以实现新的教育伙伴关系，以准备和加强AM劳动力。促进对添加剂制造的理解、利用和采用，将需要一支跨学科的员工队伍，他们拥有合成新材料、集成先进工艺控制、建立质量控制标准以及制定新的设计和沟通方法的知识基础。研讨会将为员工为通过AM技术实现的设计和生产模式转变做好准备奠定坚实的基础。通过与各种非营利组织和政府机构合作，研讨会将确定新的方法，以有效地满足广泛的教育需求--研究生、本科生、社区大学、技术人员培训、行业从业者--同时利用Maker运动的兴奋和涉及3D打印的众多K-12外展努力，这些努力正在推动科学、技术、工程和数学职业发展。研讨会组织者将利用与美国制造(美国国家添加剂制造创新研究所)和美国机械工程师协会的合作，向学生、教师和行业从业者传播研讨会成果。

This Collaborative Research award supports the conduct of a workshop to engage participants from academia, industry, and government in discussions related to preparing and enhancing the Additive Manufacturing (AM) workforce through novel educational partnerships. While several workshops have been held to discuss advances in AM technology and research, there has not yet been a dedicated workshop to address the gaps in the workforce's AM knowledgebase. The workforce's limited knowledge of the capabilities of AM technologies is a critical barrier to widespread AM adoption. The intellectual merit of the workshop lies in developing novel educational partnerships to prepare and enhance the AM workforce. The workshop will identify synergies between existing AM efforts (e.g., those by America Makes, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and American Society for Testing and Materials) and funding opportunities to realize new educational partnerships to prepare and enhance the AM workforce. Advancing the understanding, utilization, and adoption of Additive Manufacturing will require an interdisciplinary workforce that has the knowledgebase for synthesizing new materials, integrating advanced process controls, establishing quality control standards, and formulating new design and communication methodologies. The workshop will provide a strong foundation for preparing the workforce for the paradigm shift in design and production that is enabled through AM technology. By working with a variety of non-profit organizations and government agencies, the workshop will identify new ways to work effectively across a wide spectrum of educational needs--graduate, undergraduate, community colleges, technician training, industry practitioners--while harnessing the excitement of the Maker Movement and numerous K-12 outreach efforts involving 3D printing that are fueling the science, technology, engineering and mathematics career pipeline. The workshop organizers will leverage collaborations with America Makes (the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to disseminate workshop outcomes to students, faculty, and industry practitioners.