Building an Academic Pathway for the Aerial Sensing Data Analyst

辛克莱社区学院（代顿，俄亥俄州）和合作伙伴将填补劳动力需求的数据分析师与数据收集从远程传感器上无人驾驶飞机飞行。这些人将越来越多地在无人机系统（UAS）/地理空间情报系统（GIS）部门就业。与有人驾驶飞机和卫星相比，技术进步和UAS的可负担性以及更高的分辨率推动了对航空传感数据分析师的需求。该项目将为新的航空数据传感分析师项目开发基于能力的混合中学后证书，以提高UAS/GIS入门级就业的准备，提供与招聘和保留代表性不足的人群相关的中学后专业发展，并为高中教师和学生开展有关UAS/GIS教育途径。由于越来越多的民用和商业应用的UAS/GIS方法，有一个分析师谁需要纠正，校准，处理，存储和分析从UAS飞行收集的大量TB数据的能力的需求不断增长。该项目将为社区大学生提供一个机会，通过开发一个新的基于能力的在线中学后证书课程，航空遥感数据分析师，掌握在不断增长的UAS/GIS领域的能力。该计划还旨在扩大高中学生和教师对UAS/GIS职业和教育途径的认识，并增加就读于目标本科课程的服务不足学生的数量，包括可能对这个不断增长的商业行业具有适用经验的退伍军人。此外，该项目还将帮助进一步了解这种基于能力的证书课程如何促进获得中学后教育机会，并关注其对增加来自代表性不足群体的学生的招聘和保留的影响。

Sinclair Community College (Dayton, Ohio) and partners will fill a workforce need for data analysts working with data collected from remote sensors flown on unmanned aircraft. These individuals will be increasingly employed in the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)/Geospatial Intelligence Systems (GIS) sectors. Fueling the demand for Aerial Sensing Data Analysts are technological advances and the affordability and higher resolution of UAS compared to manned-aircraft and satellites. This project will develop a competency-based, hybrid post-secondary certificate for a new Aerial Data Sensing Analyst program to increase preparedness for entry-level employment in UAS/GIS, provide post-secondary professional development related to recruiting and retaining underrepresented populations, and conduct outreach and orientation activities for high school teachers and students regarding UAS/GIS educational pathways.Due to an increasing number of civil and commercial applications for UAS/GIS methods, there is a growing demand for analysts who have the competencies needed to correct, calibrate, process, store, and analyze the numerous terabytes of data collected from UAS flight. This project will provide community college students an opportunity to master competencies in the growing field of UAS/GIS through the development of a new competency-based, online post-secondary certificate program, Aerial Sensing Data Analyst. The program also seeks to expand awareness of UAS/GIS careers and educational pathways among high school students and teachers, and increase the number of underserved students enrolled in targeted undergraduate programs, including military veterans who may have applicable prior experience for this growing commercial industry. In addition, the project will help advance understanding of how such competency-based certificate programs promote access to post-secondary opportunities, with attention to their influence on increasing recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups.