Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Geospatial Information Technology Integration into Technician Education

地理空间信息技术（GIT）和无人机系统（UAS）技术的前景每天都在不断发展，GIT和UAS的新应用以及管理行业的法规不断变化。这种快速发展的技术需要教育，政府和行业利益相关者之间的合作模式，以培养知识和技术人员教育的必要进步。该项目在明尼苏达州北国社区和技术学院的目标是通过形成新的教育途径和合作伙伴关系来推进技术人员教育，从而培养高技能的GIT和UAS劳动力。该计划的发展将并行GIT和UAS技术的行业整合所带来的重大变化;开发技术人员队伍，准备以安全，高效和负责任的方式为众多行业利用UAS技术;将教师，行业和政府利益相关者的投入纳入塑造GIT和UAS技术增强的技术人员教育的演变中;并扩展GIT和UAS技术的教育资源和最佳实践。该项目建立在一个小型ATE项目（1501629）的基础上，该项目旨在弥合新兴航空技术与无人机系统技术领域技术人员教育之间的差距。全面评估将确定项目的影响，并提出修改建议，使其产生最大影响。Northland拥有该国唯一经过认证的UAS维护计划，并与美国测试与材料协会（ASTM）和SpaceTEC合作，帮助定义了国家认可的证书。它推出了第一个为期两年的AAS学位课程，以满足对在这个高需求职业领域接受过教育的技术人员日益增长的需求，并在最近创建了一个小型UAS现场服务技术人员计划，以开发小型UAS集成到国家空域系统（NAS）所需的技术专业知识库。在这些活动及其合作伙伴的基础上，该项目将创建创新的，行业驱动的课程，将GIT和UAS技术整合到技术人员教育中;与大学，公共部门和行业利益相关者建立合作伙伴关系，以调整教育途径，以适应GIT和UAS技术带来的动态变化的职业生涯;并推进GIT和UAS技术的教师知识和资源。该项目的主要目标是：（a）利用现有的NSF ATE资源来验证劳动力评估，并增强农业，公共安全和基础设施检查等广泛学科的GIT和UAS课程建模。(b)通过双学分入学和2+2衔接，整合明尼苏达州的新课程和现有课程，建立协作教育途径;以及（c）在整个高等教育中扩大GIT和UAS专业发展机会和教育资源，包括开发课程和材料，获得实验室资源，以及为大学教师，高中教师和学生举办研讨会。

The landscape for geospatial information technology (GIT) and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology continues to evolve on a daily basis with new applications for GIT and UAS as well as changing regulations that govern the industry. This rapidly advancing technology requires a collaborative model between education, government, and industry stakeholders to cultivate the necessary advances in knowledge and technician education. The goal of this project at Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota is to advance technician education by forming new educational pathways and partnerships, leading to a highly skilled GIT and UAS workforce. The program development will parallel significant changes resulting from industry integration of GIT and UAS technology; develop a technician workforce prepared to utilize UAS technology in a safe, efficient and responsible manner for numerous industries; incorporate input from faculty and industry and government stakeholders in shaping the evolution of technician education enhanced by GIT and UAS technology; and expand educational resources and best practices for GIT and UAS technology. This project builds on a small ATE project (1501629) that was designed to bridge the gap between new and emerging aviation technology and technician education in the area of UAS technology. A comprehensive evaluation will determine the impact of the project as well as make recommendations for modifications so that it can have maximum impact. Northland has the only accredited UAS maintenance program in the country and has helped define nationally recognized credentials in partnership with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and SpaceTEC. It launched the first two-year AAS degree program in the country in Geospatial Intelligence Analysis to respond to the growing need for technicians educated in this high demand career field and has recently created a small UAS Field Service Technician Program to develop the knowledge base in technical proficiencies required as small UAS are integrated into the national airspace system (NAS). Building on these activities and those of its partners, the project will create innovative, industry driven curriculum to integrate GIT and UAS technology into technician education; develop collaborative partnerships with universities, public sector, and industry stakeholders to align educational pathways for dynamically changing careers resulting from GIT and UAS technology; and advance faculty knowledge and resources for GIT and UAS technology. The key objectives for this project are to: (a) leverage existing NSF ATE resources to validate workforce assessments and enhance GIT and UAS curriculum modeling for broad disciplines such as agriculture, public safety and infrastructure inspection.; (b) establish collaborative educational pathways by integrating new and existing curriculum across Minnesota State through dual credit enrollment and 2+2 articulation; and (c) expand GIT and UAS professional development opportunities and educational resources throughout higher education including development of curriculum and materials, access to laboratory resources, and workshops for college faculty, high school teachers, and students.