Collaboration Of Midwest Professionals for Logistics Engineering Technology Education Project

美国中西部地区的供应链或物流行业持续增长。该行业的工作也越来越依赖于预测分析、人工智能和机器人等技术。近15,000家运输和仓储企业位于俄亥俄州哥伦布市的各个城市；俄亥俄州代顿市;以及伊利诺斯州的芝加哥。持续的增长有助于支持和加强该地区经济中的物流业。因此，该地区对物流工程技术人员的需求日益增加。在这个项目中，将形成一批在中西部地区物流领域处于领先地位的社区大学。该项目将由哥伦布州立社区学院、奥克顿社区学院和辛克莱社区学院牵头。它将寻求为学生建立物流工程技术的职业道路，鼓励更多的学生完成该领域的学位，发展教师对最新技术的经验，并提高毕业生的技术技能。目标是提供高技能的物流工程技术人员，以支持区域和国家供应链部门的需求。该项目旨在改善技术人员教育，以支持供应链部门日益复杂的技术需求，同时将毕业生与各种物流行业的就业机会联系起来。该项目将与雇主、行业专家和大学合作，建立一个创新网络。合作伙伴网络将为该部门内的新兴技能和技术确定和创造教育资源。哥伦布州立社区学院现有的物流课程将技术应用与工程系统相结合，并将其与供应链操作相结合。本课程将加强，以整合数据驱动分析和网络系统的新主题。改编后的课程也将在合作院校实施和测试。网络基础设施将通知和定期评价课程和职业道路发展方面的努力；为高中和大学教师提供专业发展材料和培训；以及对成人和归国学习者，特别是需要新技能以适应不断变化的物流就业市场的退伍军人和应届毕业生使用先前学习评估。结果将通过一个互动式项目网站、通过出版物以及在区域和国家会议上广泛传播。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The supply chain, or logistics, industry continues to grow in the Midwest region of the United States. Jobs in this industry are also becoming more dependent on technologies such as predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Nearly 15,000 transportation and warehousing businesses are located across the cities of Columbus, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; and Chicago, Illinois. The ongoing growth helps support and strengthen the logistics industry in this regional economy. As a result, there is an increasing need for logistics engineering technicians in the region. In this project, a grouping of community colleges who are leaders in the logistics field in this Midwest region will be formed. The project will be led by Columbus State Community College, Oakton Community College, and Sinclair Community College. It will seek to build career pathways in logistics engineering technology for students, encourage more students to complete degrees in this field, develop faculty experience on the latest technologies, and improve the technical skills of graduates. The goal will be to provide highly-skilled logistics engineering technicians to support the regional and national needs of the supply chain sector. The project will aim to improve technician education to support the increasingly complex technology needs of the supply chain sector while connecting graduates to employment opportunities in a variety of logistics industries. This project will work with employers, industry experts, and colleges to establish an innovation network. The network of partners will identify and create educational resources for emerging skills and technologies within the sector. The existing logistics curriculum at Columbus State Community College combines technology applications with engineering systems and integrates them with supply chain operations. This curriculum will be enhanced to integrate new topics in data-driven analytics and networking systems. The adapted curriculum will also be implemented and tested at the partnering institutions. The network infrastructure will inform and regularly evaluate efforts in curriculum and career pathway development; in providing professional development material and trainings for high school and college faculty; and on the use of prior learning assessments for adult and returning learners, particularly veterans and recent graduates in need of new skills for the ever-changing logistics job market. Results will be widely disseminated through an interactive project website, through publications, and at regional and national conferences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.