Reaching Out to Aerospace Technology

接触航空航天技术

• 批准号: 0903212
• 负责人: John Walker
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903212&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reaching; Out; Aerospace; Technology

This project seeks to improve student recruitment into commercial aerospace education. By partnering with the SpaceTEC consortium, the project adopts their core of fully developed aerospace courses and inserts them into the new Associate of Applied Science Degree in Aerospace Technology, with a specialty in commercial aerospace. The project contributes to meeting the workforce demands in this field. The local Spaceport America currently under construction in New Mexico is a potential partner to this project. To enhance recruitment for the new program, a mobile van is equipped with scientific equipment (such as a Solar Power Trainer) of the type used in actual classroom instruction. The mobile van makes scheduled on-site presentations at secondary schools and specific organizations that provide access to the region's Hispanic community. Trained faculty members conduct demonstrations and provide students with information about employment potential and entry level requirements in commercial aerospace. The project also provides professional development for faculty in key areas such as composite fabrication techniques. In addition, technical workshops are given to area K-12 teachers.

该项目旨在改善学生招募商业航空航天教育。 通过与SpaceTec财团合作，该项目采用了全面开发的航空航天课程的核心，并将其插入了航空航天技术应用科学学士学位的新副学士，并拥有商业航空航天的专业。该项目有助于满足该领域的劳动力需求。 目前在新墨西哥州正在建设的当地太空港是该项目的潜在合作伙伴。 为了增强新计划的招聘，一辆移动面包车配备了实际课堂教学中使用类型的科学设备（例如太阳能培训师）。 这辆移动面包车在中学和特定组织中进行了安排的现场演讲，这些组织提供了该地区西班牙裔社区的访问权限。 受过训练的教职员工进行示范，并为学生提供有关航空航天中就业潜力和入门级要求的信息。 该项目还为教师在关键领域（例如复合制造技术）提供了专业发展。此外，还向K-12区的教师举办了技术研讨会。