Microsystems Certification Project

微系统认证项目

• 批准号: 1400470
• 负责人: Andrew Bell
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1400470&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Microsystems; Certification; Project

Preparing a skilled technical workforce to meet regional workforce needs supports the Nation's competitiveness. Microtechnologies and nanotechnologies are needed in a broad range of products and industries. The primary purpose of the project is to broaden engineering technician education to prepare technicians to work in the microsystems industry. This project is designing and implementing a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (Microsystems) Certificate for students enrolled in engineering technology or electrical engineering technology associate degree programs, as well as preparing them for LabVIEW certification (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench, for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation). Microsystems and LabVIEW certificates are supplementing and complementing associate degrees in engineering technology, creating broader employment opportunities for technicians and preparing a competent workforce for the microsystems industry. The Microsystems certificate and LabVIEW preparation created for this project are easily replicable in engineering technology programs in each of other regions in the state through the Ivy Tech System and in community colleges in other states. The college is continuing its partnership with SCME, adding a community college focus to their resources. This continuing partnership is assuring that the resources produced are being made available through the SCME national education and information dissemination channels. Project outreach activities include those specially designed to attract and retain to the program under-represented minorities, females, and veterans who already make-up a significant percentage of students at the college.This project builds on an NSF ATE grant (1205138) to the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME). As a result, eleven hands-on educational course modules and kits produced by SCME are being integrated into engineering technology courses at the college. In this project the college and SME are co-developing three additional course modules and kits focused on building microsystems, which complement the learning modules developed by SCME. The college is also integrating preparation for the LabVIEW certification test into the new microsystems courses, providing technicians with the opportunity to graduate with two certifications in addition to an associate degree, which makes them more marketable. The new courses are increasing the capacity of community colleges to produce technicians for a wide variety of micro- and nano-technology related industries. An introductory microsystems course is being offered for dual credit in high schools to introduce high school students to microsystems concepts and careers. Students receive actual clean room experience each semester through field trips to either Norte Dame University or the University of Michigan, both located within a two and a half hour drive from the college.Micro and nano-technologies are found in a wide range of products made by major employers in the state including Advanced Surface Microscopy, Bangs Laboratories, Delphi Corporation, Eli Lilly and Co, Guidant Corp, Exelis, J&S Resource Management, M4 Sciences, Makuta Technics, MicroTechNano, MonoSo, Prosolla, QuadraSpec, Semafore Pharmaceuticals, and Sensor Advanced Development. Although the integrated circuits (IC) industry saw a two percent decline overall in 2012, the research by Yole Development showed that the microsystems sector grew by 10 percent to become an $11B business. Analysts expect a 12-13 percent compound annual growth rate through 2018 to create a $22.5B microsystems market. The use of microsystems and integrated circuits is crucial to the design and development of new products. Common examples include accelerometers, pressure transducers, inertial sensors, micro fluidic pumps and flow sensors. The introduction of microsystems technology via the proposed course modules and kits, and those already developed by SCME, provides a unique opportunity for students to learn engineering concepts in an easy to see fashion while exposing them to design and fabrication techniques which are currently being used in many microsystems industries.

培养熟练的技术劳动力来满足地区劳动力需求可以支持国家的竞争力。广泛的产品和行业都需要微技术和纳米技术。该项目的主要目的是扩大工程技术人员教育，为技术人员在微系统行业工作做好准备。该项目正在为工程技术或电气工程技术副学士学位课程的学生设计和实施微机电系统（微系统）证书，并为他们准备 LabVIEW 认证（实验室虚拟仪器工程工作台，用于数据采集、仪器控制和工业自动化）。微系统和 LabVIEW 证书是工程技术副学士学位的补充和补充，为技术人员创造了更广泛的就业机会，并为微系统行业培养了一支有能力的劳动力队伍。为该项目创建的 Microsystems 证书和 LabVIEW 准备工作可以通过 Ivy Tech System 轻松复制到该州其他每个地区的工程技术项目以及其他州的社区大学。该学院正在继续与 SCME 合作，在其资源中增加以社区大学为重点的内容。这种持续的伙伴关系确保了通过 SCME 国家教育和信息传播渠道提供所产生的资源。项目外展活动包括专门为吸引和留住代表不足的少数族裔、女性和退伍军人而设计的活动，这些人已经在学院的学生中占很大比例。该项目建立在 NSF ATE 拨款 (1205138) 的基础上西南微系统教育中心 (SCME)。因此，SCME 制作的 11 个实践教育课程模块和套件正在被整合到学院的工程技术课程中。在这个项目中，学院和 SME 正在共同开发三个额外的课程模块和套件，重点关注构建微系统，以补充 SCME 开发的学习模块。该学院还将 LabVIEW 认证考试的准备工作整合到新的微系统课程中，为技术人员提供了除了副学士学位之外还获得两项认证的机会，这使他们更具市场竞争力。新课程正在提高社区大学为各种微米和纳米技术相关行业培养技术人员的能力。高中提供双学分的微系统入门课程，向高中生介绍微系统概念和职业。学生每学期通过前往诺特丹大学或密歇根大学的实地考察获得实际的洁净室体验，这两所大学距离学院均在两个半小时车程内。微和纳米技术广泛应用于制造的各种产品中。该州主要雇主包括 Advanced Surface Microscopy、Bangs Laboratories、Delphi Corporation、Eli Lilly and Co、Guidant Corp、Exelis、J&S Resource Management、M4 Sciences、Makuta Technics、MicroTechNano、 MonoSo、Prosolla、QuadraSpec、Semafore Pharmaceuticals 和传感器高级开发。尽管 2012 年集成电路 (IC) 行业总体下滑了 2%，但 Yole Development 的研究显示，微系统行业增长了 10%，成为价值 110 亿美元的业务。分析师预计，到 2018 年，微系统市场的复合年增长率将达到 12-13%，创造出 22.5B 美元的市场。微系统和集成电路的使用对于新产品的设计和开发至关重要。常见的例子包括加速度计、压力传感器、惯性传感器、微流体泵和流量传感器。通过拟议的课程模块和套件以及 SCME 开发的模块和套件介绍微系统技术，为学生提供了一个独特的机会，以易于理解的方式学习工程概念，同时让他们接触目前正在使用的设计和制造技术。许多微系统行业。