Resource Center for Laser, Photonics, and Fiber Optics Education, LASER-TEC

激光、光子学和光纤教育资源中心，LASER-TEC

基本信息

批准号：
2000166
负责人：
Natalia Chekhovskaya
金额：
$ 165万
依托单位：
Indian River State College
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000166&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Resource Center Laser Photonics Fiber

项目摘要

Lasers, optics, photonics, and fiber optics (LOPFO) are used in many advanced technologies including medical instrumentation, photonics-integrated circuits, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, and biotechnology. The US Department of Labor projects that, between 2016 and 2026, at least 1,700 LOPFO technicians will be needed to fill open positions. These jobs have a median annual salary of more than $63,000. However, the annual output of LOPFO technicians from all US colleges is not enough to meet the growing need. This project intends to sustain and expand efforts to meet the national shortage of qualified LOPFO technicians. It will do so by updating, developing, and distributing LOPFA educational resources to technical college instructors and K-12 teachers, as well as to industry for use in training incumbent workers. The major goal of the project is to develop the LASER-TEC Resource Center, which will continue to support efforts to increase the LOPFO technical workforce. The Resource Center will update and maintain educational services and materials and provide open access these resources to secondary, post-secondary, and industry educational and training programs. Project aims include: 1) developing a comprehensive, high-performing, and responsive website that will house and distribute all LOPFO educational products funded by the National Science Foundation and other US government agencies; 2) updating technical content and high-impact pedagogical strategies to improve all curricular materials; 3) creating tailored content and conducting professional development events for teachers, college instructors, counselors, advisors, administrators, incumbent industry members, and other communities to discuss best practices and increase their technical knowledge; 4) conducting outreach to inform K-12 and college educators about the availability of LOPFO resources; and 5) supporting efforts to build or enhance bridges between industries that need LOPFO technicians and colleges that offer LOPFO programs. All resources will be structured, systemized, and available as Open Education Resources under the Creative Commons ShareAlike license. In collaboration with industry, LASER-TEC will develop new modules in the areas of Raman Spectroscopy, LiDAR, High Power Diode Lasers, Femto Second Lasers, Disk Lasers, and other LOPFO technologies. LASER-TEC will also continue its efforts in supporting historically underserved and underrepresented groups to increase diversity in this technological field. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

激光，光学，光子学和光纤（LOPFO）用于许多先进的技术，包括医疗仪器，光子学集成电路，电信，高级制造和生物技术。美国劳工部项目，在2016年至2026年之间，将需要至少1,700名LOPFO技术人员来填补公开职位。这些工作的年薪中位数超过63,000美元。但是，来自美国所有大学的LOPFO技术人员的年产量不足以满足日益增长的需求。该项目旨在维持和扩大努力，以满足国家对合格LOPFO技术人员的短缺。它将通过向技术学院教师和K-12教师以及用于培训现有工人的行业使用，更新，开发和分发LOPFA教育资源来做到这一点。该项目的主要目标是开发激光-TEC资源中心，该中心将继续支持增加LOPFO技术人员的努力。资源中心将更新和维护教育服务和材料，并向次要，专上和行业教育和培训计划提供开放访问这些资源。项目的目的包括：1）开发一个全面，高性能且响应迅速的网站，该网站将容纳和分发由国家科学基金会和其他美国政府机构资助的所有LOPFO教育产品； 2）更新技术内容和高影响力的教学策略，以改善所有课程材料； 3）为教师，大学讲师，顾问，顾问，管理人员，现任行业成员和其他社区创建量身定制的内容并进行专业发展活动，以讨论最佳实践并提高其技术知识； 4）进行宣传，以告知K-12和大学教育者有关LOPFO资源的可用性； 5）支持在需要LOPFO技术人员和大学提供LOPFO计划的行业之间建立或增强桥梁的努力。根据创意共享许可证，所有资源将均应结构化，系统化并作为开放教育资源。与行业合作，Laser-TEC将在拉曼光谱，激光雷达，高功率二极管激光器，FEMTO第二激光器，磁盘激光器和其他LOPFO技术的领域开发新的模块。 Laser-TEC还将继续努力支持历史贫乏和代表性不足的群体，以增加该技术领域的多样性。该项目由先进的技术教育计划资助，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来通过评估来支持的。