RET Site in Manufacturing Simulation and Automation

制造仿真和自动化中的 RET 站点

• 批准号: 2204601
• 负责人: Faisal Aqlan
• 金额: $ 59.69万
• 依托单位: University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-11-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2204601&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Manufacturing; Simulation; Automation

This project is a renewal of Penn State Behrend’s RET site in Manufacturing Simulation and Automation. The site provides research training and curriculum development experiences to high school and community college instructors from the Erie region (covering counties in PA, OH, and NY). The goals of the program are: 1) to maintain a STEM-based collaboration platform at Behrend by engaging high school teachers and community college instructors in state-of-the-art manufacturing research, 2) to facilitate the development and dissemination of curricular modules and classroom activities that connect STEM classes with manufacturing regionally and nationally, 3) to explore a sustainable educational model that connects high schools, community colleges, university, and industry to instill future generations with greater awareness and interest in manufacturing, and 4) to help fill the skills gap in manufacturing and prepare students for manufacturing careers. Each summer, participants are immersed in interdisciplinary research projects and training sessions, industry tours, and curriculum design workshops. During the academic year, the RET team continues to engage with participants through classroom visits, engineering conferences, lab tours for their students, and other follow-up activities to ensure the sustainability of program outcomes. The RET site will recruit 12 high school teachers and community college faculty each year, a total of 36 participants in three years. The program will improve instructors’ research and professional skills and help them translate cutting-edge manufacturing research to their classrooms by creating and delivering engaging classes. Knowledge will be conveyed to students through hands-on activities, manufacturing simulations, and other interactive experiments. This, in turn, will influence the students to consider advanced studies and careers in manufacturing. The developed materials and activities will be evaluated and revised every year based on pre/post survey results and feedback from the curriculum design expert, the external evaluator, and industry advisors. To reach out to a broader audience, the site experiences will be shared for public access via online educational platforms and nationwide RET symposiums.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.

该项目是宾夕法尼亚州立大学 Behrend 制造模拟和自动化 RET 站点的更新，该站点为来自伊利地区（涵盖宾夕法尼亚州、俄亥俄州和纽约州各县）的高中和社区大学教师提供研究培训和课程开发经验。该计划的目标是：1) 通过让高中教师和社区大学教师参与最先进的制造研究，在 Behrend 维持一个基于 STEM 的协作平台，2) 促进将 STEM 课程与地区和国家制造业联系起来的课程模块和课堂活动，3) 探索将高中、社区学院、大学和工业联系起来的可持续教育模式，向子孙后代灌输对制造业更大的认识和兴趣，4)每年夏天，参与者都会参与跨学科研究项目和培训课程、行业参观和课程设计研讨会，以帮助填补制造领域的技能差距并为学生做好准备。穿过教室RET 站点每年将招募 12 名高中教师和社区大学教师，三年内总共招募 36 名参与者。该计划将提高教师的研究和专业技能，并通过创建和提供引人入胜的课程，帮助他们将前沿的制造研究转化为课堂，并通过实践活动、制造模拟和其他互动实验向学生传授知识。反过来又会影响学生每年都会根据前/后调查结果以及课程设计专家、外部评估员和行业顾问的反馈来评估和修订所开发的材料和活动，以接触更广泛的人。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。