Strengthening Building & Construction Technician Training with Alternative Energy Sources to Advance Sustainability (B/C Alt-Energy Tech)

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• 批准号: 2300938
• 负责人: Alexandra Ion
• 金额: $ 61.64万
• 依托单位: Florida State College at Jacksonville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2300938&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strengthening; Building; & Construction; Technician

This Advanced Technological Education Program Track 2 project aims to serve the national interest by improving curricula and educational materials in building and construction science technician education for the Northeast Florida region. By 2050, according to environmental scientists’ predictions, the United States will be entirely dependent on renewable energy. This includes going green in the building and construction science industry. Carrying out this transition of the nation’s energy infrastructure will require a robust construction technician workforce that integrates building science and energy-efficiency knowledge into their standard practice. Florida State College at Jacksonville’s project, Strengthening Building and Construction Technician Training with Alternative Energy Sources to Advance Sustainability, supports a significant effort to increase our capacity to educate students and regional technicians. The project goals are to: 1) create an Alternative Energies track, as part of Associate of Science degree programs that will prepare students to earn multiple industry-recognized credentials in alternative energies use in building and construction, 2) establish an Alternative Energies and Materials Laboratory for students to practice installation and performance analysis techniques, 3) design and build a low-cost classroom alternative energy and thermal conductivity trainer for teachers to use in secondary courses, and 4) create a career pipeline for K-12 populations, including underrepresented students, and professional development activities for secondary school teachers. Fifty (50) college students, 10 incumbent workers, 5 postsecondary faculty members, 20 high school teachers participating in faculty workshops and 40 high school students will gain knowledge and skills. Enrollment of underrepresented populations will increase by at least five percent through using diversity best practices. Dissemination will take place at regional and national levels. 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.

该先进技术教育计划轨道 2 项目旨在通过改进佛罗里达州东北部地区的建筑和施工科学技术人员教育课程和教材来服务国家利益，根据环境科学家的预测，到 2050 年，美国将完全依赖该地区。这包括实现国家能源基础设施的绿色化，需要一支强大的建筑技术人员队伍，将建筑科学和能源效率知识融入到他们的标准实践中。杰克逊维尔的项目“利用替代能源加强建筑和施工技术人员培训以促进可持续性”支持大力提高我们教育学生和地区技术人员的能力。该项目的目标是：1）创建替代能源轨道，作为助理项目的一部分。科学学位课程将使学生在建筑和施工中使用替代能源方面获得多个行业认可的证书，2）建立一个替代能源和材料实验室，供学生练习安装和使用绩效分析技术，3) 设计和构建一个低成本课堂替代能源和热导率培训器，供教师在中学课程中使用，4) 为 K-12 人群（包括代表性不足的学生）创建职业发展通道，并为五十 (50) 名大学生、10 名在职工人、5 名高等教育教员、20 名参加讲习班的高中教师和 40 名高中生将获得代表性不足的人群的知识和技能。通过使用多样性最佳实践，该项目将由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划重点关注推动国家经济发展的先进技术领域的技术人员。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。