Training Electric Vehicle Technicians to Accelerate Massachusetts' Automotive Future

培训电动汽车技术人员以加速马萨诸塞州的汽车未来发展

• 批准号: 2300902
• 负责人: ERIC ALMEIDA
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: Mount Wachusett Community College
• 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: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2300902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Training; Electric; Vehicle; Technicians; Accelerate

The automotive technician career field is changing rapidly, and the U.S. is currently in the middle of an industry transition from traditional combustion engine vehicles to those with hybrid and battery electric vehicle (EV) technologies. A recent survey of Massachusetts car dealers and independent automotive repair facilities have all indicated that they are facing a shortage of automotive technicians trained in hybrid and EV technology. This project from Mount Wachusett Community College will address an emerging regional demand for technicians skilled in EV technologies by developing a new Hybrid and EV curriculum for an Advanced Automotive Technician Hybrid and EV certificate and degree program. Throughout the project, 40 students will be recruited into this new degree and certificate program in the repair and maintenance of electric vehicles. The project will train faculty and provide the program with Hybrid and EV training equipment. It will also develop a new state-of the-art industry informed curriculum, develop a prior learning assessment framework, and tools for incumbent workers. Finally, the project team will build internship opportunities and employer partner relationships to foster student engagement, and institute a recruitment and retention strategy for a diverse group of students. The project is expected to generate new knowledge on how to augment a traditional combustion engine automotive technician program with emerging Hybrid and EV technologies. This project will also provide a model for engaging incumbent workers to accelerate their progress towards a certificate or degree in Hybrid and EV. Finally, the project will build knowledge about creating a high school student pipeline for the Hybrid and EV technician fields, with an additional special emphasis on recruiting females into the field. The overarching goal of the project is to create an industry supported advanced automotive degree and certificate program in the repair and maintenance of Electric Vehicles that meets employer’s needs for skilled, knowledgeable, and more diverse EV automotive technicians. Approximately 40 students are expected to enroll in this certificate and degree program over 3 years, with an increase of female students and an additional 40 dual enrolled high school students. Three faculty will be trained in Hybrid and EV technology during summer learning experiences. Students new to the field completing ten Automotive courses with EV and Hybrid technologies embedded in them, will earn the certificate, needing only another 7 general education classes to earn the Associate Degree. Alternatively, incumbent workers with prior experience or completion of a prior learning assessment test will potentially be able to receive credit for up to seven core courses to earn their certificate and/or Associates Degree. The Business and Industry Leadership Team will inform and enrich the curriculum by mapping out the scope of skills and knowledge essential for Hybrid and EV Automotive Repair and Maintenance technicians. 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.

汽车技术人员的职业领域正在迅速变化，美国目前正处于从传统内燃机汽车向混合动力和电池电动汽车 (EV) 技术转型的过程中。一项最近对马萨诸塞州汽车经销商和独立汽车维修公司进行的调查。沃楚塞特山社区学院的该项目将通过开发新的混合动力和电动汽车高级课程来满足该地区对电动汽车技术技术人员的新兴需求。汽车技术员混合动力和电动汽车证书和学位项目。该项目将招募 40 名学生参加电动汽车维修和维护的新学位和证书项目，并为该项目提供混合动力和电动汽车培训设备。最后，项目团队将建立实习机会和雇主合作伙伴关系，以促进学生参与，并制定招聘和培训计划。针对不同学生群体的保留策略预计该项目将产生新知识。关于如何利用新兴的混合动力和电动汽车技术增强传统内燃机汽车技术人员计划，该项目还将提供一个模型，让现有工人加速获得混合动力和电动汽车证书或学位。该项目的总体目标是创建一个行业支持的维修和保养领域的高级汽车学位和证书课程。满足雇主对技术熟练、知识渊博、预计三年内将有大约 40 名学生参加该证书和学位课程，其中女学生人数将有所增加，另外 40 名双录取高中生将接受混合动力和电动汽车技术培训。在夏季学习期间，刚进入该领域的学生完成十门嵌入电动汽车和混合动力技术的汽车课程后，只需另外 7 门普通教育课程即可获得副学士学位。先前学习的评估测试将有可能获得最多七门核心课程的学分，以获得证书和/或副学士学位。商业和行业领导团队将通过制定混合和混合教育所必需的技能和知识范围来告知和丰富课程。电动汽车维修和保养技术人员该项目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教育。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式予以支持：使用基金会的评估智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。