Establishing an Environmental and Natural Resources Technology Center

建立环境与自然资源技术中心

• 批准号: 2410621
• 负责人: Andrew McMahan
• 金额: $ 749.52万
• 依托单位: Central Carolina Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2410621&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Establishing; Environmental; Natural; Resources; Technology

Environmental Technologies (ET) is a career field that applies math, science, technology, economics, engineering, law and communication to manage, protect and sustain natural resources and to ensure human health and safety. Environmental technicians are a part of homeland security in the protection of our country’s air, water and soil and an important part of the major environmental issues of global warming and water pollution. ET will also reshape pedagogy and hands-on delivery of learning in the post-COVID “new normal,” as well as become part of the solution for health and safety issues in the workplace following any other infectious disease pandemic. ET jobs cannot be outsourced and survive economic downturn. Major industries that employ environmental technicians include engineering services, local and state government, consulting services, public health agencies, manufacturing and remediation services, and there are immediate needs for Environmental technicians across all of these sectors. The Environmental and Natural Resources Technology Center will synthesize the cross-disciplinary efforts of ET-related sectors and collaborate with industries, government and public agencies, professional organizations, 2- and 4-year colleges, and high schools to define and disseminate the critical knowledge and skills required to provide leadership in ET education and support the environmental advanced technology industry.To achieve this mission, the Center will pursue several objectives. First is to create a Leadership Network to support the development and sharing of best practices in ET workforce development. Second is to establish collaborations between existing and new ATE projects in ET fields to mentor prospective PIs and broaden the impact of ATE. Third is to provide models and leadership for collaborations among secondary, 2- and 4-year institutions, business and industry, economic development agencies and government. Fourth is to promote ET careers while also addressing the need to educate highly skilled technicians and to provide faculty professional development. Fifth is to develop institutionalization of Center functions to sustain activities in the post-award period. The Center will actively reach out to all learners, including women, those from minorities who are underrepresented in their participation in STEM, those facing economically challenging circumstances, first generation students, and those from Tribal and/or rural backgrounds. The Center's planned deliverables include DACUM charts with occupational competencies; a Defining ET Report; a Best Practices Guide for Recruiting, Retaining, and Completing Students in ET Fields targeting URM, female, military, and indigenous students; a set of interactive career websites; and AVR learning modules. 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.

环境技术（ET）是一个应用数学、科学、技术、经济学、工程、法律和通信来管理、保护和维持自然资源并确保人类健康和安全的职业领域。环境技术人员是国土安全的一部分。保护我国的空气、水和土壤，以及全球变暖和水污染等重大环境问题的重要组成部分，也将重塑后疫情“新常态”下的教学法和实践教学。成为解决方案的一部分任何其他传染病大流行后工作场所的健康和安全问题都无法外包并在经济衰退中幸存。雇用环境技术人员的主要行业包括工程服务、地方和州政府、咨询服务、公共卫生机构、制造和补救服务。 ，所有这些部门都迫切需要环境技术人员，环境和自然资源技术中心将综合 ET 相关部门的跨学科努力，并与行业、政府和公共机构、专业组织、2-和四年制大学和高中学校定义和传播在 ET 教育中提供领导力并支持环境先进技术行业所需的关键知识和技能。为了实现这一使命，该中心将追求几个目标：首先是创建一个领导力网络来支持发展和共享。其次是在 ET 领域的现有和新 ATE 项目之间建立合作，以指导潜在的 PI 并扩大 ATE 的影响，第三是为二级、二级和四级之间的合作提供模型和领导力。年 机构、企业第四是促进 ET 职业发展，同时解决培养高技能技术人员和提供教师专业发展的需求。第五是发展中心职能的制度化，以维持授奖后的活动。该中心将积极接触所有学习者，包括妇女、参与 STEM 的少数族裔学生、面临经济困难的学生、第一代学生以及来自部落和/或农村背景的学生。该中心的计划交付成果包括： DACUM 图表职业能力；定义 ET 报告；针对 URM、女性、军事和土著学生的 ET 领域学生招募、保留和完成的最佳实践指南；由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于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，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。