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DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | July 23, 2010 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | January 31, 2014 |
| Award Number: | 1003530 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Yvette Weatherton
DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU Directorate for STEM Education |
| Start Date: | August 1, 2010 |
| End Date: | July 31, 2015 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $897,161.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $897,161.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2011 = $332,987.00 FY 2012 = $256,061.00 |
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20000 68TH AVE W LYNNWOOD WA US 98036-5912 (425)640-1112 |
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20000 68TH AVE W LYNNWOOD WA US 98036-5912 |
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| NSF Program(s): | Advanced Tech Education Prog |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
Two ATE Centers (the National Center for Materials Technology Education and the National Center for Rapid Technologies) are collaborating and participating at the ground level of Global Additive Manufacturing (AM) Standards development by providing technical and educational input in the areas of terminology, test methods, processes, materials and design that facilitate the creation of AM core competencies. The project advances knowledge about and understanding of additive manufacturing by providing standardized vocabulary, materials, specifications, and quality benchmarks that can be replicated and accepted by industry and their customers. The project improves technician education by providing student technicians with more comprehensive and up-to-date skills and experiences with AM industry processes and methods.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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Project Outcomes Report, DUE #1003530
Project T.E.A.M.: Technician Education in Additive Manufacturing (T.E.A.M.), 2010-2015
T.E.A.M. has been launched, directed, and guided by two ATE Centers: MatEdU (The National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education), located at Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA; and RapidTech, University of California, Irvine. Together these Centers have joined forces at the forefront of Global Additve Manufacturing (AM) Standards development, as founding members of the F42 Technical Committee and the Educational Working Group for ASTM. From initial involvement to their ongoing and recent engagement, the Centers have used their knowledge of the latest approved Global AM Standards to develop AM core competencies and sample curriculum for use across multiple educational disciplines and industry sectors.
The strategic partnership of MatEdU and RapidTech has enabled a unique and innovative focus on technician education for AM in the ATE community. By being at the table with ASTM and F42, the leaders of T.E.A.M. have facilitated: 1) the efficient identification of AM skills for technicians; 2) the follow on translation of those critical skills into core competencies; and 3) the acceleration of AM skills development for course delivery and program adaptation. The direct connection of T.E.A.M. with ASTM and F42 has in itself proven to be an inventive and significant model for education working together with industry.
The major goals of T.E.A.M. have been: 1) To facilitate creation of Additive Manufacturing core competencies and to develop uniform instructional elements and focused educational and training outcomes, T.E.A.M. will lend its knowledge and expertise to support F42 and its stakeholders in the development of Global Additive Manufacturing Standards; and 2) In parallel with the emergence of AM standards, and in concurrent time, to provide tools, expertise, and a replicable process model that integrates core competencies into Additive Manufacturing technician programs.
T.E.A.M. has fulfilled its goals via the following outcomes and achievements:
- T.E.A.M. has demonstrated consistent leadership in AM for technician education. T.E.A.M. is a nationally recognized “go-to” resource for AM.
- T.E.A.M. has continually developed and strengthened linkages with national entities and stayed involved in the national AM conversation in industry and education (e.g., ASTM, SME, AMUG, and NCATC).
- T.E.A.M. has made critical impacts in dissemination, replication, and implementation of AM information, knowledge, and best practices. The core competencies produced by T.E.A.M. have made a positive difference in how AM programs deliver state-of-the-art instruction.
INTELLECTUAL MERITS
- T.E.A.M. provides a new and effective model of how industry and education can come together, by working shoulder-to-shoulder with ASTM and their Global AM Standards efforts. This partnership speeds the development and delivery of core competencies based on the new and emerging (draft) standards. The model helps shorten the lag time and brings the latest standards work to education directly.
- T.E.A.M. involvement nationally has ensured that MatEdU and RapidTech are well positioned to stay on the leading edge of AM. T.E.A.M. contacts and connections, established over the life of this grant, provide a solid foundation for additional future relationships in AM and more productive gains for advancing technician education in the AM discipline.
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