Cooperative Agreement 70NANB16H239

This $296,939 National Science Foundation project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development and validation of a Learning Through Making Instrument (LMI) to measure student learning in university makerspaces. Purdue University will create an initial item pool for the LMI survey tool based on prior research identifying modes of learning in makerspaces. Experts will evaluate the item pool, and the researchers will assess reliability and validity through...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,139,270 to develop new training programs for manufacturing technicians. The Research Foundation of the City University of New York, on behalf of New York City College of Technology, will introduce new content into existing design, manufacturing, and materials science courses focused on advanced manufacturing technologies. This...

This federal Project Grant award, titled "EXPLORATIONS: PATHWAYS FOR SMART MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGISTS", is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The $1,000,000 award to Arizona State University (ASU) seeks to train and develop a skilled technical workforce to keep pace with modernization of manufacturing technologies and meet industry demand for advanced manufacturing proficiencies. The emphasis is on...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $297,792 to Northwest Kansas Technical College to establish an academic pathway with micro-credentials aligned to industry needs in advanced manufacturing. Over 3 years, the project will recruit 83 students from 5 regional secondary schools to complete 3 courses introducing additive and subtractive manufacturing technology, processes, and design principles. The project will provide...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) totaling $727,282 will fund a research project led by Georgia TECH Research Corp titled "Fostering Learning and Adaptability of Future Manufacturing Workers with Intelligent Extended Reality (IXR)". The project aims to develop breakthrough technologies that enable workplace-based learning and rapid upskilling of the manufacturing workforce on complex, cognitively demanding, and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $733,058 Cooperative Agreement titled "PIVOTS: RESKILLING EDUCATION VIA ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PRACTICUM" under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Cincinnati. This project aims to support the manufacturing industry by providing reskilling and upskilling opportunities in advanced manufacturing technologies to underrepresented populations, including veterans, new Americans, and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), provides $158,342 to New York University to develop new training content for existing manufacturing technician education courses. The university will introduce virtual and hands-on experiential learning exercises as well as tutorials on advanced manufacturing technologies including computer-aided design, additive manufacturing, and engineering...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $380,000 Project Grant to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), for a 3-year collaborative research project focused on developing an extended reality (XR) factory simulation to investigate the impact of technological advances on adaptive problem-solving skills and personalized learning in manufacturing education. The project will design and develop a virtual...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) will enable Lorain County Community College (LCCC) to replace and upgrade outdated equipment used in the college's microelectronic manufacturing (MEMS) degree track and Manufacturing Electronics and Rework Institute for Training (MERIT) laboratory. The upgraded equipment will allow LCCC to expand its capacity for applied,...

This $300,001 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the NSF Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to define, evaluate, and improve data quality for effective artificial intelligence (AI) deployment in manufacturing. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing...