NSF: Integrative Manufacturing and Production Engineering Education Leveraging Data Science Program (IMPEL)

Abstract

IMPEL is a transformative workforce education and training program that addresses the current and projected skills gaps and requirements in data science in the U.S. manufacturing sector. The mission of IMPEL is to facilitate lifelong learning for the production engineering STEM workforce through designing sustainable, pedagogically proven data science curricula via modular courses with interactive online learning labs and experiential project-based learning. The planned tasks for IMPEL include an online curriculum design and development targeting professionals, undergraduates and community college students interested in advancing their skills in data science in the context of Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing. The project team has accomplished several main tasks towards the goals of the project in Year 1, to be detailed in this paper.