Lopes, A., & Renteria Marquez, I., & Tseng, T., & Rahman, M. F., & Luna, S. (2022, August), Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41835

\bibitem{asee_peer_41835}
  Lopes, A., \& Renteria Marquez, I., \& Tseng, T., \& Rahman, M. F., \& Luna, S. (2022, August), \emph{Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41835

Amit Lopes, Ivan Renteria Marquez, Tzu-liang Tseng, Md Fashiar Rahman, and Sergio Luna.  "Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41835 Internet.  25 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_41835}
  Amit Lopes, Ivan Renteria Marquez, Tzu-liang Tseng, Md Fashiar Rahman, and Sergio Luna.
  "Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41835 Internet.  25 Apr, 2025

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title = "Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development"
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year = "2022"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The digitization of machines, tools, and other elements of manufacturing systems presents substantial benefits, but there is a need to overcome technical and workforce skills gap regarding Smart Manufacturing (SM) technologies and processes, especially for underserved small and medium manufacturers (SMMs).  Increasing representation of minority workforce demographics with knowledge of advanced manufacturing technologies is required for effective SM technology adoption and implementation, to sustain regional manufacturing superiority.  This effort demonstrates a strategy to create a SM curriculum and certificate program that promotes SM concepts in underserved SMMs and upskilling an underrepresented (Hispanic) workforce, by developing industry-relevant training materials and research laboratory practices.  Existing academic, industry, workforce, and economic development partnerships were leveraged to capture and address the diverse learning needs across the entire regional SM pipeline.  The key tasks conducted to fulfill the project goals included the development of a SM curriculum and SM focused laboratories at UTEP, approval of the SM certificate program to engage and increase SM knowledge in underserved regional manufacturers, and development of industry relevant use cases in SM related areas.  The resulting infrastructure provides an underrepresented workforce demographic with access to a state-of-the-art SM research facility, hands-on experience developing case studies, and interdisciplinary knowledge in SM engineering.  The SM framework is expected to increase the number of SM trained engineers, increase industry deployment and adoption through development and implementation of SM specific use cases, and increase the SM supply chain through economic development partnerships.  The strategy presented in the paper provides an approach to increase SM adoption in historically underserved communities.
AU  - Amit Lopes
AU  - Ivan Renteria Marquez
AU  - Tzu-liang Tseng
AU  - Md Fashiar Rahman
AU  - Sergio Luna
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Smart Manufacturing for Underserved Workforce Development
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--41835
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