Computer Integrated Instruction in Civil Engineering at WPI:Workstation Network

利用资源建立本科教学课堂。本课程将围绕基于UNIX的科学工作站展开，旨在提高工程分析与设计能力。具体目标围绕着将现有程序转换为在UNIX系统上使用，合并即将为UNIX系统发布的新程序，第三是开发新程序。计划评估一个贯穿学生二年级、三年级和四年级的综合分析和设计项目，这是一个跨学科的项目。举例工程项目包括一座桥梁或一座水处理厂，以及每个具体工程课程中教授的材料如何与该项目的最终规划分析、设计和施工相关联。为了建立这个方案，需要一个具有联网科学工作站、文件服务器和外围设备计算能力的计算机教室。从大二开始，基础课程中涵盖的简单分析应用将被转化为具体的项目主题。在土力学、基础设计、钢结构设计、混凝土设计、水力学、水文学、交通运输等连续课程中，所涵盖的概念将转化为具体的项目。这个项目将是一个连贯的计算机为基础的分析和设计经验的学生通过几个课程运行。

Resources will be used to establish an undergraduate teaching classroom. This classroom will center around the UNIX based scientific workstations for the purpose of enhancing engineering analysis and design. The specific objectives center around the conversion of existing programs for use on the UNIX systems, incorporation of new programs which will soon be released for the UNIX system, and thirdly the development of new programs. It is planned to evaluate an integrated analysis and design project which runs throughout the student's sophomore, junior, and senior year and is interdisciplinary in nature. An example engineering project includes a bridge or water treatment plant and how the material taught in each of the specific engineering courses would relate to the ultimate planning analysis, design and construction of this project. In order to establish this plan, a computer classroom with the computational capabilities of networked scientific work stations, file servers, and peripherals is needed. Starting in the sophomore year simple analysis applications covered in the basic courses will be translated to specific project topics. In sequential courses such as soil mechanics, foundation design, steel design, concrete design, hydraulics, hydrology, transportation, etc. the concepts covered will be translated to the specific project. This project will be a coherent computer-based analysis and design experience for the students running through several courses.