Design Tools for Real-World Modelling in an Electrical Engineering Curriculum

该项目涉及计算机设计工具（CAD/CAE/CASE），以支持从二年级开始将“系统工程”技术全面整合到电气和计算机工程本科课程中。这是一种创新的方法，直接解决了提高设计技能教学效率的需要。新的工具提供了一条贯穿八门本科课程的线索，将硬件和软件联系起来，将课堂理论与实验室经验联系起来，并强调设计的建模方面。受影响的课程从大二一直延伸到大四。所选择的设备将提供高科技工具，硬件和软件，使用最先进的建模技术。这些工具的使用将使学生能够通过模拟和仿真，创建现实世界问题的相关和准确的模型。通过使用这些教育工具，我们将能够培训有效和富有成效的工程师，以应对当今美国工业主要关注的质量和上市时间问题。

The project is concerned with computer design tools (CAD/CAE/CASE) to support the total integration of "systems engineering" techniques into the electrical and computer engineering undergraduate curriculum beginning at the sophomore level. It is an innovative approach that directly addresses the need to improve the effectiveness of teaching design skills. The new tools provided a thread through eight undergraduate courses to link hardware and software, to connect classroom theory with laboratory experiences, and to emphasize the modeling aspect of design. The courses affected extend from the sophomore through the senior years. The equipment selected will provide high technology tools, both hardware and software, that use the state- of-the-art modelling techniques. The use of these tools will enable students to create through simulation and emulation, relevant and accurate models of real-world problems. With the use of these educational tools we will be able to train effective and productive engineers to cope with the quality and time-to- market issues that are major concerns in U.S. industry today.