Development of the Advanced Engineering Laboratory - Phase I

1988年，德雷克塞尔大学和国家科学基金会启动了一项名为E4的重大五年计划，题为“增强工程专业学生的教育体验”。本课程的重点是修改较低级别的工程课程，并包括工程实验室入门课程(IEL)。该项目利用IEL作为物理和智力基础，开发一个新的高级工程实验室(AEL)。AEL在理念、视角、组织、计划和设备方面与IEL相结合。其目标是：1)利用学生发展的技能，同时专注于复杂的专业或跨学科实验；2)提高现有高级实验室的范围、效率和效力；3)开发新的实验配置；以及4)作为示范设施和战略，为现代工程实验的理论和实践教学提供一个多样化、复杂和具有成本效益的环境。该项目的这一阶段涉及AEL的分析、设计、原型开发和测试。

In 1988, a major five-year program known as E4 and entitled "An Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students" was launched by Drexel University and the National Science Foundation. This program focuses on the revision of the lower division engineering curriculum, and includes the Introductory Engineering Laboratory (IEL). This project uses the IEL as a physical and intellectual foundation to develop a new Advanced Engineering Laboratory (AEL). The AEL is integrated with the IEL with respect to philosophy, perspective, organization, program, and equipment. The objectives are 1) to capitalize on developed student skills while focusing on sophisticated specialized or interdisciplinary experiments; 2) to enhance the scope, efficiency and effectiveness of existing upper-division laboratories; 3) to develop new experimental configurations; and 4) to serve as a model facility and strategy for providing a diverse, sophisticated and cost-effective environment for teaching the theory and practice of modern engineering experimentation. This phase of the project addresses the analysis, design, and prototype development and testing of the AEL.