Manufacturing as a Vehicle to Illustrate Principles of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

制造作为阐释科学、数学和工程原理的工具

• 批准号: 9154176
• 负责人: Clayton Ruud
• 金额: $ 20.39万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-02-15 至 1993-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9154176&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Manufacturing; Vehicle; Illustrate; Principles; Science

The objective of this project is to stimulate and assist teachers of future scientists and engineers in their efforts as instructors and advisors by introducing them to new developments and illustrating applications of their disciplines to the production of consumer goods, i.e. manufacturing. Specifically, the project conducts short courses using the Penn State University Manufacturing laboratories to assist large numbers of faculty (science, mathematics, and engineering) from other colleges and universities to learn new ideas and techniques in their teaching discipline to add vitality to and improve their undergraduate teaching abilities. The project is designed to accommodate a large number of participants, and thus will focus both upon the two- and four-year coalition of the Penn State Commonwealth campuses and minority colleges and universities associated with Penn State. The association between undergraduate courses and the basic principles that are used in the manufacture of consumer products are used as a vehicle so as to stimulate excitement and the recognition of the relevance of the freshman and sophomore undergraduate science, mathematics and engineering subject matter. Students in engineering, science and mathematics in the first two years of college are often taught the basic principles with the use of abstract models that have little relevance to "real world" applications. However, manufacturing processes and systems and the techniques used to evaluate quality often illustrate principles of science, mathematics and engineering. The conduct of this undergraduate faculty enhancement project will use manufacturing as a vehicle to illustrate the relevant application of basic scientific, mathematical and engineering principles. Illustrations are developed, simulated, and modeled to provide a firm relationship between the principle and manufacturing application. Through this procedure the disciplinary capabilities and teaching skills of undergraduate faculty in science, mathematics and engineering will be enhanced. Further, the use of manufacturing as a vehicle demonstrates the relevance of the understanding and application of the basic principles to our country's economic vitality.

该项目的目的是通过向未来科学家和工程师的教师介绍新的发展并说明他们的学科在消费品生产(即制造业)中的应用，来激励和协助未来科学家和工程师的教师作为教员和顾问的努力。具体地说，该项目利用宾夕法尼亚州立大学制造实验室举办短期课程，帮助来自其他学院和大学的大量教师(科学、数学和工程)学习其教学学科中的新思想和新技术，以增加活力并提高他们的本科教学能力。该项目旨在容纳大量参与者，因此将侧重于宾夕法尼亚州立联邦校园和与宾夕法尼亚州立大学有关的少数族裔学院和大学组成的为期两年和四年的联盟。本科课程与消费品生产中使用的基本原理之间的联系被用作一种媒介，以激发人们的兴奋，并认识到一年级和二年级本科生科学、数学和工程学科的相关性。工程、科学和数学专业的学生在大学的头两年经常被教授基本原理，他们使用抽象的模型，而这些模型与“现实世界”的应用几乎没有什么关联。然而，制造过程和系统以及用来评估质量的技术往往说明了科学、数学和工程的原理。这个本科生师资培训项目的实施将以制造业为载体，说明基本科学、数学和工程原理的相关应用。对插图进行了开发、模拟和建模，以提供原理和制造应用之间的牢固关系。通过这一程序，科学、数学和工程本科教师的学科能力和教学技能将得到提高。此外，制造业作为一种工具的使用表明了对基本原则的理解和应用与我国经济活力的相关性。