Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering

产品与过程工程新生实验室

• 批准号: 9550927
• 负责人: David Ollis
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-07-01 至 1997-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9550927&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Freshman; Laboratory; Product; Process; Engineering

David F. Ollis DUE 9550927 North Carolina State University FY1995 $ 200,000 Raleigh, NC 27695-7905 ILI - Leadership in Laboratory Development: Engineering Title: Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering A Product and Process Engineering laboratory has been established for freshmen engineering students. The purpose of the laboratory is to bring students together in teams of three in order to explore fully operative, familiar devices (e.g., videocamera, videocassette recorder, photocopier, bar code scanner) by playing the successive roles of user, assembler, and engineer analyst. The lab places emphasis on a "hands-on" approach to each device and on working in teams. Results from pilot offerings in summer '93(12 students) and '94(18 students) indicate that this method creates an atmosphere in which students teach each other effectively, and in which women and minorities feel very comfortable and receive a positive and inclusive introduction to engineering. The objective of the project is the demonstration of a cost efficient manpower design and scale-up of this novel freshmen laboratory to handle a full cohort of up to 216 students per year for two years. Three 24 student sections/semester are offered in '95-'96 and five sections/semester in '96-'97. The method of laboratory execution involves roles for students, undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants, and the faculty director. The students, working in teams of three, examine each of six devices or processes. The senior undergraduates provide lab assistance and are selected so that they serve as role models for women and minority freshmen. The graduate teaching assistant (one per section) has general instruction and lab maintenance responsibilities for each section, and serves as back-up technica l consultant to the seniors. The faculty leader provides an initial week of hands-on training of seniors and graduate assistants with the lab devices prior to each semester, and leads the student discussion sections on outside readings, and maintains oversight of the laboratory operations. The project is significant because it provides an immediate "hands-on" introduction to engineering to freshmen students in a manner which includes teamwork, oral communication and presentation skills, and is conducive to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups.

大卫·F·奥利斯将于9550927财年在北卡罗来纳州立大学支付200,000美元给罗利，NC 27695-7905ILI-实验室发展的领导力：工程学头衔：产品与过程工程新生实验室为工程专业新生设立了一个产品与过程工程实验室。该实验室的目的是将学生聚集在一起，三人一组，通过扮演用户、装配工和工程分析员的连续角色，探索完全可操作的熟悉设备(如摄像机、盒式录像机、复印机、条形码扫描仪)。该实验室将重点放在每台设备的“动手”方法和团队合作上。93年夏季(12名学生)和94年(18名学生)试点课程的结果表明，这种方法创造了一种学生之间有效教学的氛围，在这种氛围中，妇女和少数族裔感到非常舒服，并获得了积极和包容的工程学介绍。该项目的目标是展示具有成本效益的人力设计，并扩大这个新的新生实验室的规模，以便在两年内每年处理多达216名学生。九五至九六年提供三个24学部/学期，九六至九七年提供五个学部/学期。执行实验室的方法涉及学生、本科生和研究生助教以及教员主任的角色。学生们以三人为一组，逐一检查六种设备或工艺。大四的本科生提供实验帮助，并被选中，以便他们成为女性和少数族裔新生的榜样。研究生助教(每科一名)负责各科室的一般指导和实验室维护工作，并担任后备技术L顾问。在每个学期之前，教务长将为高年级学生和研究生助理提供为期一周的实验设备实践培训，并领导学生讨论课外阅读材料，并监督实验室的运行。该项目意义重大，因为它以一种包括团队合作、口头交流和陈述技能的方式，向大一学生提供了即时的工程实践入门，并有助于招募和留住代表性不足的群体。