US-South Africa Workshop: Mechanical Engineering Design Education, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 1998

9731209 Fabien该奖项支持10名美国参与者参加美国-南非机械工程设计教育研讨会，该研讨会将于1998年7月在南非约翰内斯堡举行。联合组织者是华盛顿大学机械工程系的Brian Fabien教授和约翰内斯堡威特沃特斯兰德大学机械工程系的Andrew Dickson教授。研讨会的目的是在两国的大学设计工程教育工作者之间建立长期互利的合作关系。参与者将来自学术界和工业界，包括高级教育工作者、博士后和/或初级研究人员和研究生。通过一系列的演讲和互动环节，与会者将讨论工程设计研究生水平教学的现状，以及工程教育中多媒体的最新应用，包括远程学习和课堂上的实时计算机使用。后一个主题对南非尤其重要，因为在南非，远程教育占高等教育的很大一部分。特别强调的是本科教学方法和有效性措施，目的是展示各种创新的当前设计教育方法。工作坊期间，学生将实地参观学术机构和本地业界，业界代表将就聘用设计工程专业毕业生的要求发表意见。该研讨会由设计、制造和工业创新司（DMII）、工程教育和中心设计司（EEC）和国际项目司（INT）联合支持。＊＊＊

9731209 Fabien This award supports ten US participants in the US-South Africa Workshop on Mechanical Engineering Design Education, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 1998. The co-organizers are Professor Brian Fabien, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, and Professor Andrew Dickson, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The purpose of the workshop is to establish a long-term, mutually beneficial collaboration between university-level design engineering educators in both countries. Participants will be drawn from academia and industry and will include senior educators as well as postdoctoral and/or junior investigators and graduate students. Through a series of presentations and interactive sessions, the participants will discuss current practices in graduate level teaching of engineering design and state of the art use of multimedia in engineering education, including distance learning and real-time computer usage in the classroom. This latter topic is especially important for South Africa, where distance learning forms a large part of higher education. Special emphasis will be placed on undergraduate teaching methodologies and effectiveness measures, with the aim of presenting a variety of innovative current approaches to design education. Site visits to academic institutions and local industry will take place during the workshop, and industry representatives will give their perspectives on hiring requirements for design engineering graduates. The workshop is being supported jointly by the Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation (DMII), the Design of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC), and the Division of International Programs (INT). ***