An Undergraduate Engineering GIS Spatial Analysis Laboratory

本科生工程GIS空间分析实验室

• 批准号: 9750647
• 负责人: Kathleen Hancock
• 金额: $ 2.38万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 2000-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9750647&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Engineering; GIS; Spatial; Analysis

The objective of this project is to educate undergraduate students in spatial analysis techniques through the development of an undergraduate spatial analysis computer laboratory that integrates remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and computer-aided design (CAD). Civil and environmental engineering students are exposed to a broad array of information that can be spatially referenced, including transportation, planning, environmental, and geotechnical data. As undergraduates, they generally address issues around these data within specific disciplines. The fundamental goal of this laboratory is to provide students with the ability to interrelate issues and data across disciplines and to explore the affects that different disciplines have on one another. For example, a group of students might evaluate the effects that run off from highways and parking facilities have on surrounding wetlands given varying soil conditions. Not only does this type of problem emphasize cross-disciplinary analyses, it also fosters group-based active learning and critical thinking. Basic GIS skills are introduced to students through carefully designed project-based laboratory exercises within existing courses. A new spatial analysis course specifically educates students in critical thinking across disciplines. Advanced instruction is encouraged through independent study and undergraduate research opportunities. With the maturing of desktop GIS, spatial analysis is becoming a standard tool for many engineering disciplines and entry-level engineers are expected to have a working knowledge of this technology.

该项目的目标是通过开发一个将遥感、地理信息系统（GIS）和计算机辅助设计（CAD）相结合的大学生空间分析计算机实验室，对大学生进行空间分析技术方面的教育。 土木和环境工程专业的学生接触到广泛的信息，可以在空间上参考，包括交通，规划，环境和岩土工程数据。 作为本科生，他们通常在特定学科中解决这些数据的问题。 该实验室的基本目标是为学生提供跨学科的问题和数据相互关联的能力，并探索不同学科对彼此的影响。 例如，一组学生可能会评估从高速公路和停车场流出的水对周围湿地的影响，并给出不同的土壤条件。 这类问题不仅强调跨学科分析，还促进了基于小组的主动学习和批判性思维。 通过在现有课程中精心设计的基于项目的实验室练习，向学生介绍基本的GIS技能。 一个新的空间分析课程专门教育学生在跨学科的批判性思维。 通过独立学习和本科生研究机会鼓励高级教学。 随着桌面GIS的成熟，空间分析正在成为许多工程学科的标准工具，入门级工程师应该具备这项技术的工作知识。