Rapid Prototyping Laboratory Improvement for Interdepartmental Access and Program Partner Education

该项目的目标是将快速原型技术集成到一个完全联网的CAD/CAM/工程环境中，同时促进大学各系之间共享使用设备和课程协作。该项目的主要目标是：(1)通过修改七门课程的课程来改善学习环境，包括让大约300名学生每学期在一个现代化的实验室里接触快速成型技术；(2)开发一个互动式快速成型实验室，这将使来自莫雷纳地区职业系统(MACS)伙伴关系的12所中学的高中教师能够亲身体验学习经验；(2)开发一个交互式快速成型实验室，使来自莫雷纳地区职业系统(MACS)伙伴关系的12所中学的高中教师能够亲身体验学习经验；(3)透过互委会为高中生提供学习经验；及。(4)主办一个分两部分的研讨会，包括远程学习和快速成型技术的实际学习经验，让来自13所学院和大学的教师，以及另外7所组成南方大都会EDnet联盟伙伴关系的高中的教师参加。近期的目标是透过在两个学院系结合快速成型，提升课程的技术含量。新的课程成果将学生从3D几何模型的设计步骤转移到制造部件的实际原型，然后是产品的分析和改进。学生将在真实世界的快速原型环境中进行学习体验。

The goal of the project is to integrate rapid prototyping into a fully networked CAD/CAM/Engineering environment while fostering shared use of equipment and curriculum collaboration between collegedepartments. Rapid prototyping is a key and final element in the full integration of computer technology in the teaching of the manufacturing process at Moraine Valley C. C., from initial concept to final delivery of the product.The major objectives of the project are: (1) to improve the learning environment by revising curricula in seven courses to include exposing approximately 300 students each semester to rapid prototyping in a modern laboratory; (2) to develop an interactive rapid prototyping laboratory that will enable hands on learning experiences for high school teachers from the twelve secondary schools that form the Moraine Area Career System (MACS) partnership; (3) to provide learning experiences for high school students through the MACS, and (4) to sponsor a two-part symposium incorporating distance learning and a hands on learning experience in rapid prototyping technology for faculty from thirteen colleges and universities plus seven additional high schools that form the South Met EdNet Consortium partnership.The immediate goal is to upgrade the technical content of the curriculum by incorporating rapid prototyping in the two college departments. New program outcomes move student learning from a design step with 3D geometric models to an actual prototype of the manufactured part followed by analysis and refinement of the product. Students will engage in the learning experience in a real-world rapid prototyping environment.