An Engineering Learning Center: A Model for Systemic Engineering Education Reform

98-72307阿扎迪瓦堪萨斯州工程学习中心：系统工程教育改革的典范这个项目将把目前由国家科学基金会(三个工程项目)部分支持开发的制造学习中心扩展为工程学习中心，包括其他工程学领域以及一些商业学科。代表五个工程和三个商学院项目的六名教职员工将作为ELC的核心决策机构和相应学科的学生的顾问参与这个项目。此外，由于实习生的经历需要大量的书面和口头交流，KSU英语系的一位在技术写作和专业交流方面拥有丰富经验的教授将作为顾问参与，帮助学生完成沟通任务。此外，该项目将把实习机会扩大到高中生，努力让他们在进入大学之前就为工程教育做好准备。该项目涉及《行动议程》的许多目标。特别是，经验表明，通过在MLC实习补充课堂教育，学生获得作为团队成员的领导和表现的能力，理解工程决策的非技术性方面，发展强大的沟通和说服技能，并获得终身学习的技能。此外，在提供所有好处的同时，拟议的系统不会增加工程教育的年限。在这个项目完成后，PI将记录一个完全可实施的系统，该系统可以作为许多大学的工程模型。

98-72307 Azadivar Kansas State An Engineering Learning Center: A Model for Systemic Engineering Education Reform This project will expand the current domain of a Manufacturing Learning Center (MLC), developed with partial support from NSF (three engineering programs) into an Engineering Learning Center (ELC) to include other areas of engineering as well as some business disciplines. Six faculty members representing five engineering and three business school programs will participate in this project as the core decision making body for the ELC and as advisors to students from their corresponding disciplines. In addition, because interns' experiences require much written and oral communication, a professor from KSU's English Department, with extensive experience in technical writing and professional communications, will participate as consultant assisting students with their communication tasks. Furthermore, the project will extend the internship opportunities to high school students in an effort to prepare them for engineering education even before they have entered the university. This project addresses many of the goals of the Action Agenda. In particular, experience has shown, that by supplementing their classroom education with an internship at the MLC, students gain the ability to lead and perform as a member of a team, understand the non-technical aspects of engineering decisions, develop strong communication and persuasion skills, and acquire skills for life long learning. In addition, while presenting all the benefits, the proposed system does not add to the length of engineering education. At the completion of this project, the PI will document a fully implementable system that could be used as a model for engineering at many universities.