Vertically Integrated Engineering Design for Combined Research and Curriculum Development

该奖项在David Jiles博士的指导下，向爱荷华州立大学提供资金，用于支持一个名为“联合研究和课程开发的垂直集成工程设计”的联合研究-课程开发项目。这个项目的重点是结合设计经验和研究，以最有效的方式满足未来几代工程师的教育需求，同时不增加毕业所需的课程学分。为实现这一目标而设计的机制被称为“垂直整合设计”，它将为工程专业的学生提供更广泛的设计经验。这种方法将吸引学生在整个本科生涯中，从二年级开始，使用最先进的工程模拟器来说明制造部件生命周期中的各个关键阶段。所涉及的具体研究领域是无损评估，它结合了生命周期工程、建模和强大的工业互动的最新进展，通过美国国家科学基金会工业/大学无损评估合作研究中心。正式的工程实践和设计课程将与实验研究项目同时教授，这将涉及二年级，三年级和四年级的学生一起工作。

This award provides funding to Iowa State University, under the direction of Dr. David Jiles, for the support of a Combined Research-Curriculum Development project entitled, " Vertically Integrated Engineering Design for Combined Research and Curriculum Development." This project focuses on a combination of design experience and research to meet the educational needs of future generations of engineers in the most efficient manner possible and without increasing the number of course credits needed for graduation. The mechanism devised for achieving this is termed "vertically integrated design," which will provide a broader design experience for engineering students. This approach will engage students throughout their undergraduate career, beginning with sophomores, using state-of-the-art engineering simulators that illustrate the various critical stages in the life cycle of manufactured components. The specific field of research involved is nondestructive evaluation, which combines recent advances in life-cycle engineering, modeling and strong industrial interactions through the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Nondestructive Evaluation. Formal courses on engineering practice and design will be taught in parallel with the experimental research project, which will involve sophomores, juniors and seniors working together.