Integration of Laboratory Experience in Undergraduate Education

工程-机械(56)该项目的目标包括开发一个数据采集(DAQ)实验室，一门必修的新生实验课程，以及流体和传热学实验项目的两门必修课程序列。这项工作将效仿德雷克塞尔的工程测试、设计和模拟实验室和科罗拉多矿业学院的多学科工程实验室序列，这两个实验室都已被其他学校成功改编。在一年级获得的实验技能将在课堂演示、所需的开放式项目、高级设计项目和本科生研究的整个课程中得到加强。该项目解决了改进我们向本科生教授实验艺术的方式的必要性。在开放式实验室中，学生参与多学科项目和合作机会，涉及电气和计算机部件、传感器、数据采集软件或控制。引入动手实验，特别是在第一年，解决了女性和少数族裔经常发现的高流失率问题，他们可能缺乏传统工程专业学生的机械修补经验。

Engineering - Mechanical (56) The objectives of this project include the development of a data acquisition (DAQ) Laboratory, a required freshmen Experiments course, and a upper level required two-course sequence in Experimental Projects for Fluids and Heat Transfer. This effort will be modeled after Drexel's Engineering Test, Design, and Simulation Laboratory and Colorado School of Mines' Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory sequence, which have both been successfully adapted by other schools. The experimental skills gained in the freshmen year will be reinforced throughout the curriculum in classroom demonstrations, required open- ended projects, senior design projects and undergraduate research. The project addresses the need to improve the way in which we teach the art of experimentation to undergraduates. In the open-ended laboratory, students participate in multidisciplinary projects and co- op opportunities involving electrical and computer components, sensors, data acquisition software or controls. Introducing hands- on experiments, especially in the first year, addresses the high attrition rate often found among women and minorities, who may lack the mechanical tinkering experience of traditional engineering students.