Symbiotic Approach to Teaching Process Control and Instrumentation

工程-工程技术（58）这个项目正在开发一个跨学科的、小组授课的课程，以训练工程技术专业的学生掌握工业水平的过程控制设备和相关的系统集成。这些课程还灌输了在技术和专业环境中进行高质量工作所必需的高级沟通技巧。目标受众/多样性包括来自国会指定的阿巴拉契亚地区的五个县的学生，即在上大学的人口中代表性不足的人口。这一人口主要由第一代大学生组成，其中约20%是回国的成年学生。该项目主要解决以下问题：由于设计限制、过时的技术和较大的学习曲线，课程对实际工业级设备的培训不足。沟通技巧不足限制了学生理解、记录和参考处理设备复杂性所需的分层概念。为了解决这些问题，一个由三名教师组成的团队（两名工程教授/一名英语教授）将采用由三所机构（德雷克塞尔大学、德克萨斯农工大学和亚利桑那州立大学，均为nsf资助联盟的成员）实施的跨学科方法来改善工程教育。修改后的方法将工程技术和英语的四门必修课和一门选修课整合到三个学期的序列中，并采用协作教学。项目的目标和成果包括：a。培养工业级设备与系统集成的工程技术专业学生。利用技术写作培训来提高对技术设备的学习。交叉培训教师的教学模式。通过专业期刊、研讨会、网站和会议传播课程计划和实验设计材料。为其他学科的写作强化课程提供了一个示范方法。

Engineering - Engineering Technology (58) This project is developing an interdisciplinary, team-taught block of courses to train engineering technology students in industrial-level process control equipment and associated systems integration. These courses are also instilling advanced communication skills necessary for quality performance in a technical and professional environment. Target Audience/Diversity consists of students coming from five counties designated by Congress as part of Appalachia, i.e. a population underrepresented among the college-going population. This population is largely comprised of first generation college students of whom about 20% are returning adult students.The project is addressing the following problems:a. Curriculum provides inadequate training on realistic industrial-level equipment due todesign limitations, dated technology, and the large learning curve.b. Inadequate communication skills limit students in understanding, recording, andreferencing the hierarchical concepts needed to negotiate the equipment complexities.In addressing these problems, a three-member faculty team (two engineering professors/one English professor) will adapt an interdisciplinary approach implemented by three institutions (Drexel University, Texas A&M University, and Arizona State University, all members of a NSF-funded coalition) to improve engineering education. The modified approach integrates four required and one optional course in engineering technology and English into a three-semester sequence, with courses collaboratively taught.The objectives\outcomes of the project consist of:a. Training engineering technology students in industrial-level equipment and systemsintegration.b. Using technical writing training to improve learning on technical equipment.c. Cross-training faculty on the pedagogical models.d. Disseminating resulting course plans and laboratory design materials via professionaljournals, workshops\website, and conferences.e. Providing an exemplary approach for writing-intensive courses in other disciplines.