Symbiotic Approach to Teaching Process Control and Instrumentation

过程控制和仪表教学的共生方法

• 批准号: 0127013
• 负责人: Peter Shull
• 金额: $ 7.21万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2006-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0127013&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Symbiotic; Approach; Teaching; Process; Control

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.

工程-工程技术（58）该项目正在开发一个跨学科，团队授课的课程块，以培养工程技术专业的学生在工业级过程控制设备和相关系统集成。这些课程还灌输在技术和专业环境中高质量表现所需的高级沟通技能。目标受众/多样性包括来自国会指定为阿巴拉契亚一部分的五个县的学生，即在上大学的人口中代表性不足的人口。这一群体主要由第一代大学生组成，其中约20%是归国成人学生。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。沟通能力不足限制了学生理解、记录和引用谈判设备复杂性所需的层次概念。在解决这些问题时，一个三人教师团队（两名工程学教授/一名英语教授）将采用由三个机构（德雷塞尔大学、得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。改进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成一个三学期的课程序列，课程合作教学。在工业级设备和系统集成方面培训工程技术学生。利用技术写作培训来提高对技术设备的学习。对教员进行教学模式的交叉培训。通过专业期刊、研讨会、网站和会议传播课程计划和实验室设计材料。为其他学科的写作密集型课程提供了一种示范方法。