Enhancing Engineering Education Using Information Technology Tools: An Integrated Approach to building a design oriented chemical engineering curriculum

提案编号：0230476主要出版者：约瑟夫，巴布机构名称：南佛罗里达大学标题：加强工程教育使用信息技术工具：一个综合的方法来建立一个设计导向的化学工程专业本工程课程修订的计划是使用它来加强我们的方式包装和交付工程概念在一个实际的和相关的方式。该提案解决了学术工程界在适应与当今工程实践相关的概念和主题的呈现和同化中不断变化的范式所面临的一些主要挑战。帮助我们进行必要过渡的技术、硬件和软件现在都已可用。然而，主要的挑战在于发展适当的教学结构和范式，激励学生通过互动体验进行思考、探索和学习。这是建议工作背后的核心动机。具体而言，我们希望利用IT来改变化学工程核心课程的组织，集成和交付，如热力学，质量和能量平衡，流体动力学，传热和过程控制。我们希望提高保留率，同时提高工程专业学生解决复杂问题的理解和能力。与此同时，我们提出了课程修订，将尽早并经常在课程中引入工程软件，以便学生能够在教育中最大限度地适应并利用这种不断发展的技术。具体目标是：虽然重点是化学工程课程的发展，在南佛罗里达大学的概念也可以扩展到其他工程学科具有类似的好处。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230476PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Joseph, BabuINSTITUTION NAME: University of South FloridaTITLE: Enhancing Engineering Education Using Information Technology Tools: An Integrated Approach to building a design oriented chemical engineering curriculumThe plan for this engineering curricula revision is to use IT to enhance the waywe package and deliver engineering concepts in a practical and relevant way. This proposal addresses some of the major challenges faced by the academic engineering community in adapting to the shifting paradigms in presentation and assimilation of concepts and themes that are relevant to engineering practice today. The technology, hardware and software that help us make the necessary transition are now available. However, the major challenge lies in the development of the appropriate pedagogical structure and paradigms that motivate the student to think, to explore and to learn through interactive experiences. This is the central motivation behind the proposed work.Specifically, we want to utilize IT to alter the organization, integration and delivery of corecourses in chemical engineering such as thermodynamics, mass and energy balances, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and process control. We want to improve retention while increasing the understanding and the capability of engineering students to tackle complex problems. Simultaneously, we propose curriculum revisions that will introduce engineering software early and often in the curriculum so that the students are at once comfortable with and able to utilize this evolving technology to the maximum extent in their education. The specific objectives are to:While the focus is on development of chemical engineering curriculum, at the University of South Florida of the concepts can also be extended to other engineering disciplines with similar benefits.