Rapid Prototyping using Distance Collaboration in a Freshman Design Team Experience

在新生设计团队体验中使用远程协作进行快速原型制作

• 批准号: 0230833
• 负责人: Jack Leifer
• 金额: $ 7.41万
• 依托单位: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0230833&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rapid; Prototyping; using; Distance; Collaboration

The project develops and implements a freshman oriented multi-disciplinary team design experience using distance collaboration between the University of Kentucky Lexington and Paducah campuses. The project addresses the following issues pertaining to first-year engineering programs:a. There are few meaningful yet quantitative design experiences geared towards engineering freshmen. b. There is a need to introduce the concept of "distributed collaboration" to engineering students. Many engineers find themselves working as a member of a geographically distributed design team, despite the fact that they have not participated in such teams during college.c. There is a need to increase the number of students entering the engineering field from underrepresented groups.Teams of introductory engineering students from two campuses work on designing a mechanism or assembly using solid-modeling software that can then be prototyped using a 3-D printer. Group communication is facilitated using dedicated interactive video conferencing capabilities already in place at both locations, including web-based video and interactive television, and supplemented by telephone, email, and facsimile. Students from local high schools participate in full-day workshops to create a simple solid model, and see it fabricated by the 3-D printer. Each workshop includes tours of the engineering facilities, and a presentation outlining the career opportunities available in engineering.

该项目开发和实施一个面向新生的多学科团队设计经验，利用肯塔基州大学列克星敦和帕迪尤卡校区之间的远程合作。该项目解决了与第一年工程计划有关的以下问题：a。有几个有意义的，但定量的设计经验，面向工程新生。B.有必要向工科学生介绍“分布式协作”的概念。许多工程师发现自己是一个地理分布的设计团队的成员，尽管他们在大学期间没有参加过这样的团队。有必要增加来自代表性不足群体的学生进入工程领域的人数。来自两个校区的入门工程专业学生团队使用实体建模软件设计机械或组件，然后使用3D打印机制作原型。利用两个地点已有的专用交互式视频会议能力，包括基于网络的视频和交互式电视，并辅以电话、电子邮件和传真，促进了小组通信。来自当地高中的学生参加全天的研讨会，创建一个简单的实体模型，并看到它由3D打印机制造。每个研讨会包括工程设施的图尔斯之旅，并介绍了工程中可用的职业机会。