Development of a Process Control Breadboard System to Attract and Retain Engineering Students

开发过程控制试验板系统以吸引和留住工程专业的学生

• 批准号: 0234671
• 负责人: Jeffrey Mountain
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Tyler
• 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: 2003-01-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0234671&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Process; Control; Breadboard; System

The project will provide undergraduate engineering students the opportunity to design build and test small-scale control systems that represent processes encountered in engineering practice. The proposed instructional system follows the model of electrical or mechanical breadboard systems, and integrates the two in novel ways. The approach will be integrated into every level of the curriculum using hands-on, team based design activities; enhancing the design education experience for freshmen, and will continue through to the senior capstone experience. The students will work on real world problems with industrial mentors. This system is also expected to significantly enhance the ability of upper level students to design, build and test fully functional process control systems by reducing the time and effort required for system assembly. Following initial system development and testing, weeklong summer camps for Eight and ninth grade students will be conducted. Undergraduate student mentors, under faculty supervision, will assist attendees in hands-on design of process control systems. Women and historically underrepresented minority students will be strongly encouraged to attend the camps. All attendees will be encouraged to pursue engineering careers. A resource guide, including vendor lists, sample design activities and a lessons learned summary will be provided on the WEB. In addition, as the project reaches completion, the guide will be widely distributed to approximately 150, small, to medium sized, agricultural, chemical, and mechanical engineering programs on CD-ROM.

该项目将为工科本科生提供设计、建造和测试小规模控制系统的机会，这些系统代表了工程实践中遇到的过程。提出的教学系统遵循电气或机械面包板系统的模式，并以新颖的方式将两者结合起来。该方法将整合到课程的每一个层次，使用动手，以团队为基础的设计活动；加强大一新生的设计教育经验，并将持续到高年级的顶点经验。学生们将与行业导师一起研究现实世界中的问题。该系统还有望通过减少系统组装所需的时间和精力，显著提高高年级学生设计、构建和测试功能齐全的过程控制系统的能力。在最初的系统开发和测试之后，将为八年级和九年级的学生举办为期一周的夏令营。在教师的指导下，本科生导师将协助与会者动手设计过程控制系统。将强烈鼓励妇女和历史上代表性不足的少数民族学生参加这些营地。所有与会者都将被鼓励从事工程职业。资源指南，包括供应商列表、示例设计活动和经验教训总结将在WEB上提供。此外，随着项目的完成，该指南将以光盘形式广泛分发给大约150个中小型农业、化学和机械工程项目。