Design as Creative Model for Technical Education: The Development and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Studio Models-National Graduated Distribution Concept

该项目旨在通过研讨会向研究生和教师转移工作室模型，以有效整合技术，社会/文化和美学问题的方式进行工程设计教学。该模型基于伦斯勒理工学院（RPI）NSF资助的跨学科产品设计和创新计划以及深潜设计练习。ABET最近的变化强调设计是工程课程的关键组成部分。ABET战略计划旨在“通过识别和传播教育最佳实践来识别促进教育质量和创新的计划;与其他组织合作开发促进教育质量和创新的计划;通过增加ABET历史上代表性不足的人数来扩大参与的多样性，以反映工程社区参与者的全方位;鼓励和适应新的教育模式。第一阶段的研讨会包括汉普顿大学（HU）和科罗拉多大学（UC），前者是一所致力于本科教育和多样性行动主义的硕士大学，后者是一所博士/研究型州立大学，在基于问题的学习方面有着坚实的基础。第二阶段的工作坊欢迎其他有兴趣的院校申请。RPI，使用经验丰富的工程，社会科学和建筑学院，将提供研讨会和相关的支持，以帮助开发和提供这些工作室。该项目更新了规范性和跨学科设计教育的最佳做法;并开发和实施了向同行机构传播和分发的模式。

This project aims to transfer, through workshops to graduate students and faculty, studio models for teaching engineering design in a way that effectively integrates technical, social/cultural, and aesthetic issues. This model is based on Rensselaer Polytechnic's (RPI) NSF funded interdisciplinary Product Design and Innovation Program and Deep Dive design exercises.Recent changes in ABET put an emphasis on design as a critical component of the engineering curriculum. The ABET Strategic Plan intends to "Recognize programs that promote educational quality and innovation by identify(ing) and disseminat(ing) educational best practices; Cooperate with other organizations to develop programs that promote educational quality and innovation; Expand diversity of participation by increase(ing) the numbers of those historically under-represented in ABET to reflect the full spectrum of participants in the engineering community; Encourage and accommodate new educational paradigms." These are the premises for this proposal.The first phase workshops include Hampton University (HU), a master's university, with a deep commitment to undergraduate education and diversity activism and the University of Colorado (UC), a doctoral/research state university with a strong foundation in problem-based learning. The second stage workshops are open to applicants from other interested institutions. RPI, using experienced engineering, social science, and architecture faculty, will deliver the workshop sessions and associated support to help develop and deliver these studios. This project updates best practices of normative and cross-disciplinary design education; and develops and implements models for dissemination and distribution to colleague institutions.