Development of an Innovative Curriculum for Undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering Students

该项目将创建全面的计划，以重新制定、简化和开发新的计算机工程课程，重点是嵌入式系统。在与工业界协商后，该小组将评估构成该课程开发工作基础的需求，以及将用于为其提供形式和内容的过程。项目目标包括开发一个全面的路线图，其中包括课程提供、主题内容、技术和软件获取，以及新课程逐步实施的有时限的计划。所提出的嵌入式系统重点的汽车环境确保了所开发程序的广泛适用性。汽车为电子产品提供了一个严峻的环境，也为许多最新的嵌入式技术应用提供了一个试验台。因此，虽然行业焦点是特定的，但这项工作的影响远远超出了当地的背景。期望具有嵌入式计算机工程专业教育背景的工程师能够很好地满足现代工程实践这一重要分支的新需求。

This project will create comprehensive plans to reformulate, streamline, and develop a new computer engineering curriculum focused on embedded systems. In consultation with industry, the team will assess the needs that form the basis of this curriculum development effort, and the process that will be used to provide form and substance to it. Project goals include the development of a comprehensive roadmap that comprises course offerings, topical content, and technology and software acquisitions, and a time-bound plan for phasing in the new curriculum. The automotive context of the proposed embedded systems focus insures broad applicability of the program developed. The automobile provides a severe environment for electronics as well as a test bed for many of the latest applications of embedded technology. Therefore, while the industry focus is specific, the implications of this work go far beyond a local context. It is expected that an engineer with a specialized education in embedded computer engineering would be well suited to meet the emerging needs of an important branch of modern engineering practice.