Implementation of a New Undergraduate Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

卡内基梅隆大学材料科学与工程本科新课程实施

• 批准号: 0342200
• 负责人: Marc De Graef
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0342200&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; New; Undergraduate; Curriculum; Materials

This project supports planning for a new undergraduate curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Based on several recent reports that call for renewing the emphasis on inquiry- and research-based learning in higher education that enables students to experience science and engineering from the perspective of a researcher, undergraduate MSE curriculum will integrate research and education at multiple levels using a common theme of Energy and the Environment into the core curriculum, and establish several "Materials Tracks" for the upper level courses. The proposed tracks are: Ceramic Materials, Magnetic Materials, Metallic Materials, Polymeric Materials, Biomaterials, and Semiconductor Materials. The energy theme has been identified as one of the main strategic research interests at CMU, and is of central importance to nearly all engineering disciplines. The proposed program builds on the strong history of the integration of research and education at CMU, and will create opportunities for undergraduates from all engineering fields to participate in materials research, starting in the Freshmen year. Through a strong collaboration with the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, the proposed program will use sound pedagogical and cognitive principles to develop, implement, and evaluate the proposed curriculum changes. One of the outcomes of this program will be a materials laboratory teaching reference, a manual for faculty and teaching assistants, which will be disseminated in print and on-line. This manual can also be used by faculty of other engineering disciplines, and will be created by the MSE faculty, closely guided by experts in cognitive science. The implementation of the new curriculum will enable cognitive psychologists to acquire data about student learning in newly designed courses and lab experiments.The proposed program will also integrate computational methods with materials courses, using the energy theme as a common thread. Computational methods at various length and time scales will be coupled to one another, to reflect the widely different scales at which materials processing and manufacturing are used in industry. The undergraduate students will acquire important computational skills, which will benefit them in their redesigned senior year capstone course, as well as in their engineering careers.The proposed program will significantly impact several societal and industrial needs. Through a collaboration with Chatham College, a women-only college near the CMU campus, a new "Teaching Track" will be created, which will enable materials engineering undergraduates to obtain a Pennsylvania teaching certificate. When these students graduate and commence teaching, they will be able to transfer some of their knowledge of materials engineering and adapt it to a high school audience. The materials laboratory teaching reference will include lab experiments developed in collaboration with chemistry faculty of Chatham College. Students from Chatham will be able to take a Summer lab course at CMU, and instrumentation for these lab experiments will be located at both schools.

该项目支持卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）材料科学与工程（MSE）新本科课程的规划。根据最近的几份报告，呼吁重新强调高等教育中的探究和研究型学习，使学生能够从研究人员的角度体验科学和工程，本科MSE课程将使用能源和环境的共同主题将多个层次的研究和教育整合到核心课程中，并为上层课程建立几个“材料轨道”。拟议的轨道是：陶瓷材料，磁性材料，金属材料，聚合物材料，生物材料和半导体材料。能源主题已被确定为CMU的主要战略研究兴趣之一，对几乎所有工程学科都具有核心重要性。 拟议的计划建立在CMU研究和教育整合的强大历史的基础上，并将为来自所有工程领域的本科生创造机会，从大一开始参与材料研究。通过与Eberly卓越教学中心的密切合作，拟议的计划将使用良好的教学和认知原则来开发，实施和评估拟议的课程变化。这一方案的成果之一将是一本材料实验室教学参考书，这是一本供教师和助教使用的手册，将以印刷品和在线方式传播。本手册也可以由其他工程学科的教师使用，并将由MSE教师创建，由认知科学专家密切指导。新课程的实施将使认知心理学家能够在新设计的课程和实验室实验中获得有关学生学习的数据。拟议的计划还将把计算方法与材料课程结合起来，以能源为主题。不同长度和时间尺度的计算方法将相互耦合，以反映材料加工和制造在工业中使用的广泛不同的尺度。本科生将获得重要的计算技能，这将有利于他们在他们重新设计的高年级顶点课程，以及在他们的工程职业生涯。拟议的计划将显着影响几个社会和工业需求。通过与CMU校园附近的女子学院查塔姆学院合作，将创建一个新的“教学轨道”，这将使材料工程本科生获得宾夕法尼亚州的教学证书。当这些学生毕业并开始教学时，他们将能够转移他们的一些材料工程知识，并将其适应高中观众。材料实验室教学参考将包括与查塔姆学院化学系合作开发的实验室实验。从查塔姆的学生将能够采取在CMU的暑期实验室课程，和这些实验室实验的仪器将位于这两所学校。