Planning Grant: Simulation and Visualization Enhanced Engineering Education

这规划补助金老自治领大学有一个长期的目标，以提高学生的学习过程中，整合可视化模块，仿真软件，虚拟实验和实验室无缝跨越所有工程学科的课程转型。 规划补助金本身将解决一些具体问题：什么是教育工程专业学生的最佳方式，通过虚拟域为他们提供实践经验，以满足行业不断变化的需求？ 应该使用哪些可视化技术平台？ 根据学院的课程改革愿景，现有的哪些教育材料最适合采用？ 内部应准备哪些可视化模块，哪些广泛使用的计算机软件应纳入课程？ 如何将不同的教育技术工具无缝集成到课程中？ 应制定哪些评估工具来衡量拟议的转型的有效性？ 这些问题将通过建立可视化增强工程教育实验室（VEEEL）在规划补助金中得到回答，该实验室将开发原型可视化模块作为概念验证的试验台。 该实验室还将作为教师和地区机构，可视化和模拟软件公司以及在这一领域取得成功的其他学术机构之间的合作伙伴关系的催化剂。

This planning grant to Old Dominion University has the long-term goal of to enhancing the student learning process by a curricular transformation that integrates visualization modules, simulation software, and virtual experiments and labs seamlessly across all engineering disciplines. The planning grant itself will address a number of specific questions: What is the best way to educate engineering students to provide them with hands-on experience through the virtual domain to address the changing requirements of industry? What visualization technology platforms should be used? What existing educational materials are most suitable for adoption based on the College.s curricula transformation vision? What visualization modules should be prepared in-house, and what widely used computer software should be integrated in courses? How can different education technology tools be integrated seamlessly into the curricula? What assessment instruments should be developed to gage the effectiveness of the proposed transformation? These questions will be answered in the planning grant through the establishment of the Visualization-Enhanced Engineering Education Laboratory (VEEEL), which will feature the development of a prototype visualization module as a test bed for the proof of concept. The Laboratory will also serve as a catalyst for partnerships among the faculty and area institutions, visualization and simulation software companies, and other academic institutions with proven success in this area.