A Project- and Design-Oriented Innovative Electrical Engineering Program

以项目和设计为导向的创新电气工程项目

• 批准号: 0431818
• 负责人: Murali Varanasi
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0431818&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; Design; Oriented; Innovative; Electrical

The establishment of this program, coincident with the creation of a new College of Engineering at the University of North Texas, is resulting in the development of a model curriculum representing a significant change in the manner Electrical Engineering (EE) students are educated. This innovative curriculum is engaging students in enhanced cognitive self-realization in a learning-to-learn (L2L) process integrated with project-oriented industrial experiences at the freshman level, with additional project-oriented courses added each semester. Instructors recruited from nearby industries are helping team-teach the project-oriented courses. Such industry-university collaborations are helping students integrate theory, practice and business sense, ensuring that the engineering curriculum continues to be relevant, competitive, global and directed toward future technological developments. While traditional programs in electrical engineering emphasize modular structures and specialty disciplines, the approach of this project combines insights from cognitive science and learning/teaching styles with an appreciation of the practical challenges raised by focusing the attention of students on project design issues in a class. Thus, the project is integrating project-based learning and L2L throughout the curriculum. The benefits of this approach include increased student participation in the learning process (active learning and self-learning), enhanced communication skills, adaptation of pedagogies to a wider set of learning styles, and promotion of critical thinking and problem-solving techniques. Major features of the approach include industry-university partnerships, the focus on active learning, the emphasis on team-building, business and entrepreneurship education, lifelong learning and the importance of relevant engineering activities applied to real-world problems.

该计划的建立，与北德克萨斯大学新的工程学院的建立相吻合，导致了一个代表电气工程（EE）学生教育方式的重大变化的示范课程的发展。这种创新的课程是让学生在学习过程中增强认知自我实现（L2 L），并在大一阶段与以项目为导向的工业经验相结合，每学期增加额外的项目导向课程。从附近行业招聘的教师正在帮助团队教授项目导向的课程。这种产学合作正在帮助学生整合理论，实践和商业意识，确保工程课程继续具有相关性，竞争力，全球性，并面向未来的技术发展。虽然电气工程的传统课程强调模块化结构和专业学科，但该项目的方法将认知科学和学习/教学风格的见解与通过将学生的注意力集中在课堂上的项目设计问题所提出的实际挑战相结合。因此，该项目将基于项目的学习和L2 L整合到整个课程中。这种方法的好处包括增加学生在学习过程中的参与（主动学习和自学），提高沟通技巧，使学习方法适应更广泛的学习风格，以及促进批判性思维和解决问题的技巧。这一方法的主要特点包括：产业与大学的伙伴关系、注重主动学习、强调团队建设、商业和创业教育、终身学习以及将相关工程活动应用于现实世界问题的重要性。