Creating Citizen Engineers through Infrastructure Awareness

通过基础设施意识培养公民工程师

• 批准号: 0530506
• 负责人: Max Anderson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0530506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Creating; Citizen; Engineers; through; Infrastructure

The planning grant is to revise the civil engineering curriculum by infusing an infrastructure theme throughout. The new curriculum will include a new class, "Introduction to Infrastructure," at the beginning of the second year that will specifically address infrastructure needs and the non-technical issues (such as financing, political process, etc.) that are often crucial to successful engineering projects. It should be emphasized, however, that the objectives of this proposal go far beyond adding a single class. The infrastructure concepts from this new class will be interwoven throughout the remainder of the curriculum to provide students with a better understanding of the challenges to be faced in improving, securing, and maintaining the national infrastructure. In addition to learning about infrastructure in classes, student will evaluate infrastructure components in local communities from direct observation. The service learning activity will provide students with a direct connection to a local community and its needs. Upon completion of their technical elective courses, graduates of the department will have written a thorough infrastructure assessment of a local community. Engineering graduates from UWP will have a broader understanding of infrastructure that will benefit communities throughout the United States where they will work and live.

规划补助金是通过在整个课程中注入基础设施主题来修订土木工程课程。新课程将包括一门新的课程，“基础设施导论”，在第二年的开始，专门讨论基础设施需求和非技术问题（如融资，政治进程等），这些问题通常对成功的工程项目至关重要。但是，应当强调的是，这项建议的目标远不止增加一个阶级。这门新课程的基础设施概念将贯穿于课程的其余部分，使学生更好地理解在改善、保障和维护国家基础设施方面所面临的挑战。除了在课堂上学习基础设施外，学生还将通过直接观察来评估当地社区的基础设施组成部分。服务学习活动将为学生提供与当地社区及其需求的直接联系。在完成技术选修课程后，该系的毕业生将对当地社区的基础设施进行全面的评估。UWP的工程专业毕业生将对基础设施有更广泛的了解，这将使他们工作和生活的整个美国社区受益。