Design as Creative Model for Technical Education: The Development and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Studio Models-National Graduated Distribution Concept

该项目旨在通过向研究生和教职员工举办研讨会，以一种有效地整合技术、社会/文化和美学问题的方式，传递教授工程设计的工作室模式。这一模式是基于伦斯勒理工学院(RPI)NSF资助的跨学科产品设计与创新计划和深度潜水设计练习。最近ABET的变化强调将设计作为工程课程的关键组成部分。Abet战略计划旨在“认可通过确定和传播教育最佳实践来促进教育质量和创新的计划；与其他组织合作开发促进教育质量和创新的计划；通过增加Abet中历史上代表性不足的人数来扩大参与的多样性，以反映工程界的所有参与者；鼓励和适应新的教育范例。”第一阶段的研讨会包括汉普顿大学(HU)和科罗拉多大学(UC)，前者是一所致力于本科生教育和多元化行动主义的硕士大学，后者是一所博士/研究型州立大学，在以问题为基础的学习方面有着坚实的基础。第二阶段的工作坊欢迎其他有兴趣的院校申请参加。RPI使用经验丰富的工程学、社会科学和建筑学教师，将提供研讨会会议和相关支持，以帮助开发和交付这些工作室。该项目更新了规范性和跨学科设计教育的最佳做法，并开发和实施了向同事机构传播和分发的模式。

This project aims to transfer, through workshops to graduate students and faculty, studio models for teaching engineering design in a way that effectively integrates technical, social/cultural, and aesthetic issues. This model is based on Rensselaer Polytechnic's (RPI) NSF funded interdisciplinary Product Design and Innovation Program and Deep Dive design exercises.Recent changes in ABET put an emphasis on design as a critical component of the engineering curriculum. The ABET Strategic Plan intends to "Recognize programs that promote educational quality and innovation by identify(ing) and disseminat(ing) educational best practices; Cooperate with other organizations to develop programs that promote educational quality and innovation; Expand diversity of participation by increase(ing) the numbers of those historically under-represented in ABET to reflect the full spectrum of participants in the engineering community; Encourage and accommodate new educational paradigms." These are the premises for this proposal.The first phase workshops include Hampton University (HU), a master's university, with a deep commitment to undergraduate education and diversity activism and the University of Colorado (UC), a doctoral/research state university with a strong foundation in problem-based learning. The second stage workshops are open to applicants from other interested institutions. RPI, using experienced engineering, social science, and architecture faculty, will deliver the workshop sessions and associated support to help develop and deliver these studios. This project updates best practices of normative and cross-disciplinary design education; and develops and implements models for dissemination and distribution to colleague institutions.