Picasso's Clarinet: When Art and Engineering Collide

工程-电气（55）这个项目旨在促进新生工程学生的创造性思维，以提高工程设计过程。 学生的创造性过程是刺激和从事通过一系列的实验室模块在电气和计算机工程的新生水平入门课程。 实验室模块旨在明确解决设计过程中的艺术方面。 这是通过参与教师和学生从非工程项目在实验室模块。 第一个项目要求电气和计算机工程专业的学生与音乐专业的学生合作，用一种退役的乐器设计和制造一种功能正常的白炽灯。 多学科的学生团队参加实验室模块，并在团队建设和团队动力的指示。 该项目包括一项评估，衡量实验室模块对学生对工程的兴趣和学生以创造性方式思考工程设计问题的能力的影响。 评价计划还衡量实验单元对代表性不足群体的学生的影响。 项目成果通过会议、期刊和国家科学、技术、工程和数学教育数字图书馆传播。

Engineering - Electrical (55)This project seeks to promote creative thought in freshman engineering students in order to enhance the engineering design process. The creative process of students is stimulated and engaged through a series of laboratory modules in a freshmen level introductory course in electrical and computer engineering. The laboratory modules are designed to explicitly address the artistic aspects of the design process. This is done by involving faculty and students from nonengineering programs in the laboratory modules. The first project requires electrical and computer engineering students to work with music students to design and build a functioning incandescent lamp from a retired musical instrument. Multidisciplinary student teams participate in the laboratory modules and are given instruction in team building and team dynamics. The project includes an evaluation that measures the impact of the laboratory modules on the students' interest in engineering and on the students' ability to think about engineering design problems in a creative manner. The evaluation plan also measures the impact of the laboratory modules on students from underrepresented groups. The project results are being disseminated through conferences, journals and the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library.