SBIR Phase I: Engineering Principles Demonstrator

SBIR 第一阶段：工程原理演示器

• 批准号: 0839522
• 负责人: Aleksander Franz
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Chemicro Engineering
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0839522&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Engineering; Principles; Demonstrator

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase (SBIR) Phase I project will develop and demonstrate a low cost, multi-disciplinary Engineering Principles Demonstrator based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) on-chip experiments. The Demonstrator is designed to address a critical need in engineering education of more directly integrating experiments into engineering classrooms and curricula. MEMS technology can be effectively used to demonstrate most of the physical phenomena that engineering students must understand and become proficient at applying in their professions. Unlike conventional technology, which requires separate, cumbersome and often marginalized laboratory courses, MEMS experiments can be performed on a time scale consistent with direct integration into lectures, they are intrinsically safe, as well as environmentally efficient. The Demonstrator software can be used to integrate explanation of relevant principles as well as to provide designed experiments and analysis assistance within the product.The primary innovation in this proposal revolves around the use of MEMS technology to teach engineering fundamentals to undergraduate engineering students. The proposed demonstrator is broadly applicable across a variety of engineering curricula. The potential advantages to society with a technology- and knowledge-based economy follw from the quality of engineering students graduating with skills and knowledge to solve national challenges. With the economy of the United States and its standard of living predicated on high technology innovation, the benefits to the US economy would be expected to be significantly higher relative to other, less technologically oriented economies. The outcomes of this project is expected to impact a large number of students who graduate from US engineering schools without the fundamental grasp of physical phenomena which is critical for innovating new solutions and products.

这个小企业创新研究阶段（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发和演示一个低成本，多学科的工程原理演示器的基础上微机电系统（MEMS）的芯片实验。该演示器旨在解决工程教育中更直接地将实验整合到工程教室和课程中的关键需求。MEMS技术可以有效地用于演示工程专业学生必须理解并熟练应用于其专业的大多数物理现象。与传统技术不同，传统技术需要单独的，繁琐的和经常被边缘化的实验室课程，MEMS实验可以在与直接集成到讲座一致的时间尺度上进行，它们本质上是安全的，并且环保。Demonstrator软件可用于整合相关原理的解释，以及在产品中提供设计的实验和分析帮助。该提案的主要创新在于使用MEMS技术向本科工程专业学生教授工程基础知识。所提出的演示器广泛适用于各种工程课程。技术和知识型经济对社会的潜在优势来自工程专业学生的质量，他们毕业时拥有解决国家挑战的技能和知识。由于美国的经济及其生活水平取决于高科技创新，预计美国经济的收益将远远高于其他技术导向程度较低的经济体。该项目的成果预计将影响大量从美国工程学校毕业的学生，他们没有基本掌握物理现象，这对于创新新的解决方案和产品至关重要。