Collaborative Research: The Learning Bridge

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的（公法111-5）这项工程教育研究奖授予德雷克塞尔大学与普渡大学合作，德克萨斯工程实验站东北大学将聘请研究人员评估使用一个完全仪器化的真实的功能桥梁的有效性，该桥梁被称为“学习桥”。为土木工程专业的学生提供全面的实验室体验。该项目将为桥梁增加传感，监测和数据传输能力，供学术机构使用，并为使用这些数据的学习模块开发互联网门户。这项研究将为土木工程实验室的发展创造一个独特的和急需的基础设施资源，并促进了解土木工程师如何学习多域系统。土木工程的大多数子学科将通过让学生接触到从本科课程开始就连接社会和技术概念的复杂基础设施系统来整合。这项工作将有助于更好地准备工程师填补工程工作。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) This engineering education research award to Drexel University in collaboration with Purdue University, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, and Northeastern University will employ researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of using a fully instrumented real functioning bridge called the "Learning Bridge" to provide a comprehensive laboratory experience for civil engineering students. The project will add sensing, monitoring, and data transmission capability to the bridge for use by academic institutions and develop internet portals to the learning modules which will use this data. This research would both create a unique and much needed infrastructure resource for civil engineering laboratory development and also advance understanding of how civil engineers learn about multi-domain systems. Most of the sub-disciplines of civil engineering will be integrated by exposing students to a complex infrastructure system linking social and technical concepts from the beginning of the undergraduate program. This work will contribute to better preparation of engineers to fill engineering jobs.