Collaborative Research: The Learning Bridge

该工程教育研究奖授予德雷塞尔大学，与普渡大学、德克萨斯工程实验站和东北大学合作，将聘请研究人员评估使用全仪器的真实功能桥梁的有效性，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，并开发将使用这些数据的学习模块的互联网门户。这项研究将为土木工程实验室的发展创造一个独特和急需的基础设施资源，也将促进对土木工程师如何学习多领域系统的理解。土木工程的大多数分支学科将通过向学生展示一个复杂的基础设施系统来整合，从本科课程开始就将社会和技术概念联系起来。这项工作将有助于更好地为工程师做好准备，以填补工程岗位。

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.