Virtual Construction Simulator 3D: A Simulation Game for Construction Engineering Education

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该工程教育研究奖授予宾夕法尼亚州立大学，将雇用研究人员开发和评估虚拟建筑工程模拟器的教育游戏能力，以更好地理解模拟游戏在工程教育中的应用和使用。这将使学生对建设过程和关键技能有全面的了解，如资源利用、排序、场地布局和风险管理。在虚拟环境中，学生将管理一个完整的建筑项目，并能够探索替代解决方案。其他工程领域也面临着如何最好地教育学生理解学科特定内容将应用的广泛而复杂的现实世界背景的挑战。虚拟现实游戏提供了一种很有前途的方法，利用现有的网络技术来实现这一目标。本研究所得的未来发展指引，对于改善工程教育，使学生更好地为工程工作做好准备，具有重要的价值。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Pennsylvania State University will employ researchers to develop and assess educational gaming capability for a virtual construction engineering simulator to obtain a better understanding of the application and use of simulation games in engineering education. This will enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the construction process and critical skills such as resource utilization, sequencing, site layout, and risk management. In the virtual environment students will manage a complete construction project and be able to explore alternative solutions. Other areas of engineering are also faced with the challenge of how to best educate students to understand the broad and complex real-world context in which discipline specific content will be applied. Virtual reality games offer a promising approach to accomplish this using currently available cyber-technology. The guidelines for future development derived from this research will be valuable in improving engineering education to better prepare students for engineering jobs.