Enable Project-Based Learning of Ecodesign: Method Development and Curriculum Reform

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。普渡大学的工程教育研究奖将开发工具，供研究生和本科生使用，将可持续性考虑注入产品设计。 该研究采用了创新的研究设计，将模型构建和可视化的最先进技术引入到设计工具中，这些工具非常强大，但也易于本科生使用。 研究结果将通过专业网络和普渡大学全球中心进行传播。 其目标是通过开发工具，以提高对环境可持续性的理解，更好地为学生的工程实践做好准备。 这些技术预计将提高学生对工程的兴趣，并将增加完成工程学位并准备填补工程工作的人数。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Purdue University will develop tools for use by mechanical engineering students at the graduate and undergraduate levels to infuse sustainability considerations into product design. The study employs an innovative research design by bringing state of the art techniques in model building and visualization into design tools that are exceptionally robust but also easy to use by undergraduate students. The results will be disseminated through professional networks and Purdue's Global Hub. The goal is to better prepare students for the practice of engineering through developing tools to enhance understanding of environmental sustainability. These techniques are expected to increase students' interest in engineering and will enhance the number who complete engineering degrees and are ready to fill engineering jobs.