Winds of Change in ECE: Infusing Sustainablity into the Program

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。这项工程教育研究奖授予堪萨斯州立大学，将雇用研究人员将替代能源和可持续性的概念整合到电气和计算机工程（ECE）课程中。这些概念将成为大一阶段的必修课以及高年级课程中使用的设计项目的一部分。项目团队使用主动学习技术来强调太阳能和风能以及节能。这些技巧将包括学生主导的可再生能源实验，以及在高级研讨会期间以可持续发展为重点的讨论和写作作业。将衡量这些活动在多大程度上提高了对可持续性的认识。这项工作预计将成为征聘和培养下一代电气和计算机工程师的典范，以满足在替代能源和可持续性方面日益增长的需求，同时改变欧洲经委会的课程，以帮助征聘这一新劳动力所需的未来学生。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This engineering education research award to Kansas State University will employ researchers to integrate the concepts of alternative energy and sustainability into the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) curriculum. These concepts will be part of required courses at the freshman level as well as in design projects used in upper-level classes. The project team uses active learning techniques to emphasize solar and wind energy as well as energy conservation. These techniques will include student-led experiments in renewable energy as well as sustainability focused discussions and writing assignments during the senior seminar. The extent to which these activities result in greater awareness of sustainability will be measured. This work is expected to serve as a model for recruiting and preparing the next generation of electrical and computer engineers to meet the growing needs in alternate energy and sustainability, while transforming the ECE curriculum to aid in recruitment of future students needed for this new workforce.