IEECI: Reforming Environmental Engineering Laboratories for Sustainable Engineering

IEECI：改革环境工程实验室以实现可持续工程

• 批准号: 0935154
• 负责人: Stephanie Luster-Teasley
• 金额: $ 14.91万
• 依托单位: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0935154&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IEECI; Reforming; Environmental; Engineering; Laboratories

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This engineering education research award to North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University will employ researchers to develop four new environmental laboratory modules that use problem-based learning and case studies to teach new environmental sustainability concepts. This method diverges from the traditional "step-by-step" method currently used in laboratory courses and provides the opportunity for students to use the concepts they learn to develop new ideas for engineering systems. The student learning gains for this proposal will be assessed using both qualitative and quantitative measures. The modules developed can be used for a complete environmental laboratory course or individual modules can be used for other STEM fields or modified for summer K-12 outreach programs. The project team will develop hands-on activities for a local school and provide outreach through programs that benefit multiple constituents in the engineering pipeline. This work will help prepare more engineering graduates with a better understanding of environmental sustainability needed to fill engineering jobs.

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。这个工程教育研究奖给北卡罗来纳州农业技术州立大学将聘请研究人员开发四个新的环境实验室模块，使用基于问题的学习和案例研究来教授新的环境可持续性概念。这种方法不同于传统的“一步一步”的方法，目前在实验室课程中使用，并提供了机会，让学生使用他们学到的概念，开发新的想法工程系统。学生的学习收益将使用定性和定量的措施进行评估。开发的模块可用于一个完整的环境实验室课程或个别模块可用于其他STEM领域或修改夏季K-12外展计划。项目团队将为当地学校开发实践活动，并通过有利于工程管道中多个组成部分的计划提供外展服务。这项工作将有助于培养更多的工程毕业生，更好地了解填补工程工作所需的环境可持续性。