TUES: Development and Integration of Synergistic Computational and Experimental Activities within the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum

该项目正在开发新的模块化学习材料，资源和策略，用于将协同计算和实验活动整合到机械和制造工程课程的12门课程中，这些课程采用工作室格式，从大二到大四。五个计算实验（ComEx）工作室正在设计连接概念，理论，模拟和真实的世界跨学科的工程应用，通过让学生超越课堂，以帮助发展批判性思维能力和解决问题的技巧。 每个学习ComEx工作室包含学习成果，问题描述，与课程概念的连接，背景信息，相关模型或实验，解决方案，计算方法，解决方案，通过数值和实验测试进行验证，以及概念或方法的跨学科应用。 通过将学生置于一个提供多种解决方案的场景中，每个ComEx工作室旨在让学生进行批判性思维，独立决策和迭代方法来解决问题。 ComEx工作室将被设计为在线传播，以便广泛采用，它们将被纳入一个正在进行的外展计划，以招募女性和少数民族学生。 项目材料和成果正通过网上张贴、在国家会议上的介绍、校内和校外讲习班以及期刊出版物传播。 评估工作由大学的评估和评估中心进行，使用学生调查、教师访谈、焦点小组和课堂观察来监测进展。 更广泛的影响包括广泛传播教学材料和注重征聘少数群体和妇女。

The project is developing new modular learning materials, resources, and strategies for integrating synergistic computational and experimental activities into twelve courses in the mechanical and manufacturing engineering curriculum spanning the sophomore to the senior year using a studio format. Five computational-experimental (ComEx) studios are being designed to connect concepts, theory, simulation, and real world interdisciplinary engineering applications by engaging students beyond the classroom to help develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving techniques. Each learning ComEx studio contains learning outcomes, problem descriptions, connections to course concepts, background information, related models or experiments, solution approaches, computational methods, solutions, validation through numerical and experimental testing, and interdisciplinary applications of the concept or approach. By placing students in a scenario presenting multiple approaches to a solution, each ComEx studio is designed to engage students in critical thinking, independent decision making, and an iterative approach to problem solving. The ComEx studios will be designed for online dissemination to enable widespread adoption and they will be integrated into an on-going outreach program to recruit female and minority students. Project material and results are being disseminated through web postings, presentations at national meetings, on- and off-campus workshops, and journal publications. The evaluation effort, being conducted by the University's assessment and evaluation center, is using student surveys, instructor interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations to monitor progress. Broader impacts include the wide dissemination of the instructional material and the focus on recruiting minorities and women.