TUES: A Laboratory-based Undergraduate Course in Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

项目描述该项目正在开发一门课程和一系列10个实验模块，帮助学生熟悉与混合动力电动汽车(HEV)和插电式电动汽车(PEV)相关的技术。该课程建立在伊利诺伊理工学院(IIT)先前的努力基础上，包括团队比赛和混合动力汽车设计、制造和测试方面的夏季REU项目经验，并满足了加强替代能源技术教学的重要需求。该项目采用的战略是，首先在IIT实施新课程，然后在另一个在HEV/PEV领域没有实力的机构实施新课程。这一值得称赞的战略提供了一个重要机会，让我们了解材料如何转移到另一个教育环境。BROADER SIGNIFICANCE本课程和配套的实验室模块涵盖混合动力汽车设计、开发和实施/功能所需的一系列技术，这些技术有可能与全国各地的其他HEV/PHEV项目完全或部分共享。该项目还通过专门针对不同人群的外联努力，促进当地高中和社区大学的参与。行业合作伙伴的参与既最大化了学生可用的智力资源，又增强了他们在工业环境中看到混合技术的直接影响的能力。

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONThis project is developing a course and a series of 10 laboratory modules that help familiarize students with the technology associated with hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). The course builds on prior efforts at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) involving team competitions and summer REU program experiences in the design, building and testing of hybrid vehicles and addresses an important need to enhance the teaching of alternative energy technologies. The project is employing a strategy of first implementing the new course at IIT and then in another institution that does not have a strength in the HEV/PEV area. This laudable strategy is providing an important opportunity to understand how the material transfers to another educational environment.BROADER SIGNIFICANCEThe course and coupled laboratory modules span the range of technologies required for hybrid vehicle design, development and implementation/function, which have the potential to be shared in full, or in part, with other HEV/PHEV programs across the country. The project is also promoting the involvement of local high schools and community colleges - through outreach efforts that specifically target diverse populations. The involvement of industrial partners is both maximizing the intellectual resources available to students and enhancing their ability to see a direct impact of the hybrid technologies in an industrial setting.