Connecting Physics and Engineering through a Modernization of the Advanced Laboratory Curriculum (CPE-MALC)

通过先进的实验室课程的现代化连接物理和工程的主题，实验和方法在激发学生的兴趣和满足国家在STEM工作场所的需求方面发挥了重要作用。我们目前的劳动力环境是前所未有的挑战和机遇之一，要求创新和领导技能。当前STEM学生必须具有前瞻性思维和社区导向，以解决重大挑战并利用各种机会。这个芝加哥州立大学（CSU）项目的重点是建立在传统的观点，包括现代的观点，以解决科学和工程应用，激发学生谁可以解决本地和全球性的挑战。这个项目将导致一个完整的现代化的先进实验室课程的物理和工程专业的学生。该项目的成果将包括：1）概述了现代化CSU的应用物理/工程实验室的课程计划，包括现代化设备，应用程序和新的实验学习实验室模块，2）建立一个学生学习社区，通过使用学习助理程序将学生的输入纳入教学修订，以及3）通过利用当地高中学生开发的模块，提供外展机会，提高STEM兴趣。在该项目的第一阶段，我们将设计模块，其中包括互动技术，现代研究技术，评估材料和课程计划，通过重点小组和专家输入，利用学生的输入从外部顾问委员会组成的大学教师和行业代表。该计划的第二阶段将侧重于评估这一课程的有效性，并向不同机构传播该项目。具体来说，该项目将增加对先进的实验室课程的现代化如何提高学生的沟通能力，实验分析能力，内容的理解，以及对实验和实验的态度和期望的小，但不断增长的研究机构。

Connecting topics, experiments and methods in physics and engineering through the modernization of the advanced laboratory curriculum plays a significant role in motivating student interest and addressing the national needs in the STEM workplace. Our current workforce environment is one of unprecedented challenges and opportunities, demanding innovation and leadership skills. Current STEM students must be forward thinking and community orientated in order to solve grand challenges and take advantages of diverse opportunities. This Chicago State University (CSU) project focuses on building on traditional perspectives to include modern perspectives to address science and engineering applications to inspire students who can address local and global challenges.This project will lead to a complete modernization of the advanced laboratory curriculum for physics and engineering students. The project will have outcomes that include: 1) Outlining a curriculum plan for the modernization CSU's applied physics/engineering laboratory with the inclusion of modern equipment, applications, and new experimental Learning Lab modules, 2) Establishing a student learning community that will inform instructional revisions by incorporating student input through the use the Learning Assistant Program, and 3) Providing outreach opportunities for increasing STEM interest by utilizing the student-developed modules at local high schools. In the first phase of the project, we will design modules that will include interactive technology, modern research techniques, assessment materials, and lesson plans leveraging student input through focus groups and expert input from an external advisory board consisting of university faculty and industry representatives. The second phase of the program will focus on assessing the effectiveness of this curriculum and dissemination of the project to diverse institutions. Specifically, the project will add to the small but growing body of research on how a modernization of the advanced lab curriculum can enhance student communication skills, experimental analysis skills, content understanding, and attitudes and expectations toward experiments and experimentation.