Development of Innovative Engineering Students

该项目的目标是提供教育经验 为化学工程专业的学生，这将促进发展， 创新和创造性的技能。 交互式计算机模块和开放式- 结束的问题正在开发中，用于每个核心 （必修）化学工程课程。 模块 开放式问题将补充正常的工程课程 例子和家庭作业问题，并希望提供频繁的 为学生提供实践发散思维的机会 工程实践所需的技能，但留下足够的时间 学习必要的工程基础知识。 预计 学习基础知识的额外动力， 模块和开放式的问题将是这样的，工程 基本面和以前一样全面。 该机构已承诺配套资金，约为一- 三分之一的资金要求从国家科学基金会为这个项目。

The objective for this project is to provide educational experiences for chemical engineering students that will enhance the development of innovative and creative skills. Interactive computer modules and open- ended problems are being developed for use with each of the core (required) courses in the chemical engineering program. The modules and open-ended problems will complement the normal engineering course examples and homework problems and are expected to provide frequent opportunities for the students to practice the divergent thinking skills needed for the practice of engineering and yet leave enough time for learning the necessary engineering fundamentals. It is expected that the added motivation for learning fundamentals provided by the modules and the open-ended problems will be such that the engineering fundamentals are covered as fully as before. The institution has commited matching funds that are approximately one- third of the funds requested from NSF for this project.