Integration of Liberal and Professional Studies in Engineering

这个项目改变了工程专业学生的教育经验，帮助毕业生发展将他们的知识与其他专业人员的知识相结合的能力，以便综合适当和创新的解决方案来解决多学科问题，这些问题需要理解所涉及的社会、文化和经济问题。这是通过三种独特的学生体验实现的：1)大一期间的体验，展示工程和技术发展作为现代社会不可或缺的活动；2)对当代社会问题的持续研究，强调人类活动和知识的关联性质；3)顶峰设计体验，涉及学生和教师团队，为现实生活中的问题和情况提出解决方案。受赠人为这个项目提供的资金是NSF奖励的两倍多。

This project changes the educational experience for engineering students to help the graduate develop the ability to integrate their knowledge with that of other professionals in order to synthesize appropriate and innovative solutions to multidisciplinary problems which require an understanding of the social, cultural and economic questions involved. This is accomplished by three distinctive student experiences: 1) An experience during the freshman year to show engineering and technology development as integral activities of a modern society; 2) a continuing study of issues in contemporary society emphasizing the connected nature of human activities and knowledge; 3) a capstone design experience involving teams of students and faculty developing proposed solutions to real life problems and situations. The grantee provides funds for this project that are more than twice the NSF award.