Manufacturing as a Vehicle to Illustrate Principles of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

该项目的目标是促进和协助 未来科学家和工程师的教师， 教师和顾问，向他们介绍新的 发展和说明其学科的应用 消费品生产，即制造业。 具体来说，该项目利用宾夕法尼亚大学的 州立大学制造实验室协助大型 教师人数（科学，数学和工程）从 其他高校学习新的思想， 技术在他们的教学纪律，以增加活力， 提高本科教学能力。 该项目 为容纳大量参与者而设计， 因此，将重点放在两年和四年的联盟， 宾州州立大学联邦校区和少数民族学院， 与宾州州立大学有联系的大学 协会 在本科课程和基本原则之间， 用于消费品制造的产品被用作 汽车，以刺激兴奋和认识， 大学一、二年级学生的相关性 科学、数学和工程学科。 学生 前两年在工程、科学和数学领域 大学的学生经常被教授使用 与"真实的世界"几乎没有关联的抽象模型 应用. 然而，制造工艺和系统以及 用于评估质量的技术通常说明， 科学、数学和工程原理。 的 这个本科教师增强项目的进行将 以制造业为载体来说明相关的 基础科学、数学和工程应用 原则 插图被开发，模拟， 建立了一个牢固的关系， 和制造应用。 通过这一程序， 本科生学科能力和教学技能 科学、数学和工程学院将 增强 此外，将制造业作为一种工具， 说明理解和应用的相关性 我们国家经济活力的基本原则。

The objective of this project is to stimulate and assist teachers of future scientists and engineers in their efforts as instructors and advisors by introducing them to new developments and illustrating applications of their disciplines to the production of consumer goods, i.e. manufacturing. Specifically, the project conducts short courses using the Penn State University Manufacturing laboratories to assist large numbers of faculty (science, mathematics, and engineering) from other colleges and universities to learn new ideas and techniques in their teaching discipline to add vitality to and improve their undergraduate teaching abilities. The project is designed to accommodate a large number of participants, and thus will focus both upon the two- and four-year coalition of the Penn State Commonwealth campuses and minority colleges and universities associated with Penn State. The association between undergraduate courses and the basic principles that are used in the manufacture of consumer products are used as a vehicle so as to stimulate excitement and the recognition of the relevance of the freshman and sophomore undergraduate science, mathematics and engineering subject matter. Students in engineering, science and mathematics in the first two years of college are often taught the basic principles with the use of abstract models that have little relevance to "real world" applications. However, manufacturing processes and systems and the techniques used to evaluate quality often illustrate principles of science, mathematics and engineering. The conduct of this undergraduate faculty enhancement project will use manufacturing as a vehicle to illustrate the relevant application of basic scientific, mathematical and engineering principles. Illustrations are developed, simulated, and modeled to provide a firm relationship between the principle and manufacturing application. Through this procedure the disciplinary capabilities and teaching skills of undergraduate faculty in science, mathematics and engineering will be enhanced. Further, the use of manufacturing as a vehicle demonstrates the relevance of the understanding and application of the basic principles to our country's economic vitality.