Redesigning Engineering Education with Active Learning and Integration Through the Engineering Enterprise

98-72533普利希塔密歇根理工大学-通过工程企业的主动学习和整合来重新设计工程教育密歇根理工大学(密歇根理工大学)拥有全国最大的本科工程项目之一，主要侧重于本科工程和科学技术教育。据报道，MTU是全国第15大本科工程学院。工程学院提供10个经教唆认可的课程。在这些专业中，有几个也是全国最大的，包括机械工程(第3名)、土木工程和环境工程(第5名)、化学工程(第7名)和冶金与材料工程(第7名)。在剩下的2000名本科生中，超过95%的人就读于科学、技术、商业和林业的学士学位课程。本项目描述了密歇根理工大学工程专业课程重新设计的实施情况。新的工科专业课程结构融合了全面实施的创新，新课程将影响到MTU的每一位工科学生以及许多非工科学生。该项目有五个主要的重点领域：1)开发一个通用的第一年工程课程，2)在第一和第二年整合数学、科学、通信和工程，3)在第四年发展跨学科设计经验，4)在第二到第四年为学生实施跨学科工程经验，以及5)为中学教师建立一个计划，最终将导致代表不足的群体更多地参与工程专业。该项目将涉及MTU所有工程项目的教员，以及来自商业、经济学、物理科学、数学和通信的教员。这个项目的关键和独特之处在于发展个人和专业行为/技能，将其作为学生教育的组成部分，同时允许学生探索他们的技术兴趣，并将他们的技术背景应用于“现实世界”的问题。在过去的两年里，MTU的教职员工和管理人员一直在与包括Suceed、Foundation和ECSEL在内的联盟学校的教职员工进行互动，以确定工程学方面的“最佳实践”和创新。这个项目中提出的许多想法都借鉴了与这些教育领袖的经验。然而，这个项目包含了一个组成部分，工程企业，这是本科教育中的一个革命性概念。由MTU的教职员工和管理人员与行业领袖合作开发的工程企业概念将为我们的学生提供一个发展专业技能和技术技能的环境。工业界对拟议的工程企业倡议反应热烈。

98-72533 Plichta Michigan Technological University - Redesigning Engineering Education with Active Learning and Integration Through the Engineering Enterprise Michigan Technological University (MTU) has one of the largest undergraduate engineering programs in the nation with a major emphasis on undergraduate engineering, science and technology education. MTU is reported to be the 15th largest undergraduate engineering college in the country. The college of engineering offers 10 ABET accredited programs. Of these programs several are also among the largest in the nation, including Mechanical Engineering (3rd), Civil and Environmental Engineering (5th), Chemical Engineering (7th), and Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (7th). Of the remaining 2000 undergraduate students, well over 95% are enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs in science, technology, business and forestry. This project describes the implementation of a major engineering curriculum redesign at Michigan Technological University. The new curricular structure of the engineering programs incorporates innovations in completely implemented, the new curriculum will impact every engineering student at MTU as well as many non-engineering students. There are five major thrust areas of the project: 1) development of a common, first year engineering program, 2) integration of math, science, communication and engineering during the first and second years, 3) development of an interdisciplinary design experience in the 4th year, 4) implementation of a interdisciplinary engineering experience for students during the 2nd through 4th years, and 5) establishment of a program for secondary teachers that will ultimately lead to greater participation of underrepresented groups in the engineering profession. The project will involve faculty in every engineering program at MTU, as well as faculty from business, economics, physical sciences, mathematics, and communications. Key and unique ingredients of this project are the dev elopment of personal and professional behaviors/skills as an integral part of the student's education while at the same time allowing the students to explore their technical interest and apply their technical background to 'real world' problems. Faculty and administrators from MTU have been interacting with faculty from Coalition schools, including SUCEED, FOUNDATION, and ECSEL, over the past two years in an order to identify "best practices" and innovations in engineering. Many of the ideas presented in this project draw on experiences with these educational leaders. However, this project contains a component, the Engineering Enterprise, which is a revolutionary concept in undergraduate education. The Engineering Enterprise concept developed by faculty and administrators at MTU, working in conjunction with industrial leaders, will provide our students an environment in which they can develop professional as well as technical skills. Industrial reaction to the proposed Engineering Enterprise initiative has been enthusiastic.