Educating Engineers for the Information Age: A Real-World Case Studies Based Project

工程-其他（59）这个项目的目标是开发和测试材料，（a）显示工程专业的学生在现实世界中发生的理论，实践和信息技术的整合，（B）提高他们的高层次的认知技能，（c）提供工程师和管理人员团队一起使用信息技术解决问题的例子。该项目基于早期的概念验证工作，围绕题为“Crist Power Plant”的案例研究建立，该案例研究帮助工程专业的学生了解如何在现实世界中使用专家系统来解决涉及许多标准和多种选择的复杂问题。在目前的项目中，有11家公司与我们合作创建新的案例研究。我们还在开发背景能力材料、教学手册、多媒体光盘、网站和视频，以支持案例研究。目前正在三所少数民族服务机构和其他四所大学的工程专业学生中试用这些教材。此外，作为一个试点项目，正在评估案例中心的概念。这个案例商场为奥本和美世大学的学生团队提供了一个在虚拟环境中一起工作的机会。

Engineering - Other (59) The goals of this project are to develop and test materials that (a) show engineering students the integration of theory, practice, and information technologies that occur in the real-world, (b) improve their higher-level cognitive skills, and (c) provide examples of teams of engineers and managers working together using information technologies to solve problems. The project is based on an earlier proof-of-concept effort, built around the case study entitled "Crist Power Plant", which helped engineering students to understand how expert systems are used in the real-world to solve complex problems that involve many criteria and several alternatives.In the present project, eleven companies are working with us to create new case studies. We are also developing background competency materials, instructional manuals, multimedia CD-ROMs, web sites, and videos to support the case studies. The instructional materials are being tested with engineering students at three minority serving institutions as well as at four other Universities. In addition, as a pilot project, the concept of a case emporium is being evaluated. This case emporium provides student teams at Auburn and Mercer Universities an opportunity to work together in a virtual environment.