Using State-of-the-Art Surveying Technologies to Strengthen Civil and Environmental Engineering Education

工程-土木（54）该项目的主要目标是通过使用先进的测量来解决现实世界的工程问题，并引入工程设计的概念，以加强在土木和环境工程方面的多年经验。该项目采用并实施了“更快城市”项目的体验式学习概念。该项目的目标是学生，并使用现实世界的问题，让学生在工程设计早期的课程。CIE 272“土木和环境工程测量”的内容正在修改，以包括更多（和不同的）测量实验室，并将测量实验室与AutoCAD的使用相结合。此外，正在编制和开办一门新的导游级课程CIE 372“项目布局和场地规划”。最后，锡拉丘兹大学其他项目的教职员工正在使用为本项目购买的设备进行盆地分析、地貌学、野外生态学、地理信息系统和建筑学的本科教学。在NSF的支持下，锡拉丘兹大学正在购买先进的光学和卫星测量设备，供土木和环境工程、地球科学、地理学、生物学和其他课程的本科生动手使用。作为该项目的结果，本科生正在学习如何进行最先进的光学和卫星测量，以及如何在计算机上处理所得数据。完成CIE 272和372的学生正在开发高度适销对路的技能，在测量和计算机应用，这将增加他们的暑期工作，合作教育实习和永久就业的机会。让学生参与实际工程问题的解决方案，填补了传统的两年制课程的空白。与其他部门的教师合作，刺激跨学科教学，并鼓励学生参加他们的专业以外的额外课程。

Engineering - Civil (54)The primary goal of this project is to strengthen the sophomore-year experience in civil and environmental engineering by using advanced surveying measurements to solve real-world engineering problems and to introduce concepts of engineering design. The project adapts and implements the experiential learning concepts of the "Sooner City" project. The project targets the sophomores and uses real-world problems to engage students in engineering design early in the curriculum. The content of CIE 272 "Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements" is being altered to include more (and different) surveying laboratories, and to integrate the surveying labs with the use of AutoCAD. Also, a new sophomore-level course CIE 372 "Project Layout and Site Planning" is being developed and initiated. Finally, faculty members in other programs at Syracuse University are using the equipment purchased for this project for undergraduate teaching in basin analysis, geomorphology, field ecology, geographic information systems, and architecture. With support from NSF, Syracuse University is acquiring advanced optical and satellite- based surveying equipment for hands-on use by undergraduate students in civil and environmental engineering, earth sciences, geography, biology, and other programs. As a result of this project, undergraduate students are learning how to make state-of-the-art optical and satellite-based surveying measurements, and how to work with the resulting data on the Computer. Students completing CIE 272 and 372 are developing highly marketable skills in surveying and computer applications, which will enhance their opportunities for summer jobs, cooperative education placements, and permanent employment. Engaging students in the hands- on solution of real-world engineering problems fills a void in the traditional sophomore-year curriculum. Collaboration with faculty in other departments stimulates cross-disciplinary teaching and encourages students to take additional courses outside their majors.