Establishment of a Collaborative Thermal Engineering Technology Laboratory

工程-机械（56）该项目改编了弗吉尼亚大学、美国海军学院和联合学院热系统实验室的工作，为三门本科热科学课程建立了一个热工程技术本科实验室。该项目为学生提供课堂上讨论的抽象概念的实践经验，并允许优秀的本科生有机会通过共同设计和构建实验仪器来更深入地学习主题材料。此外，它支持教师之间的合作，以提高本科生的学习经验，并提供潜在的未来教师在教材设计方面的经验。最后，建立了一个模型，可用于该机构机械工程课程中其他实验室实验的开发。实验站正在由最近完成实验课程的本科生建造和测试。该项目解决了DUE的主题，即教师准备、教师发展和技术在教育中的整合。在数学和科学教育研究中心的一位合作者的指导下，评估项目包括对学生的访谈和调查，课堂观察，以及对后续课程的教师的跟踪研究。研究人员计划通过会议报告、期刊文章和网站发布两本实验室手册，传播该项目的组织和评估。

Engineering - Mechanical (56)The project adapts work on thermal systems laboratories at University of Virginia, US Naval Academy, and Union College to establish an undergraduate laboratory in thermal engineering technology for three undergraduate thermal science courses. The project provides students with hands-on experiences of abstract concepts discussed in lecture and allows exceptional undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about the subject material in more depth by co-designing and constructing an experimental apparatus. Furthermore, it supports collaboration between faculty to enhance the learning experience of undergraduate students and provides potential future teachers experience in the design of educational materials. Finally, it develops a model that can be used in the development of other laboratory experiments in the institution's mechanical engineering curriculum. Experimental stations are being constructed and tested by undergraduate students who have recently completed the courses into which the experiments are being implemented. The project addresses the DUE themes of teacher preparation, faculty development, and integration of technology in education. The evaluation program, under the direction of a collaborator from the Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research, includes student interviews and surveys, classroom observation, and follow-up studies with faculty members teaching in subsequent courses. The investigators plan to disseminate the organization and evaluation of the project, along with two lab manuals, through conference presentations, journal articles, and web site postings.