Enhancing Engineering Education Using Information Technology Tools: An Integrated Approach to building a design oriented chemical engineering curriculum

建议没有。项目名称：南佛罗里达大学题目：利用信息技术工具加强工程教育：构建以设计为导向的化学工程课程的综合方法本次工程课程修订的计划是利用信息技术以实用和相关的方式增强我们包装和传递工程概念的方式。本提案解决了学术工程界在适应与当今工程实践相关的概念和主题的呈现和同化方面的转变范式时所面临的一些主要挑战。帮助我们实现必要转变的技术、硬件和软件现在都已经具备。然而，主要的挑战在于发展适当的教学结构和范式，以激励学生思考，探索和通过互动体验学习。这是拟议工作背后的主要动机。具体来说，我们希望利用IT来改变化学工程核心课程的组织、集成和交付，如热力学、质量和能量平衡、流体动力学、传热和过程控制。我们希望提高学生的保留率，同时提高工科学生解决复杂问题的理解和能力。同时，我们建议修改课程，尽早并经常在课程中引入工程软件，以便学生能够在他们的教育中最大程度地适应并能够利用这种不断发展的技术。具体目标是：虽然重点是开发化学工程课程，但南佛罗里达大学的概念也可以扩展到其他工程学科，具有类似的好处。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230476PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Joseph, BabuINSTITUTION NAME: University of South FloridaTITLE: Enhancing Engineering Education Using Information Technology Tools: An Integrated Approach to building a design oriented chemical engineering curriculumThe plan for this engineering curricula revision is to use IT to enhance the waywe package and deliver engineering concepts in a practical and relevant way. This proposal addresses some of the major challenges faced by the academic engineering community in adapting to the shifting paradigms in presentation and assimilation of concepts and themes that are relevant to engineering practice today. The technology, hardware and software that help us make the necessary transition are now available. However, the major challenge lies in the development of the appropriate pedagogical structure and paradigms that motivate the student to think, to explore and to learn through interactive experiences. This is the central motivation behind the proposed work.Specifically, we want to utilize IT to alter the organization, integration and delivery of corecourses in chemical engineering such as thermodynamics, mass and energy balances, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and process control. We want to improve retention while increasing the understanding and the capability of engineering students to tackle complex problems. Simultaneously, we propose curriculum revisions that will introduce engineering software early and often in the curriculum so that the students are at once comfortable with and able to utilize this evolving technology to the maximum extent in their education. The specific objectives are to:While the focus is on development of chemical engineering curriculum, at the University of South Florida of the concepts can also be extended to other engineering disciplines with similar benefits.