Planning Grant: Simulation and Visualization Enhanced Engineering Education

这项给予老道明大学的计划拨款的长期目标是通过将可视化模块、仿真软件、虚拟实验和实验室无缝集成到所有工程学科的课程转换来增强学生的学习过程。计划拨款本身将解决一些具体问题：教育工程专业学生通过虚拟领域为他们提供实践经验以满足不断变化的行业需求的最佳方式是什么？应该使用哪些可视化技术平台？以学院为基础，现有哪些教材最适合采用？美国的课程转型愿景？应该在内部准备哪些可视化模块，哪些广泛使用的计算机软件应该集成到课程中？如何将不同的教育技术工具无缝地整合到课程中？应该发展什么评估工具来衡量建议的转变的有效性？这些问题将通过建立可视化增强工程教育实验室（VEEEL）在规划拨款中得到解答，该实验室将开发一个原型可视化模块，作为概念验证的测试平台。该实验室还将促进教师和地区机构、可视化和仿真软件公司以及在该领域取得成功的其他学术机构之间的伙伴关系。

This planning grant to Old Dominion University has the long-term goal of to enhancing the student learning process by a curricular transformation that integrates visualization modules, simulation software, and virtual experiments and labs seamlessly across all engineering disciplines. The planning grant itself will address a number of specific questions: What is the best way to educate engineering students to provide them with hands-on experience through the virtual domain to address the changing requirements of industry? What visualization technology platforms should be used? What existing educational materials are most suitable for adoption based on the College.s curricula transformation vision? What visualization modules should be prepared in-house, and what widely used computer software should be integrated in courses? How can different education technology tools be integrated seamlessly into the curricula? What assessment instruments should be developed to gage the effectiveness of the proposed transformation? These questions will be answered in the planning grant through the establishment of the Visualization-Enhanced Engineering Education Laboratory (VEEEL), which will feature the development of a prototype visualization module as a test bed for the proof of concept. The Laboratory will also serve as a catalyst for partnerships among the faculty and area institutions, visualization and simulation software companies, and other academic institutions with proven success in this area.