A Ubiquitous Teaching Lab for Educating Next-Generation Engineers About Smart Sensing Technologies

摘要：智能结构技术可能会给土木和机械系统的设计、施工和全生命周期性能管理带来革命性的变化，越来越受到研究人员、实践工程师和决策者的关注。然而，当今大多数工科学生都没有意识到智能传感器的卓越性能和智能结构技术的许多应用。在学生的职业生涯中引入智能结构技术，对未来世界创新结构系统的持续发展是有希望的。传感技术是智能结构技术的关键组成部分。在将智能结构技术纳入土木工程课程方面，里海大学已经开展了开创性的工作，经验表明，通过动手实验，传感技术可以更好地教授给学生。本项目旨在建立一个以智能传感技术为重点的教学实验室，以更好地实现教育目标，并加强对多元化群体的外展活动。该设施的建立将为智能结构技术领域的研究和教育工作提供宝贵的机会。此外，该设施所采用的泛在训练方法的概念将最大限度地利用研究人员目前和未来在智能结构技术方面的研究和教育努力，以丰富全国K-12学生和科学教育者，大学生以及实践工程师的教育经验。这是一笔设备补助金。

Abstract0450300PIs: Le-Wu Lu, Yunfeng ZhangLehigh UniversitySmart structures technology might revolutionize the design, construction and life-cycle performance management of civil and mechanical systems and has been receiving growing interests among researchers, practicing engineers, and decision makers. However, most of today's engineering students are unaware of the remarkable properties of smart sensors and many applications of smart structures technology. The introduction of smart structures technologies during a student's career is promising to the continued development of innovative structural systems for the world's future. Sensing technology is a key component of smart structures technologies. Pioneering work in incorporating smart structures technologies into civil engineering curriculum has been done in Lehigh and the experience shows that sensing technologies could be better taught to students with hands-on experiments. This project aims to build a teaching lab with an emphasis on smart sensing technologies in order to better achieve the education goal and enhance outreach activities to a diverse group. The establishment of this facility will provide invaluable opportunities for both research and education efforts in the area of smart structures technologies. In addition, the concept of ubiquitous training method featured by this facility will make maximum use of the investigators' current and future research and educational efforts in smart structures technologies to enrich the educational experience of K-12 students and science educators, college students as well as practicing engineers across the nation. This is an equipment grant.