CI-TEAM: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Infrastructure-Based Engineering Repositories for Undergraduates (CIBER-U)

这个CI团队将通过CIBER-U：面向本科生的基于网络基础设施的工程知识库的开发，展示如何利用数字设计知识库来加强工程本科课程的教与学。特别是，消费品和工业产品的国家计算机辅助设计(CAD)数据设计库将得到扩展，以加强一年级、二年级、初三和高级工程设计课程的教与学，包括与访问、存储、搜索和重复使用CAD模型和数据有关的问题。该项目将在合作机构的七个本科工程设计课程中实施，其中包括宾夕法尼亚州立大学、密苏里大学罗拉分校、布法罗大学和德雷克塞尔大学。作为项目的一部分，还将评估对本科生的教育经验、学习和实践知识的影响，这些本科生将通过由此产生的CIBER-U与国家设计库进行互动。这项研究的结果将带来一种新的、多所大学互惠互利的教育体验。具体地说，国家设计资源库将经常被填充、更新和投入使用，同时帮助推进系统和协调的方法，以访问、存储、搜索和重复使用CAD模型和数据。这项研究将两个设计库开发人员与几个活跃用户及其学生配对，以实现高级网络基础设施在联合工程教育中的高影响力应用。提案中所代表的本科生工程课程的多样性和实力将培养新一代工程师，以开发、开发和促进使用数字设计库来支持产品设计。这些学生将接触到具有代表性的工具和技术，这些工具和技术将塑造网络基础设施的增长，目前受到汽车和航空航天等技术密集型行业公司的青睐。在两年内，1700多名本科生将参加CIBER-U，帮助他们为进入劳动力市场做好准备，使他们更有效地了解在分布式、技术中介的环境中工作。该团队还将通过正在进行的暑期高中外展活动，吸引200多名高中生参加CIBER-U。

This CI-Team will demonstrate how digital design repositories can be used to enhance instruction and learning in engineering undergraduate curricula through the development of CIBER-U: Cyber-Infrastructure-Based Engineering Repositories for Undergraduates. In particular, the National Design Repository of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) data for consumer and industrial products will be extended to enhance instruction and learning in freshmen-, sophomore-, junior-, and senior-level engineering design courses, including related issues with respect to accessing, storing, searching, and reusing CAD models and data. The project will be implemented in seven undergraduate engineering design courses at the partner institutions, which include the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Missouri-Rolla, the University at Buffalo, and Drexel University. The impact on the educational experience, learning, and practical knowledge of the undergraduate students who will interact with the National Design Repository through the resulting CIBER-U will also be assessed as part of the project. The results of this research will lead to a novel, multi-university educational experience that is mutually beneficial. Specifically, the National Design Repository will be frequently populated, updated, and put to use while simultaneously helping advance systematic and coordinated methods to access, store, search, and reuse CAD models and data. The research pairs two design repository developers with several active users and their students to realize a high-impact application of advanced cyber-infrastructure for allied engineering education. The diversity and strength of the undergraduate engineering programs represented in the proposal will prepare a new generation of engineers to develop, exploit, and promote the use of digital design repositories to support product design. These students will be exposed to tools and technologies that are representative of those that will shape the growth of the cyber-infrastructure and are currently preferred by companies in technology-intensive industries such as automotive and aerospace. In two years, 1700+ undergraduate students will participate in CIBER-U, helping to prepare them to enter the workforce with a more effective understanding of working in a distributed, technology-mediated environment. The team will also engage 200+ high school students in CIBER-U through ongoing summer high school outreach activities.