CCLI Phase I: Increasing Student Design-Build Experiences via the GENIUS Innovation Lab

工程机械-(56)Genus创新实验室项目致力于提高霍华德大学工程、建筑和计算机科学学院机械工程专业学生的工程设计和建造技能。该项目将额外的设计-建造经验融入到课程中。增加对设计-建造活动的接触的好处已经被几个大学联盟成功地证明了，包括MEEP联盟(学习工厂模式)和由麻省理工学院发起的CDIO倡议。该项目支持购买快速成型(RP)设备，并将该设备整合到核心课程中，特别是在机械工程课程中。创新实验室结合了PACE计算机辅助设计实验室、机械工程机械车间、美术模型车间和新成立的设计与制造工作室等现有设施。在霍华德大学建立GENES创新实验室，可以整合宾夕法尼亚州立大学、华盛顿大学和其他使用学习工厂模式成功实施的以实践为基础的课程活动。

Engineering Mechanical - (56)The GENIUS Innovation laboratory project is working to increase the engineering design and build skill sets of Mechanical Engineering students in the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences at Howard University. This project integrates additional design-build experiences into the curriculum. The benefit of increased exposure to design-build activities has been demonstrated successfully by several consortiums of universities including the MEEP consortium (Learning Factory model), and the CDIO Initiative started by MIT. This project supports the purchase of Rapid Prototyping (RP) equipment and the integration of this equipment into core courses, particularly within the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The Innovation Lab combines established facilities such as the PACE Computer Aided Design Lab, the Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop, the Fine Arts Model Shop, and the newly formed Design and Manufacturing Studio. Establishment of the GENIUS Innovation laboratory at Howard University allows the integration of practice-based curricular activities that have been successfully implemented at Penn State University, University of Washington, and others using the Learning Factory model.