Collaborative Research: Collaborative Learning Environment for Automated Manufacturing System Integration (CLE-ASI)

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。得克萨斯工程实验站与圣玛丽大学合作设立的工程教育研究奖将雇用研究人员开发新方法和基于网络的工具，将自动化制造的设计整合到工程学课程中。自动化制造是高度复杂和协作的，它需要系统级的方法来解决问题。这项工作将为学习自动化制造的工科学生开发新的虚拟协作学习环境，强调沟通和团队合作。它将允许学生与其他学生以及工作中的工程师进行更现实的协作活动。来自100家公司的意见将提供对当前实践的理解，这项研究的结果将对工科学生和工业界都有好处。先进的自动化制造能力对国家竞争力至关重要，利用这项研究，将系统级思维有效地整合到工程课程中，将使工程学学生更好地为在这一领域工作做好准备。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Texas Engineering Experiment Station in collaboration with Saint Mary's University will employ researchers in the development of new methods and web-based tools to integrate design of automated manufacturing into the engineering curriculum. Automated manufacturing is highly complex and collaborative, and it requires systems level approaches to solving problems. This work will develop new virtual collaborative learning environments with emphasis on communication and teamwork for engineering students studying automated manufacturing. It will allow students to engage in more realistic collaborative activities with other students and also with working engineers. Input from 100 companies will provide an understanding of current practices, and the results of this research will be of benefit to both engineering students and industry. Advanced automated manufacturing capability is essential to national competitiveness, and effective integration of systems level thinking into the engineering curriculum using this research will better prepare engineering students to work in this area.