Collaborative Research: Interactive Knowledge Networks for Engineering Education Research (iKNEER)

该奖项由2009年《美国复苏与再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助。普渡大学与弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学合作设立的工程教育研究奖将为快速发展的工程教育研究领域开发一套全面的知识管理系统和可视化方法。利用数据挖掘和社交网络技术，该项目将确定新出现的研究主题，并提高对协作网络的理论理解。这一努力将对工程教育研究界产生重大影响，因为它将发现如何开发一种新的知识管理系统，可以帮助希望将研究成果应用于课堂的研究人员和教师。这既可以加快工程教育研究的步伐，也可以加快研究成果付诸实践的速度。这项工作的成果将使工程学中其他新兴的多学科领域受益，并有助于更好地为工程师做好填补工程工作的准备。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This engineering education research award to Purdue University in collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will develop a comprehensive knowledge management system and visualization methods for the rapidly growing field of engineering education research. Using data mining and social networking techniques, this project will identify emerging research topics and improve theoretical understanding of collaborative networks. This effort will make a significant impact on the engineering education research community by discovering how to develop a novel knowledge management system that can aid both researchers and faculty who wish to apply research results in the classroom. This could accelerate both the pace of engineering education research and also the rate at which research results are put into practice. Results of this work will benefit other emerging multidisciplinary areas in engineering and contribute to better preparation of engineers to fill engineering jobs.