Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Education Project

智能基础设施系统教育项目(I2SEP)是一个多学科交叉的高级技术教育(ATE)项目，旨在改善与科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)相关的本科教育，主要是在电子技术(ET)领域。该项目还解决了对非电子技术的课程需求，这些技术利用复杂的联网电子系统来提供自动化和控制功能，或进一步提高系统效率、安全性和国家基础设施的安全性。I2SEP项目正在解决现有课程不足的问题，以满足未来十年电子/系统技术人员所需的新技能集，因为国家开始重建其老化的基础设施，并实施新技术来增强电力输送(SmartGrid)、替代能源生产、建筑自动化、交通系统等方面的就地系统。电子技术中的新范式-单芯片系统和提供连接的无处不在的互联网正在推动该项目努力创建以系统为中心的课程材料，其中包括原创的、强大的、交互的模拟和传统的课程模块。一年一度的项目研讨会为教师提供利用以学生为中心的教学策略和方法、新兴的网络传感器和嵌入式控制器技术领域以及由这些技术实现的各种智能基础设施应用方面的专业发展。在更广泛的层面上，该项目正在主办年度行业/教育者峰会，以协助规划向电子和非电子学科的学生提供所需技能所需的战略。通过这些活动，正在创建一种可复制的模式，由传统电子教员为电子和非电子技术领域开发多学科交叉教材。

The Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Education Project (I2SEP) is a, multi-interdisciplinary, advanced technological education (ATE) project that is improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) related undergraduate education primarily in the electronics technology (ET) area. This project is also addressing curricula needs for non-electronics based technologies that utilize complex networked electronic systems to provide automation and control functions or to further enhance system efficiency, safety, and security of the nation's infrastructure. The I2SEP project is tackling the lack of curricula available to address the new skill sets needed by the electronics/systems technicians of the coming decade as the nation begins to rebuild its aging infrastructure and implements new technologies to enhance in-place systems in power delivery (SmartGrid), alternative energy production, building automation, transportation systems, etc. The new paradigm in electronics technology of systems-on-a-chip and a ubiquitous Internet providing connectivity is driving this project's efforts in the creation of system-centered curricula materials that include original, powerful, interactive simulations and conventional curriculum modules. Annual project workshops are providing faculty with professional development in the utilization of student-centered teaching strategies and methodologies, the emerging field of networked sensors and embedded controller technology, and various intelligent infrastructure applications enabled by these technologies. On a broader level, the project is hosting annual Industry/educator summits to assist in the planning of strategies needed to deliver the required skill sets to students in both electronics and non-electronics based disciplines. Through these activities, a replicable model for the development of multi-interdisciplinary educational materials for both electronics and non-electronics based technology fields by traditional electronics faculty members is being created.