Engineering Uncertainty Repository

不确定性存储库项目正在创建一个在线存储库，使来自许多大学和工程学科的教师能够将不确定性概念与他们的传统课程集成在一起。受项目影响的课程集非常大。因为不确定性的概念在研究和工业中是至关重要的，因为这些概念传统上是在本科课程中教授的，所以不确定性存储库项目填补了一个关键的需求。该存储库由专门研究不确定性的教学材料组成。这些材料包括工业中经常遇到的不确定性的例子。应用范围从制造变化到不确定条件下的决策。除了在线材料，该项目还将提供一个以计算机为基础的学习环境，在这个环境中，学生将看到具有互动成分的设计示例和练习问题。教师将能够很容易地找到适用于他们所教授的课程的例子，这使得不熟悉不确定性的教师能够将这些概念整合到他们的教学中。研究人员正在评估存储库培养不确定性素养的效果。评估工作将衡量学生的非确定性思维。它还将衡量教师对不确定性的熟悉程度。由于项目评估是在与行业合作的情况下进行的，因此可以很好地保证项目将解决对行业工程师至关重要的概念。该项目为许多大学普遍存在的理想课堂教学环境与工业工程师面临的不确定性工程现实之间提供了直接联系。该项目培养的学生能够将模型不确定性整合到设计问题中，并能够在多种设置和各种工程课程中进行不确定性分析。该项目还帮助教师提高不确定性分析方面的技能和知识，以便他们能够更好地将这些概念整合到他们的课程中。

The Uncertainty Repository Project is creating an online repository that will enable faculty from a number of universities and engineering disciplines to integrate uncertainty concepts with their traditional courses. The set of courses that can be impacted by the project is very large. Because the concepts of uncertainty are critically important in research and industry and because these concepts are traditionally taught in undergraduate curricula, the uncertainty repository project fills a critical need. The repository consists of teaching materials dedicated to uncertainty. These materials include examples of uncertainty that are commonly encountered in industry. The applications range from manufacturing variations to decision-making under uncertainty. In addition to the on-line materials, the project will provide a computer-based learning environment in which students will be presented with worked out examples and practice problems that have interactive components. Instructors will be able to easily find examples applicable to the courses that they are teaching and this enables faculty unfamiliar with uncertainty to be able to integrate the concepts into their teaching.The investigators are evaluating how well the repository fosters uncertainty literacy. Evaluation efforts will meansure non-deterministic thinking among students. It will also measure faculty familiarity with uncertainty. Because the project evaluation is performed in collaboration with industry there is a great assurance that the project will address the concepts that are critical to engineers in industry. The project is providing a direct link between the idealized classroom teaching environments common in many universities with the uncertainty engineering reality faced by industry engineers.This project is producing students capable of integrating model uncertainties into design problems and who are able to perform uncertainty analysis in a number of settings and a variety of engineering courses. The program is also helping faculty develop greater skill and knowledge in uncertainty analysis so they are better able to integrate these concepts into their courses.