Integration of Liberal and Professional Studies in Engineering

通识教育与工程专业研究的整合

• 批准号: 8953617
• 负责人: Norman Smith
• 金额: $ 25.57万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-09-01 至 1993-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8953617&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integration; Liberal; Professional; Studies; Engineering

This project changes the educational experience for engineering students to help the graduate develop the ability to integrate their knowledge with that of other professionals in order to synthesize appropriate and innovative solutions to multidisciplinary problems which require an understanding of the social, cultural and economic questions involved. This is accomplished by three distinctive student experiences: 1) An experience during the freshman year to show engineering and technology development as integral activities of a modern society; 2) a continuing study of issues in contemporary society emphasizing the connected nature of human activities and knowledge; 3) a capstone design experience involving teams of students and faculty developing proposed solutions to real life problems and situations. The grantee provides funds for this project that are more than twice the NSF award.

该项目改变了工程专业学生的教育经验，帮助毕业生培养将自己的知识与其他专业人士的知识相结合的能力，以便针对需要了解所涉及的社会、文化和经济问题的多学科问题综合适当和创新的解决方案。 这是通过三个独特的学生经历来实现的：1）大一期间的经历，展示工程和技术发展是现代社会不可或缺的活动； 2）对当代社会问题的持续研究，强调人类活动和知识的相互联系； 3）顶点设计经验，涉及学生和教师团队为现实生活中的问题和情况制定建议的解决方案。 受资助者为该项目提供的资金是 NSF 奖金的两倍以上。