New Cornerstone Class Preps Students for Senior Design and Beyond
新基石课程为学生准备高级设计及以上课程
Dec 18 2019
2019年12月18日
Since 1975, fourth-year undergraduates in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) have completed Senior Design as a semester-long capstone course required for graduation. The course presents an opportunity for ISyE students to work on real-world design problems and put their ISyE skills into practice by exploring a client’s problem and designing a deliverable solution.
自1975年以来,H.Milton Stewart工业与系统工程学院(ISyE)的四年级本科生完成了毕业所需的为期一学期的毕业设计课程。这门课程为ISyE的学生提供了一个研究现实世界设计问题的机会,并通过探索客户的问题和设计可交付的解决方案,将他们的ISyE技能付诸实践。
“One challenge we see students grappling with in Senior Design is framing the problem,” explained Dima Nazzal, ISyE director of professional practice and Senior Design advisor. “What are the client’s motivations and goals for this project, and what are the pain points for the client? Ultimately, the students have to make a case for their projects in terms of value to the client.”
ISyE专业实践总监兼高级设计顾问Dima Nazzal解释说:“我们看到学生在高级设计中遇到的一个挑战就是如何解决这个问题。”。“客户对这个项目的动机和目标是什么,客户的痛点是什么?最终,学生们必须从对客户的价值角度为他们的项目提出理由。”
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As a result, ISyE has developed a new class, Cornerstone Modeling and Design (ISYE 3803), that enables undergraduates to explore problem-framing prior to their Senior Design experience. The course, taught by Nazzal, was offered for the first time in fall 2018, and it trains students to develop, write, and present proposals to solve problems that require the use of ISyE methodology.
因此,ISyE开发了一个新的课程,基石建模和设计(ISyE 3803),使大学生能够探索问题框架之前,他们的高级设计经验。该课程由Nazzal教授,于2018年秋季首次开设,培训学生发展、写作和提出解决需要使用ISyE方法学的问题的建议。
The class uses general case studies drawn from past Senior Design projects — from network optimization for an oil and gas company to guest flow and queues in a sports stadium to efficient patient scheduling for a health care clinic.
本课程使用从过去的高级设计项目中提取的一般案例研究,从石油和天然气公司的网络优化,到体育场内的客流量和排队,再到医疗诊所的有效患者调度。
The students in the class are divided into small teams, and each team works on the same project for several weeks. Team members request data, conduct research, analyze the system and data in search of opportunities, and present their proposal to the whole class. The variety of teams — coupled with the non-stylized complex projects — leads to a variety of proposed solutions.
班上的学生被分成几个小组,每个小组在同一个项目上工作几个星期。团队成员请求数据,进行研究,分析系统和数据以寻找机会,并向全班同学提出他们的建议。各种各样的团队,加上非程式化的复杂项目,导致了各种各样的解决方案。
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“It’s good for the students to see different opportunities identified for the same problem, because it demonstrates that creativity is part of problem-solving,” Nazzal said.
纳扎尔说:“对学生来说,看到同一个问题有不同的机会是好的,因为这表明创造力是解决问题的一部分。”。
Emma Baubly, a fourth-year ISyE student, took ISYE 3803 the first time it was offered and now serves as an undergraduate teaching assistant for the course. “The teams are given problems that don’t necessarily have a single answer, which can be frustrating for Tech students,” Baubly reflected. “And as a result, while this may be one of the more challenging courses ISyE students will take, I think it’s also a class that will add tremendous value to their Georgia Tech education.”
四年级的ISyE学生Emma Baubly第一次参加了ISyE 3803课程,现在担任该课程的本科生助教。鲍布利认为:“这些团队遇到的问题不一定只有一个答案,这可能会让技术专业的学生感到沮丧。”。“因此,虽然这可能是学生们将要学习的更具挑战性的课程之一,但我认为这也是一门将为他们的乔治亚理工教育带来巨大价值的课程。”
ISyE fourth-year Kevin Kwon took the Cornerstone class in spring 2019. “This was my favorite class that I’ve taken at Tech,” he said. “We had to repeatedly draft proposals for our ‘client,’ just like Senior Design teams do. Writing the proposals gave us practice framing the problem so as to be as effective as possible for our clients.”
这是权凯文在2019年春季上的第四年基石课程。“这是我在理工学院最喜欢的课程,”他说。“我们不得不反复为‘客户’起草提案,就像高级设计团队那样。写建议给了我们制定问题框架的实践,以便尽可能有效地为我们的客户服务。”
Kwon, who is taking Senior Design this spring, also appreciated that the class structure forced him to focus on important soft skills such as collaboration, giving presentations, and communicating with clients.
今年春天即将参加高级设计课程的邝先生也意识到,课程结构迫使他专注于重要的软技能,如协作、演讲和与客户沟通。
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“I learned that teamwork is extremely important,” he said. “It’s not just about the intellectual capability of a person, but how you work within a group and if you’re able to compromise. In addition, if an ISyE student wants to go into consulting — or any field that requires client interaction — this class will benefit them.”
“我知道团队合作是非常重要的,”他说。“这不仅关系到一个人的智力,还关系到你如何在一个团队中工作,以及你是否能够妥协。此外,如果ISyE的学生想进入咨询或任何需要客户互动的领域,这门课将使他们受益。”
Nazzal concurred. “Our students have excellent technical skills in analysis, modeling, and coding. This course challenges them in new ways when they realize that there is not one correct final proposal to solve a complex problem, and that the path to the finish line is not linear. Just as important, this course trains them to function as teams, to experience productive conflict, and to compromise to achieve a common goal. They work extremely hard throughout the semester, and it will pay off in Senior Design and in their job interviews.”
纳扎尔同意了。“我们的学生在分析、建模和编码方面有很好的技术能力。当他们意识到没有一个正确的解决复杂问题的最终方案,并且到达终点的路径不是线性的时,本课程以新的方式向他们提出挑战。同样重要的是,本课程训练他们作为团队发挥作用,体验富有成效的冲突,并为实现共同目标而妥协。他们整个学期都非常努力,这将在高级设计和工作面试中得到回报。”
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