This paper analyses the good results obtained in an Environmental Engineering course at the master level after a complete revision of the lecturing system. The traditional methodology (lectures and seminars) was substituted by a project‐based learning strategy, in which students work in groups proposing and developing technical solutions to an actual environmental problem, with the aim of identifying the optimum one, combining technical and economic points of view. This new teaching methodology has been identified as a good approach to increase the students' engagement, with significant improvements in grades (from average values close to 5/10 to >7/10) and better impressions expressed by the students, which can identify the relevance of environmental problems in the development of their own professional curriculum. The core of this methodology is the use of GPS‐X software to study and analyse the different approaches proposed by the students as solutions for their project, to optimise the designs, to study the sensitivity to different process conditions and to evaluate the energy and maintenance costs of each proposal. GPS‐X software is an inductive and comprehensive tool to reinforce previous theoretical concepts and allows a fast analysis of the responses of industrial plants after each disruption, increasing the dynamism of the learning process. The final assessment, based on the continuous evaluation and a final written report, allows the evaluation of transversal skills, such as teamwork, self‐management, communication and problem‐solving, difficult to assess by a traditional methodology.

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结合基于项目的学习方法和计算机模拟，以提高环境工程课程的参与度

本文分析了在对讲授体系进行全面改版后在硕士级环境工程课程中取得的良好成绩。传统方法（讲座和研讨会）被基于项目的学习策略所取代，学生分组工作，针对实际环境问题提出和开发技术解决方案，目的是确定最佳解决方案，结合技术和经济点看法。这种新的教学方法被认为是提高学生参与度的好方法，成绩显着提高（从接近 5/10 的平均值到 >7/10）和学生表达的更好印象，这可以识别环境问题在他们自己的专业课程开发中的相关性。该方法论的核心是使用 GPS-X 软件来研究和分析学生提出的不同方法作为他们项目的解决方案，优化设计，研究对不同过程条件的敏感性以及评估能源和维护每个提案的成本。GPS-X 软件是一种归纳和综合工具，可强化先前的理论概念，并允许在每次中断后快速分析工厂的响应，增加学习过程的活力。最终评估基于持续评估和最终书面报告，可以评估传统方法难以评估的横向技能，例如团队合作、自我管理、沟通和解决问题的能力。