A Workstation Library for Bioengineering

修订后的生物工程课程已被采用，强调入门科学与早期工程研究的整合。本课程的一个重要组成部分是，每学期包括一个实验课程，将有助于整合该计划的各个方面。“工作站图书馆”包括必要的计算、数据采集和数据处理基础设施，以使新课程和实验室的运作可行。它包括硬件，以与实验室集成的20个基于unix的工作站的形式，使工作站联网的服务器，以及用于数学操作、模拟和符号操作的软件，以及报告准备和表示。工作站网络可通过现有的大学计算机网络访问，允许异地访问工作站。实验室仪器也将通过工作站网络访问。其目的是使实验室成为每个学生学习和教育经历中必不可少的重要组成部分，就像图书馆和文本等其他信息来源一样。

A revised bioengineering curriculum has been adopted that emphasizes the integration of introductory science with early engineering studies. An essential component of this curriculum is that each semester includes a laboratory course that will serve to integrate all aspects of the program. The "workstation library" includes the necessary computational, data acquisition and data handling infrastructure needed to make operation of the new curriculum and laboratories feasible. It includes hardware, in the form of 20 Unix-based workstations integrated with the laboratory, the server that networks the workstations, and software for mathematical manipulation, simulation, and symbolic manipulation, as well as report preparation and presentation. The workstation network is accessible through the existing university computer network, allowing off-site access to the workstations. Laboratory instruments will also be accessed through the workstation network. The aim is to make the laboratory as essential and important a component of each student's learning and educational experience as are other information sources such as libraries and texts.