Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement for Computer Science Instruction

波多黎各美洲大学巴亚蒙大学学院接受了一项新的使命。电子、工业、机械和计算机工程、电子和计算机技术、与健康有关的专业和电信等领域的学位正在创建和实施。工程学课程的重点将包括最新的实验室设施、机器人课程、每个学位的子专业、跨学科科目、每个领域的制造工艺专业，以及所有学科通用的工程学预科课程。不久将建造一个新的校园来容纳这些项目。这个ILI项目将为升级计算机科学项目提供资金，该项目将在所有高科技课程中发挥核心作用。这些资金将用于购买32台微型计算机和相关的外围设备，用一些最新的计算机硬件和软件取代目前过时和不足的设备。还提供资金将所有现有的计算机放在一个网络中，允许学生从任何终端访问校园内的所有计算机资源。在设备升级的同时，课程也进行了修订，重点从商业应用转向科学应用。每年将有数百名学生使用这些设施。几乎100%将从该项目中受益的学生将是波多黎各人。

The Bayamon University College of Inter American University of Puerto Rico has adopted a new mission. Degrees in the fields of electrical, industrial, mechanical and computer engineering, electronics and computer technologies, health-related professions, and telecommunications are being created and implemented. Highlights of the engineering curricula will include up-to-date laboratory facilities, robotics courses, sub-specialties within each degree, cross-disciplinary subjects, a major in manufacturing processes within each field, and a pre-engineering curriculum common to all disciplines. A new campus will soon be constructed to house these programs. This ILI project will provide funds to upgrade the computer sciences program, which will play a central role in all of the high technology curricula. These funds will be utilized to purchase 32 microcomputers and associated peripherals to replace current outmoded and inadequate equipment with some of the latest computer hardware and software. Funds are also provided to place all existing computers in a network, allowing a student to access all computer resources within campus from any terminal. This upgrade in equipment is being accompanied by a revision in the curriculum in which emphasis is shifted from business to scientific applications. Several hundred students will use the facilities each year. Almost 100% of the students who will benefit from the project will be Puerto Rican.