Development of Virtual Reality Tools for Graduate Materials Education

9711097 Brenner由数学和物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室共同赞助，支持北卡罗莱纳州立大学工程教育虚拟现实实验室的开发，该实验室将供初级和高级本科工程专业学生使用。这笔资金将用于加强目前由美国国家科学基金会本科教育部门资助的一个项目，通过开发适用于材料科学和工程更高级主题的软件模块。该实验室将与材料科学与工程系合作，将由虚拟现实工作站组成，旨在利用最近力反馈触觉成本的大幅降低和图形工作站性能的突破。每个工作站将由一个三自由度的触觉界面和ibm兼容的个人电脑组成。这项来自材料研究部的资助是第一批试图寻找创新方法来整合研究和教育的资助之一。它是设计基于虚拟现实技术的材料概念教学方法，具体包括触觉界面。它还由数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室共同主办。它支持一个由美国国家科学基金会本科教育部门资助的项目，通过开发适用于材料科学和工程更高级主题的软件模块。＊＊＊

9711097 Brenner This grant, cosponsored by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, supports development of a virtual-reality laboratory for engineering education at North Carolina State University that will be used by both beginning and upper- level undergraduate engineering majors. This funding will be used to enhance a program currently funded by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education through the development of software modules applicable to more advanced topics in materials science and engineering. The laboratory, which will be associated with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will be composed of virtual-reality stations designed to take advantage of recent dramatic reductions in the cost of force-feedback haptics and breakthroughs in the performance of graphics workstations. Each station will consist of a three-degreeof-freedom haptic interface and IBM-compatible PCs. %%% This grant from the Division of Materials Research is one of the first awarded in an attempt to find innovative methods to integrate research and education. It is to devise teaching methods for materials concepts based on virtual reality techniques including specifically, a tactile (haptic) interface. It is also cosponsored by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate. It supports a program currently funded by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education through the development of software modules applicable to more advanced topics in materials science and engineering. ***