Development of Virtual Reality Tools for Graduate Materials Education

9711097 Brenner这笔赠款由数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室共同赞助，用于支持北卡罗来纳州立大学工程教育虚拟现实实验室的发展，该实验室将供工程专业的初学者和高级本科生使用。这笔资金将用于加强目前由NSF本科教育部门资助的一项计划，方法是开发适用于材料科学和工程领域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，将由虚拟现实站组成，旨在利用最近力反馈触觉成本的大幅下降和图形工作站性能的突破。每个空间站将由一个三自由度触觉接口和与IBM兼容的个人电脑组成。%材料研究部的这项资助是首批授予的，旨在寻找创新的方法来整合研究和教育。它是基于虚拟现实技术设计材料概念的教学方法，具体包括触觉(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。它通过开发适用于材料科学和工程中更高级主题的软件模块，支持目前由NSF本科教育部门资助的一个项目。***

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. ***