Development of Virtual Reality Tools for Graduate Materials Education

9711097布伦纳这笔赠款，由数学和物理科学理事会的多学科活动办公室共同赞助，支持在北卡罗来纳州州立大学的工程教育虚拟现实实验室的发展，将由开始和上层本科工程专业使用。 这笔资金将用于通过开发适用于材料科学和工程更高级主题的软件模块来增强目前由NSF本科教育部资助的项目。 该实验室将与材料科学与工程系相关联，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。 每个工作站将包括一个三自由度触觉接口和IBM兼容的PC。 材料研究部的这项资助是首批授予的旨在寻找创新方法以整合研究和教育的资助之一。 它旨在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（触觉）界面。 它还由数学和物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室共同赞助。 它通过开发适用于材料科学和工程更高级主题的软件模块，支持目前由NSF本科教育部资助的一个项目。 ***

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. ***