Configurable Laboratory Book for Delivering Laboratory Experinece at a Distance

远距离提供实验室经验的可配置实验室手册项目支持加强华盛顿州立大学三门本科课程的实验室经验。华盛顿州立大学拥有四个校区，运营着一个连接所有校区的互动电信系统。电信系统缺乏的是提供实验室经验的能力。这种远程提供实验室体验的替代方法是仿照美国国家科学基金会资助的田纳西大学查塔努加分校(UTC)成功的在线实验室。UTC开发的实验室经验为化学工程相关系统提供支持。该项目将这些经验适应于支持制造工程控制系统的经验。该项目还涉及开发关于这些实验室经验的基于万维网的章节，使远程用户能够与实验室中的实际硬件连接。这些章节旨在轻松配置到定制的实验书籍中。该项目使华盛顿州立大学系统内外的专门仪器和设备的实验室经验得以持续和首次交付。

The Configurable Laboratory Book for Delivering Laboratory Experiences at a Distance project supports laboratory experiences enhancing three undergraduate courses at Washington State University. With four campuses, the Washington State University operates an interactive telecommunication system that links all of the campuses. What the telecommunications system lacks is the capability of delivering laboratory experiences. This alternative approach to providing laboratory experiences at a distance is modeled after the successful NSF funded on-line lab at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). The laboratory experiences developed at UTC support chemical engineering related systems. This project adapts those experiences to ones that support manufacturing engineering control systems. The project also involves the development of World Wide Web based chapters on these laboratory experiences, enabling remote users to interface with actual hardware located in the laboratory. These chapters are designed to be configured easily into customized laboratory books. The project enables the delivery of laboratory experiences involving specialized instrumentation and equipment within the Washington State University System and beyond consistently and for the first time.