Computer Graphics Laboratory for Teaching Geological Science

该奖项授予俄亥俄州立大学地质与矿物学系是对提交给国家科学基金会仪器和实验室改进计划的提案的回应。该奖项将提供所需资金的一半，用于购置教学计算机图形系统所需的计算机硬件和软件。该大学致力于匹配国家科学基金会对该设备的贡献。该设备将用于在俄亥俄州立大学的本科地质学课程中引入计算机强化教学。计算机图形图像将有助于培养学生可视化三维问题和概念化动态地质过程的能力。

This award to Ohio State University's Department of Geology and Mineralogy is made in response to a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program. The award will provide one- half of the funds needed to acquire the computer hardware and software necessary for an instructional computer graphics system. The University is committed to matching the NSF contribution for this equipment. The equipment will be used to introduce computer-enhanced instruction into Ohio State's undergraduate geology curriculum. Computer graphic images will facilitate the development of student abilities to visualize three-dimensional problems and to conceptualize dynamic geological processes.