Improvement to an Undergraduate Materials Science Teaching Laboratory

材料科学教学实验室目前使用的数据测量和采集技术已被现代化的微机驱动系统所取代。该系统的核心由三台微机组成，用于在线采集、处理和显示实验数据。购买Labview软件。该软件允许配置无限多种“虚拟仪器”，可以配置为测量，记录，指示，图形或控制任何所需的实验参数。目前的许多实验都需要对设备进行适度的修改，以产生数字而不是模拟输出。计算机将允许许多小组同时工作。除了将传统力学性能数据的收集计算机化外，还建议对许多微观结构数据进行计算机化，这也是材料科学的重要组成部分。这种现代化将更准确地反映当今材料科学的挑战性和动态性。

Data measuring and collection techniques presently used in the Materials Science Teaching Laboratory are replaced by a modern microcomputer driven system. The nucleus of the system consists of three microcomputers which will collect, handle and display experimental date on-line. Labview software will be purchased. This software permits the configuration of an unlimited variety of "virtual instruments" which can be configured to measure, record, indicate, graph or control any desired experimental parameters. Many of the current experiments will require modest equipment modifications in order to generate digital rather than analog output. The computers will allow many groups to work simultaneously. In addition to computerizing the collection of traditional mechanical property data it is proposed to do the same for much of the microstructural data which is also a vital part of materials science. This modernization will more accurately reflect the challenging and dynamic nature of materials science today.