Laboratory Focus on Computer-Assisted Experimentation for Women Science Majors

该项目将计算机接口，即计算机对外部设备的控制，扩展到本科女性理科专业。在基础课程计算机辅助实验中使用逻辑构建块方法，在该课程中，学生将获得基于微控制器的系统、带有数字和模拟I/O板的AST计算机以及通信系统的经验。这些课程将包括对机器人技术和远程监控的介绍。在基础课程中获得的专业知识被应用于上级实验室计划中许多实验的数据采集和数据处理的自动化。尤其是女学生，为了在今天的研究实验室中变得自信、有创造力和生产力，她们需要真正地进行自动化。通过购买多套设备和软件，许多学生在基础课程和整个实验计划的应用方面都获得了重要的实践经验。该机构为该项目提供的资金相当于国家科学基金会的资金。

This project extended computer interfacing, i.e., computer control over external devices, to undergraduate women science majors. A logical building block approach is used in the fundamental course, Computer-Assisted Experimentation, wherein student gain experience with microcontroller-based systems, AST computer with digital and analog I/O boards, and communications systems. These will include an introduction to robotics and remote monitoring. The expertise gained in the fundamental course is applied in the automation of data acquisition and data treatment in many experiments in the upper-level laboratory program. Women students, in particular, need to actually carry out automation in order to be confident, creative and productive in today's research labs. The acquisition of multiple sets of equipment and software permitted a number of students to gain crucial hands-on experience in both the fundament course and the applications in the overall lab program. The institution contributed to this project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.