Scientific Visualization and Virtual Design Environment Laboratory

科学可视化和虚拟设计环境实验室提高了理科、数学和工程学的本科课程。它还提高了计划从事科学和数学教学的本科生的准备工作。该项目资助了六个Silicon Graphics INDIGO工作站、CrystalEyes VR以及Alias Research Incorporated和Sense8 Corporation的软件包。这个实验室正被本科生用来开发可维护的图形程序和可视化科学数据。学生学习如何使用可视化作为发现和理解复杂现象的工具。此外，学生还将使用拟议的实验室来分析、综合和评估潜在的设计解决方案。学生可以轻松地开发虚拟世界，用逼真的属性来动画它们，并以部分沉浸式模式体验它们。最后，新实验室为学生提供在该领域广泛使用的软件包的实践经验。这个项目为我们的课程注入了一个迄今为止在理工科学科中尚未广泛应用的组成部分。

The Scientific Visualization and Virtual Design Environment Laboratory enhances undergraduate courses in science, mathematics, and engineering. It also improves the preparation of undergraduates who plan to pursue a career in teaching science and mathematics. This project funds six Silicon Graphics INDIGO workstations, CrystalEyes VR, and software packages by Alias Research Incorporated and Sense8 Corporation. This laboratory is being used by undergraduates to develop maintainable graphics programs and to visualize scientific data. Students learn about using visualization as a tool for discovering and understanding complex phenomena. In addition, students use the proposed laboratory to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate potential design solutions. Students easily develop virtual worlds, animate them with realistic properties, and experience them in partially immersive mode. Finally, the new laboratory provides students with hands-on experience of software packages that are widely used in the field. This project injects a component into our curriculum that heretofore has not been widely applied in the science and engineering disciplines.