Solid State Device Animation Laboratory

该项目支持创建一个固态设备动画实验室（SSDAL），该实验室将通过改善教学和为学生学习和实践提供丰富的背景来实现一些教学目标。利用模拟工具，该设施能够在具体和相关的活动中容纳大量学生。然后，学生能够更好地形象化抽象概念，并参与更富有成效的协作学习。此外，学生通过多种教育媒体接触到各种动手学习的机会，这使不同学习风格或有特殊需要的学生能够更好地利用这些课程。此外，该设施允许学生记录和传播他们的项目，这反过来又有助于教师开发和改进整体课程。项目的传播也给学生在课堂上，在会议上，并在万维网（WWW），所有这些都增加了未来毕业生的专业自我效能感呈现结果的实践经验。 SSDAL基于Hewlett-Packard工作站、基于Macintosh的动画和视频捕获以及设备和过程模拟软件，以交互式动画教程的形式增加所需的初级和高级课程，这些教程可以在SSDAL或WWW上访问。SSDAL还支持高级项目和课程，允许将模拟和动画结合起来作为调查工具，计算机科学和电气工程专业的学生可以在团队项目中工作。为了实现这一目标，实验室使用Silvaco开发的设备和工艺模拟软件，沿着二维和三维图形界面，以及基于Macintosh的动画和可视化工具，用于生成动画教程和项目。该软件包括Atlas II，这是一个用于器件模拟的框架，包括PISCES，BLAZE，TFT，LUMINOS和GIGA，以及Athena框架，具有一维和二维工艺模拟能力。

This project supports the creation of a Solid State Device Animation laboratory (SSDAL) that will make it possible to accomplish a number of pedagogical goals by improving instruction and providing a rich context for student learning and practice. With simulations tools available, the facility is able to accommodate a large number of students in concrete and relevant activities. Students are then better able to visualize abstract concepts and engage in more productive collaborative learning. Additionally, students are exposed to a variety of hands-on learning opportunities through multiple educational media, which enables students of varying learning styles or with special needs to take better advantage of the programs. Also, the facility allows students to record and disseminate their projects, which in turn helps the faculty develop and improve the overall curriculum. Dissemination of projects also gives students practical experience presenting findings in classrooms, at conferences, and over the World Wide Web (WWW), all of which increase a sense of professional self-efficacy among prospective graduates. The SSDAL is based on Hewlett-Packard workstations, Macintosh-based animation and video capture, and device and process simulation software to augment required junior- and senior-level courses in the form of interactive animated tutorials that can be accessed at SSDAL or on the WWW. SSDAL also supports senior projects and classes, allowing combining simulations and animations as investigative tools and where computer science and electrical engineering students can work in team projects. To accomplish this objective, the laboratory uses device and process simulation software developed by Silvaco, along with two- and three-dimensional graphics interface, and Macintosh-based animation and visualization tools for generating animated tutorials and projects. The software includes Atlas II, which is a framework for device simulation that includes PISCES, BLAZE, TFT, LUMINOS, and GIGA, and the Athena framework, with one- and two-dimensional process simulation capability.