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The MAE Department acknowledges the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs for support of this project through the "Departmental Initiative in Innovative Instructional Technology" program.
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The rapid pace at which information and multimedia technologies are developing coupled with the IT infrastructure already in place at Rutgers University has given the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department an excellent opportunity to redefine how we educate both our undergraduate and graduate students. These new technologies allow us to transform the curriculum in ways only dreamed of a few years ago, to enhance the teaching and learning experience of our students.
This page provides the links to a series of web-controlled laboratories and demonstrations. Students are able to login over the internet anywhere on campus, reserve a time and conduct the experiment. From their terminals, they are able to see a video stream of the set-up and observe the outcome of their experiments. In real time they are able to run the the entire experiment - changing settings, recording data, turning the system off and on - entirely over the internet.
The web-controlled demonstrations allow instructors in 'smart class rooms' to demonstrate and reinforce fundamental concepts introduced in lecture. Unlike video tapes, the web-controlled demonstrations give the instructors flexibility to readily demonstrate 'what if' scenarios that may arise during class discussions.
Greg Elliott
Madara Ogot
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