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Subject: seminar info for March

Dear Linda,
    Here's the info on the March seminars - funny form is because
it came from my scribe file

Project Athena Seminar Series

ATHENA-CATS:

A Computer Aided Teaching System for Structural Engineering
March 6, 1985

Prof. John H. Slater, Civil Engineering
Prof. Jerome J. Connor, Civil Engineering

ATHENA-CATS incorporates interactive graphics tools for structural analysis
and design with a rule based system to provide practical information and
guidance.  An Expert Tutor for statics can demonstrate to the student how
to solve problems, and explain mistakes a student may have made in his/her
own solution.

Project Athena in Laboratories
March 13, 1985

Prof. Jerome Milgram, Ocean Engineering
Prof. William Unkel, Mechanical Engineering

Computer support which has been used in both structured and unstructured
laboratory environments will be explained and demonstrated.  By broadening
the range of experiments and by bringing together analysis and experimentation,
the computational capabilities allow students to learn more from their
laboratory subjects.
Computer Applications in Chemistry Education
March 20, 1985

Prof. Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Chemistry

A real-time data acquisition and analysis system for high-resolution molecular
spectra in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory will be described.  This 
system is mounted on stand-alone PC/XT workstations in the laboratory.  
Additional present and planned implementations will also be described.

The Potential Impact of the Computer
on the Teaching of Electrical Engineering
April 3, 1985

Profs. William Siebert, Harold Abelson, Gerald Sussman
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

The computer has become a ubiquitous professional tool, changing the practice
of engineering in a variety of ways that should be reflected in our curriculum
as well as providing opportunities for novel approaches to engineering 
education.  Examples will be presented illustrating the evolving impact of the
computer on our undergraduate core courses in circuits, signals, and systems.
Two themes will be emphasized: 1. the use of the computer as a system simulator
to provide relatively inexpensive opportunities for students to gain experience
in school with those incompletely-formulated problems that characterize 
realistic design situations; 2. the exploitation of the growing understanding
in computer science of powerful linguistic tools and approaches to complexity 
to help better organize and explain important engineering ideas and concepts.

Computer-Aided Hydrostation and Hull Surface Definition
April 10, 1985

Prof. Justin Kerwin, Ocean Engineering

A discussion and demonstration of some of the software developed under this
project for use in an introductory undergraduate subject in Ocean Engineering.
Applications include a numerical integration tutor, a program to analyze
stability of ships, and a general interactive curve-fitting tutor.

Room 34-101
Wednesdays, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
For more information call 253-1300