Acknowledgments

• National Science Foundation ILI Program (grant #DUE-9851567)

• DaimlerChrysler Corp.

• Oakland University Foundation

• Oakland University School of Engineering & Computer Science

Goals

• Improve university and K-12 students' communications and teamworking skills.

• Increase K-12 students' technology skills; help encourage and prepare them to study engineering or technology in college.

• Develop technology intensive projects for dissemination to other K-12 schools.

Participants

• Oakland University

• Seaholm High School

Areas of Interaction

• Automated Manufacturing Systems

• Applied Mathematics

• Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

Laboratory Hardware - Purchased with funds obtained from NSF ILI grant #9851567.

• Sun workstations

• PC's

• Printers

• Network Hubs

Software - Workstations

• Session Directory Server (SDR)

• Video Conferencing Tool (VIC)

• Audio Conferencing Tool (VAT)

• Whiteboard Tool (WB)

Software - PC's

• Mechanical Desktop - includes AutoCAD

• Studio MAX

• Emco CAM Programs

• Siman Simulation Program

• Minitab

• Lindo System's Hyper Lingo & Solver Suite

• Microsoft Office - report preparation and presentations

• Adobe Pagemill - website development

Future Development Plans

• Robotic Assembly Cell

• K-12 Engineering Geometry Course

• Interactive Projects in Science (Energy)