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Kinematics:

  • The study and description of motion, without regard to its causes


Injection Molding


Finite Element Analysis

Manufacturing:

  • Stamping
  • Strip Layout
  • Die Casting
  • Forging


Spatial Reasoning


Technical Drawing:

  • Drafting for technical and mechanical illustration


Rotation Drawing:

  • Mechanical drawings depicting movement around a vertical axis


Forging:

  • Shaping metal by using localized compressive forces


Die Casting:

  • A process for producing engineered metal parts by forcing molten metal under high pressure into reusable steel molds

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  • An Interactive Case-Based Computer Program for Inquiry Teaching in a variety of disiplines

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Dr. B.P.Woolf

 

B P WoolfBeverly Park Woolf PhD, is a Research Professor in the Computer Science Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the Director of the Center for Knowledge Communication. Many of the three-dimensional graphics and multimedia classes at the University of Massachusetts owe their beginning to Dr. Woolf's efforts to offer students the opportunity to expand both intellectual and practical skills.

Dr. Woolf's research focuses on building systems to effectively train, explainandadvise users. Extended multimedia capabilities are integrated with knowledgeabout the user,  domain and dialogue to produce real-time performance support and on-demand advisory and tutoring systems. The tutoring systems use intelligent interfaces, inferencing mechanisms, cognitive models and modifiable software to improve a computer's communicative abilities. These systems have been tested with learners, trainers and other client bases, deployed in education and industry, and demonstratedinmore than 50 American industrial, military and academic sites and 15 foreign countries.

Dr. Woolf's research focuses on building systems to effectively train, explain and advise users. Extended multimedia capabilities are integrated with knowledge  about the user,  domain and dialogue to produce real-time performance support and on-demand advisory and tutoring systems. The tutoring systems use intelligent interfaces, inferencing mechanisms, cognitive models and modifiable software to improve a computer's communicative abilities. These systems have been tested with learners, trainers and other client bases, deployed in education and industry, and demonstrated in industrial, military and academic sites and  foreign countries.

textbookHer most recent book is Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors, Student-Centered Strategies for Revolutionizing E-Learning, Published by Elsevier & Morgan Kaufmann, 2008.

For more information about past and present multimedia classes offered by the Center for Knowledge Communication, please visit our CKC Class Portal.

 

 

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