| The main objective of the PC Laboratory
is to make available a departmental computing facility
where students can work on class reports and projects
while having full Internet capabilities. The room layout
was specifically chosen to allow for collaborative work
on engineering group projects. In addition, a raised
floor construction exists to eliminate the presence
of tangled cables throughout the lab.
The PC lab, available 24 hours-a-day to all students
enrolled in IE courses, is equipped with…
- 36, Dell Pentium 4, 3.0 Ghz workstations with 512
megabytes of RAM, 64 megabyte graphic cards, 250 megabyte
Zip Drives and CD-RW drives
- 15 Inch Flat Panel Monitors
- 100 Mbps Networking
- Black & White and Color Laser Printing
- Flat-Bed Scanning
- Coin-Operated Photocopying
Software offerings in the lab include: Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook, Outlook Express,
Project, Frontpage, Visio and Internet Explorer; Eudora;
Minitab; Matlab; Arena; ProEngineer "Wildfire";
and AutoCAD. Other software packages such as SAS, GAMS,
Lindo, Lingo, What’s Best, The Machinery Handbook,
and Microsoft Visual Studio are provided as requested
to meet the needs of our student population.
One additional special purpose PC is available in the
lab and is equipped with special use software and hardware.
A scanner is attached to this computer to allow the
students to insert images into reports and presentations.
Additionally, software such as Adobe Acrobat Writer
is installed on this machine to allow students to generate
or edit PDF files as needed.
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