“Using Instructional Technology to Create a Visualization Laboratory” will be the topic of an ASEE/Oakley STEM Center brown bag lunch seminar at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 30, in Room 304 of Clement Hall.

As an addition of TTU’s already existing environmental scanning electron microscope, funded by the National Science Foundation, the Engineering Development Foundation last year provided funding to establish a visualization laboratory.

The purpose of the Jan. 30 seminar is to show ways instructors can use the new facility, which is available to all instructors and researchers on campus, to enhance teaching and learning in their courses.

The new visualization laboratory’s instructional tools include a high-resolution digital projector, document camera, laptop computer, projection screen and switchgear that integrates the devices with microscope output and the Internet.

That integration makes it possible for large groups of students to simultaneously view microscope output and to interact with the instructor and/or microscope operator.

“It greatly enhances our ability to provide a rich educational experience during demonstration activities in the ESEM lab,” says Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Donald P. Visco.

Chemical Engineering Professor Joseph J. Biernacki will facilitate discussion during the seminar.

For more information about the seminar, call Visco at 3606 or e-mail him.