Development of materials accessible through this page was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Caption: From left to right, this picture shows Tamar Lieberman, Michael Gorman, Norman Fortenberry of the NSF, and Julia Kagiwada at a Division of Undergraduate Education's 1994 Project Impact Conference. On display are Ms. Lieberman's replication's of the experiments leading up to Bell's invention of the telephone.
The telephone and environmental modules were also used in a course for gifted secondary students -- secondary educators and students are especially invited to browse and adapt these materials to their needs.
Active Learning Modules (ALM)
This links to the ALM home page consisting of information and resources on the "Invention of the Telephone" and "Inventing for the Environment" ALMs.Sample Student Projects
Some of the students in past classes have agreed to allow us to place their papers online. These papers set the standard for the required quality for the class projects.Oral Presentation Guidelines: Patent Presentations
This page outlines some presentation ideas as well as criteria and guidelines that may aid you in your patent presentations.Final Paper & Presentation
A brief description of the final paper and project that conclude the semester.
Rules for Paper revisions
Introduction to Engineering Design
This site is a resource for students and engineers to learn about engineering concepts and the design process. This page was created at the University of Virginia as an introduction to the world of engineering.A Framework for Comparing Inventors
Discusses several design issues and ideas one should take into consideration when analyzing inventors and the design process. This page was designed Michael E. Gorman and W. Bernard Carlson.Systems Analysis Tools
Contains pages with information on basic systems analysis techniques. Includes discussions on venture analysis, classical creativity, decision analysis, systems design, and systems analysis.An excellent JAVA-based demonstration created by Mazen G. Baroudi and Daniel W. Mellen that aids in the understanding of key concepts behind Bell's invention of the telephone. Highly recommended as a supplement to the Telephone ALM.MIT Invention Dimension Inventor of the Week.
- U.S. Patent Office HomepageA free downloadable electronic version of an Inventor's notebook is linked off of this page.
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