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Welcome to the Learning Environment for Automated System Integration Website

This project, sponsored by NSF, is to design, develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web-based system called Learning Environment for Automated System Integration (LearnASI) that will help students and new engineers to learn system integration concepts. LearnASI includes

1)Animations and tutorials on system integration concepts and procedures;

2)Detailed case studies on the design of automated systems;

3)Intelligent problem-solving environments that will allow students to design and test automated systems.

In addition, LearnASI is being leveraged as part of another NSF project called Collaborative Learning Environment for Automated Manufacturing System Integration (CLE-ASI). This work will develop new virtual collaborative learning environments with emphasis on communication and teamwork for engineering students studying automated manufacturing. It will allow students to engage in more realistic collaborative activities with other students and also with working engineers. Input from industry engineers will provide an understanding of current practices, and the results of this research will be of benefit to both engineering students and industry. Advanced automated manufacturing capability is essential to national competitiveness, and effective integration of systems level thinking into the engineering curriculum using this research will better prepare engineering students to work in this area.