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This resource provides an introductory activity on the basics of semiconductors. Core concepts include understanding holes as charge carriers, doped semiconductors, the P-N junction, energy levels and energy bands, and band structure and conductivity. The interactive module allows students to test...

A Java applet that illustrates the utility of the sensitivity and complementary sensitivity functions for linear control system design. Sketch a reference input and disturbance input with the mouse, and select a sensor noise level. Then drag open-loop system poles and zeros with the mouse to track...

This webinar presented by Sheryl A. Sorby, Ph.D., explains why it is important to teach female students spatial reasoning skills. The webinar is 42 minutes and includes a demonstration of Dr. Sorby's software "Introduction to 3D Spatial Visualization: An Active Approach."

This site, supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the American Society for Cell Biology, is a resource database of cell images, videos, and animations for use in research, education, and training. The historic and modern...

Penguin Tutor, created by Stewart Watkiss, includes projects that can be recreated at home (or by students) by following simple instructions and circuit diagrams that Watkiss has provided. The exercises are based around Arduino software using discrete components. The examples and descriptions on his...

This resource provides an interactive activity on field effect transistors. These are "a type of transistor that utilizes an electric field to control the shape of a channel in which charge carriers in a semiconductor material flow." An interactive diagram is presented allowing students to...

This webinar, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, addresses the rising global need for skilled nanotechnology workers in 2012. Topics addressed include the importance of teaching nanotechnology, the growing demand...

This webinar was presented by the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) High Tech Workforce Initiative on October 1, 2010. This webinar discusses Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGAs curriculum validation with industry. Under an externship for the High Tech Workforce Initiative,...

This webinar, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) NetWorks, was presented on May 10, 2013. Presenters included Rob Clancey, President of the National Council for Continuing Education and Training and Director of Polk State Corporate College, and Dr. Eric Roe, Director...

This Robotics Now! webinar is presented by the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and was recorded on April 8, 2011. The webinar discusses the development of the Robotics Production Technician program and its relevance in today's robotics production and educational marketplace....