Archive for July, 2007

ComPADRE’s Wiki for Physics Modelers

Physics is a way of seeing the universe. How can physics teachers encourage students to experience physics in that way, instead of as a series of unrelated experiments and lectures? Many teachers believe that the answer is a method called Modeling. ComPADRE , the NSDL pathway for physics, has started a wiki that […]

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MatDL MatForge: A Place To Collaborate

NIST’s FiPy software, available on MatForge, models the “superfill” (superconformal electrodeposition) process.
The NSDL Materials Digital Library (MatDL.org) Pathway started MatForge to provide an online work space where scientists can collaborate. MatDL intends to use the results of those collaborations as library resources, says Principal Investigator Laura Bartolo. MatForge also gives materials scientists […]

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