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Subject: NSF Workshop for Faculty with Symbolic Algebra Experience

AN NSF WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY WITH
SYMBOLIC ALGEBRA EXPERIENCE Contact: Email: [e-mail] FAX:
[phone] Phone: [phone] Revitalizing the Engineering, Mathematics,
and Science Curricula via Symbolic Algebra WHEN Tuesday, July 13 through
Saturday, July 17, 1993 with an optional refresher on Monday July 12th. (Also
to be offered in 1994.) WHERE Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash
Avenue Terre Haute, IN 47803 STAFF Dr. Mark A. Yoder Electrical Engineering
[phone] [e-mail] Dr. Robert Lopez Dept. of
Mathematics [phone] [e-mail] COURSE DESCRIPTION This is
a five-day workshop for faculty with previous exposure to computer algebra
systems such as Maple or Mathematica.  Faculty, drawn from engineering,
science, and mathematics, will learn how to use computer algebra as an
effective tool in teaching, revising curricula, and making the contents of
their courses more conceptual. A participant will craft at least one
instructional unit showcasing the utility of symbolic manipulation software.
Participants will be shown examples of similar curricular improvements that
have already been made at Rose-Hulman.  In the interdisciplinary atmosphere of
the workshop, participants will conceive, create, and critique units of their
own.  They will leave the workshop with a clear understanding of the potential
for computer algebra to transform their own curricula. The course is taught in
a laboratory equipped with NeXT workstations and Mathematica and Maple;
participants are seated in front of their own workstation. ELIGIBILITY
Participants must have previous symbolic algebra experience. Participation in
UFE workshops is limited to those in permanent faculty positions in post-
secondary educational institutions in the 50 states and US possessions and
territories. Enrollment is limited to 30 participants who will be selected on
the basis of topics they teach and their level of facility with a computer
algebra system. If the workshop is full, or you are not eligible, please see
the Rose-Hulman shortcourse described below. COST Registration and room and
board will be covered by NSF.  The only participant cost is transportation to
the workshop. CONTACT The course is part of the NSF Undergraduate Faculty
Enhancement (UFE) Program.  If you would like an application, please Email
[e-mail], FAX [phone], or call [phone].
_____________________________________________________________________ In
addition to the workshop described above we are offering the following
shortcourse for engineering, mathematics & computer science faculty with
little or no symbolic algebra experience: "Using Computer Algebra to Teach
Engineering" The NSF workshop is for faculty with some experience using CAS in
teaching. For faculty with little or no experience using CAS who would like to
learn how to incorporate CAS into their classroom, Rose-Hulman is hosting a 4-
day shortcourse from 16-June to 19-June-1993. The shortcourse will be much
like the workshop, except that its audience is not restricted by experience or
geography.  During the shortcourse we will offer a tutorial on Maple or
Mathematica (your choice).  We will also disseminate results from the 1992 NSF
workshop. NSF is not funding this shortcourse, therefore anyone can
participate (unlike the workshop).  Unfortunately without such funding we have
to charge a fee of $800 to cover our costs.  This fee will cover room, board,
materials, etc. Since we can't guess what the demand will be for this
shortcourse, we are asking for a $50 deposit (which will count toward the
registration fee) with each application.  If we get 20 deposits by 23-April-
1993, the course will run.  If not, the $50 deposits will be returned. Please
Email to [e-mail] or contact Dr. David Purdy at 812-
877-8321 or for an application if you are interested.