On Thurs Oct 23, 1997 during the opening of the Argonne National Laboratory Information Center two middle school class rooms (Central School of Lemont, Illinois, and St. Dominic School, from Bolingbrook, Illinois, connected to the ANL TelePresence Microscopy Site, part of the MMC, held a video conference with each other and Materials Scientist Nestor J. Zaluzec. They viewed images recorded from using a Scanning Electron Microscope in ANL and operated the telerobotic MacroScope over the Internet. They also visited the Microscape Virtual Laboratory using the WWW. The Students from Central School in Lemont participated remotely using the computer systems at the new Argonne Information Center, while the students from St. Dominic, were connected via an Internet link directly from their classroom which was provided by their local Cable TV provider, Media One. This was the first multi-class simultaneous distance learning activity of the Materials MicroCharacterization Collaboratory.

Internet based Video Conference between students of St. Dominic of Bolingbrook, Lemont Central School, and ANL

Calra Penicka, Chelsea Barnett and other students from the Central School in Lemont. (Photo Jim Mayo Chicago Tribune)

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Exerpted from the Daily Herald Article on Opening of the Argonne Information Center Friday Oct. 24, 1997 by Kristy Kennedy During the opening on Thursday, a seventh-grade science class at St. Dominic School dropped in on scientist Nestor Zaluzec's office through the Internet. While asking Zaluzec questions from their classrooom with a teleconferencing hookup, they also talked to visitors at the new center. "It really expand the walls fo the classroom", teacher Judy Bonkalski said. Earlier this year, her students watched from their classroom as Zaluzec examined a computer chip under a high power electron microscope in his lab. "It's almost as good as if thery were sitting in the lab, " Zaluzec said, adding fellow scientists from around the world also can work together on-line. " The idea is to share research, data and ideas"...

Exerpted from Chicago Tribune Article on Opening of the Argonne Information Center Friday October 24, 1997, by Ted Gregory A computer station linked to an electron microscope laboratory allows visitors to observe and control experiments from the computer while talking with Argonne Materials Scientist Nestor Zaluzec who runs the lab. His TelePresence Microscopy (TPM) project also offers a web site (http://tpm.amc.anl.gov) allowing anyone with access to the World Wide Web to tap into his lab.

The TPM Site is part of the DoE 2000 Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory (http://tpm.amc.anl.gov/mmc) funded under DMS-BES, DMS-EE, and CTR-MICS. The MMC is developing the technology basis for accessing expertise and instrumentation at DoE Materials User Facilities from off-site locations by creating a single cohesive virtual laboratory, accessible from anywhere on the Internet.

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