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Internet Accessible Remote Laboratories: Scalable E-Learning Tools for Engineering and Science Disciplines

A book edited by Dr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University, USA;
Professor Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria; and
Dr. V. Judson Harward, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=787

Editorial Advisory Board
Professor Seta Bogosyan, University of Alaska, USA
Professor Chi Chung Ko, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford, USA
Professor Markus Kraft, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor Reinhard Langmann, University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf, Germany
Professor David Lowe, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Professor Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Télé-université/UQAM, Canada
Professor Doru Ursutiu, University Transylvania Brasov, Romania
Professor Gurvinder Singh Virk, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Promod Vohra, Northern Illinois University, USA
Professor Javier Garcia Zubia, University of Deusto, Spain

Introduction
Limited resources and other factors pose major challenges for engineering, technology, and science educators’ ability to provide adequate laboratory experience for students at a time and place of their convenience. Ironically, too much laboratory equipment lies idle during most of its usable lifetime. This applies to both traditional laboratory courses as well as laboratory courses as part of distance learning programs. An Internet accessible remote laboratory addresses these difficulties and allows more efficient laboratory management. An Internet accessible remote laboratory is