Overview of the BioKeck Project Five Objectives of the Bio-Keck D.R.I.L.L. System: The five objectives listed below are condensed from the seven of the original proposal and cover essentially the same range of tasks. These five objectives appear in the natural sequence necessary to accomplish the overall intent of the D.R.I.L.L. system. We found it essential that the physical characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of the hardware-software D.R.I.L.L. system be designed and tested before we could specify performance goals to faculty curriculum design experts. We have reorganized the 'subtopical headings' required by the Keck Foundation, to adapt to the natural sequencing of our five 'steps' so that Objectives I to III appear under the Equipment section (now I. A.), while Objective IV appears under the Curriculum section (I. B.), and Objective V appears under Section VII. The condensed objectives of the original Keck proposal, arranged in the order of completion, are as follows: Objective I: Obtain, Connect, and Test Research and Presentation Instrumentation of the Bio-Portion of the Keck DRILL Network Objective II: Evaluate Various Networking Methods and Techniques. Objective III: Develop New Methods and Programs for Control of Research Equipment. Objective IV: Design and Test Case Studies of Remote Operation of Experimental Protocols (for evaluation of potential use in biology courses across the curriculum and across the campus). Objective V: Assess Educational Outcomes and Impacts to Anticipate Advanced D.R.I.L.L. & NSF-Internet 2 (NGI) Applications. Acknowledgments: The Department of Biological Sciences wishes to give special thanks to the W.M. Keck Foundation for the support of the BioKeck D.R.I.L.L. Project. The support of the Keck Foundation in combination with epuipment purchased by the College of Science, and by various faculty members of the Department of Biological Sciences through a supplemental NIH-MBRS grant, and indirect cost recovery (ICR) money from NIH funded grants is greatly appreciated.
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