A SMART teacher
Lynbrook computer teacher Jeff Bernhardt to participate in a unique program
- LI Herald.com June 1st, 2011
- Source: http://www.liherald.com/stories/A-SMART-teacher,33217?content_source=&category_id=9&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=
Jeff Bernhardt, computer teacher at Lynbrook High School, will be participating in a unique program, called SMART at Polytechnic Institute of NYU. SMART aims to enrich education in middle and high school classrooms. It provides teachers with enhanced science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational content through a mechatronics training/research program.
Mechatronics is a synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, control theory, computer science, and electronics to manage complexity, uncertainty, and communication in engineered systems. Only ten teachers from the tri-state area are selected for the SMART program.
During the first two weeks, Bernhardt will receive guided training to study and explore hands-on activities in the exciting field of mechatronics. His specific assignment is to develop an iPhone application with button, slider, and accelerometer inputs that can send/receive TCP, UDP, and/or Open Sound Control (OSC) messages over Wi-Fi. Second, he must develop a reliable absolute-positioning system for a mobile robot, and then for a team of robots, in an indoor environment.
