Use of Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition and DirectX SDK to Simulate Movements of a Colony of Penguins that must be Tagged for a Scientific Mission Education

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Use of Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition
and DirectX SDK to Simulate Movements of a Colony
of Penguins that must be Tagged for a Scientific
Mission Education

• Spencer Weeks-Jamieson
• Terrance Mason
• Sandy Harrison
• Jasmin Rivers

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Overview

• Abstract
• Motivation
• Project
• Artica
• Accomplishments
• Software
• Before
• After
• Team
• Acknowledgements

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Abstract

• Students begin to take a general interest into
  becoming scientists or engineers at the middle
  school level. It is imperative that we target
  them at this point in their lives to direct them
  toward the science, technology, engineering, and
  mathematics (STEM) fields. The dilemma is how to
  get young scholars interested into STEM? Our
  proposed tool is an educational video game. A
  vast number of young students tend to play video
  games everyday after school. We can involve
  education and fun by combining both into one
  game.
• The objective of this research project is to
  enhance an existing video game that not only
  pertains to entertainment, but to also be
  informative. The purpose is to educate young
  students on the Polar Regions including
  challenges that scientists face. In developing
  this game, the team is specifying, designing,
  implementing, and testing the software. Some of
  the programs that the team has applied are C,
  VC Express 2005 Edition compiler, and Microsoft
  Platform SDK (Software Development Kit).
  Conducting research and enhancing this game has
  nourished us into fluent programmers and software
  engineers while providing an educational resource
  to students.

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Motivation

• Purpose
• Benefits

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Project

• Contributions
• Penguin Behavior
• Tools

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Software
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Installation of VC 2005

• Step1 Install Visual C Express
• Step2 Install the service pack for Visual C
  Express
• Step 3 Install the Microsoft Platform SDK
• Step 4 Update the Visual C directories in
  the Projects and Solutions section in the Options
  dialog box
• Step 5 Update the corewin_exprss.vsprops file.
• Step 6 Generate and build a Win32 application
  to test your paths.

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Artica

• Description

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Accomplishments

• Modifications
• Biological Inspirations
• Testing

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Before
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After
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Code
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Acknowledgements

• Team Artica would like to thank the entire URE
  summer program including its participants for the
  encouragement and support needed to complete this
  research project. Special thanks is given to our
  mentors, Dr. Agah and Mr. Majithia, for
  motivating us each and every day, and to Dr.
  Linda Hayden for the inspiration to go beyond
  mediocrity.

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Question Session