Chris Pettit (cpettit@emporia.edu)

Emporia State University

DIY Modeling software – Build Three-Dimensional

Game Quality Simulations with your Students

DIY Modeling project

• NSF funded project (Award #0919336)• Goal is to produce a virtual modeling

environment where game quality models can be developed and used for the teaching of mathematics and science.

Participants• Tietronix Software• United States Military Academy• United States Air Force Academy• Appalachian State University• Georgia Gwinnett College• Emporia State University

Tietronix Software• Frank Hughes, former NASA engineer and

astronaut trainer.• Develop simulation software for NASA

(currently working on a simulator for a moon rover.)

DIY Modeling group spent some time underneath space shuttle Endeavor during a visit to the Kennedy Space Center July 2010.

DIY Modeling Software• Students focus on the math and physics, not the programming.• Software can be used at all levels K – Graduate School and beyond.• Aids in visualization, especially with 3D situations.• Game-quality graphics to hold the attention of students.

Projectile Motion

Choose your Components

Develop your Model

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

For additional information on the DIY Project and other simulations visit the website at

http://diymodeling.appstate.edu/

Please note the website is still under construction and not all simulations may be in their completed format.