The "Mice" Project: mice for the undergraduate faculty computer lab (ISIS)

The "Mice" project involves the purchase of 80 computer mice and mouse pads for use by students in the ISIS computer lab (1st and 2nd Year computer lab). CUESEF has made no commitment to replace these mice when they break, so once their gone, their gone!!

This project was not officially proposed by anyone external to CUESEF, but was one of the items frequently requested (by average students) during the (public and private) discussions about creating CUESEF, prior to the existence of CUESEF. This actually is not a great project for CUESEF because the expected life of a (computer) mouse is not that long in an open lab (a year would be optimistic), but it is felt to be an improvement to the "quality of life" within Carleton Engineering, especially to those students who must CadKey in the ISIS lab. This project also serves as an experiment to see how long the mice last so that future CUESEF boards can decide how and when this lab should be provided with mice.

Here are some stats:

Amount spent: $1150
Number of students Affected: ~1400 (all undergrad students), easily 600 students per year.
Engineering disciplines affected: All
"Life" of contribution: 8 months (estimated)
Date operational: April 1996

Installation should be complete in early April. The mice may be removed from the lab for the summer so that they don't get worn out by people other than undergraduate engineering students.

See other past projects here!