Readers of the student project are invited to submit a grade online for the work of the students as well as provide any additional comments that they may wish to make on content, presentation, graphics, additional links, etc. If readers choose to provide their name and email address, students can respond to the comments and questions as well. Students learn to perform in groups effectively, manage the quality of a project and achieve their selected goals. Students publish a peer-reviewed research paper on the WWW using modern analytical methods to solve a problem of interest to industry or faculty. Online review papers also become a ready reference for others on campus, who use Netscape to learn what instrumentation is available for research use, and how it should be operated.
Students become familiar with the state of the art in analytical instruments and techniques.
Corporations use these management techniques to make certain that they meet all of the needs of their customers. Through the group WWW projects, the students learn how difficult it can be to attempt to involve any person productively in something that person does not believe in. In the corporate environment, these persons are reassigned to other duties, resign to find more appropriate employment, or are terminated. In this way, the corporate entity maintains the unity of purpose necessary to satisfy the customer. Giving students a WWW term project as a product goal ultimately creates a similar unity of purpose.