In fact, I had something to do with originating the program. Now that he's connected with the program, Dr. Abel encourages other people to chip in. These ideas are expected to give birth to projects with broad appeal. Different students have different motivations, and the projects must reflect this. In other calculus courses, you have a variety of engineering and science students.
Students are generally interested in projects rooted in the real world.
That's why SIAM is such a valuable member of the consortium. They are really aware of what's going on out there. The consortium received its NSF funding in October, and the group has already put the finishing touches on projects. At Penn, Dr. DeTurck and Chemistry Professor Ponzy Lu developed a multimedia module, DNA Reassociation Kinetics. This video demonstrates DNA replication and illustrates differential equations.