| Item | Qty | Description | Unit $ | Total $ | |
| No. | |||||
| 1 | 60 | The carrels in many of the older IT Labs are small, do not have a good way of managing the cables, and have no place to store the CPU case. Last year we replaced the old carrels in EE/CS 3-170/3-166, and this year we would like replace the carrels in 4-250 to match the tables recently put in Lind 24, ME314, and EE/CS 2-170/20172. These tables provide a much better work environment for the students. This cost includes table, CPU shelf, delivery and installation. | $300.00 | $18,000.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | Because IT Labs no longer has EE/CS 4-204 as a lab, the alarm system control box, web cams, and CCTV cameras need to moved or removed. We will also need to install a card reader lock on the hall door to 4-240 because the current entrance to that room is through 4-204. 4-240 is the little TA office hour room just west of 4-250. Since all the carrels will be removed, this would be a good time to paint the walls. | $3,500.00 | $3,500.00 | |
| 3 | 25 | Upgrade ME308. Replace carrels with computer tables for the reasons stated above. This cost includes table, CPU shelf, delivery and installation. | $300.00 | $7,500.00 | |
| 4 | 1 | In ME308 add conduit and outlets along 2 walls for networking and power. Remove chalkboards, paint walls (including ME 302), and add a large bulletin board for posting lab information. Paint $3000; Electrical $3500; Network $500; chalkboard removal (with asbestos abatement) and bulletin installation $2700 | $9,700.00 | $9,700.00 | |
| 5 | 86 | We have 86 Dell PCs that are now 4 years old. As per existing policy, computers 4 years should be replaced and the old ones given to student groups and departments. | $2,500.00 | $215,000.00 | |
| 6 | 2 | The firewalls we have at Rochester and NHCC are made from retired PCs and are getting old. In Lind 24 and CivE we started using inexpensive embedded computers as firewalls and they have worked out very well. We recommend replacing the current firewalls at Rochester and NHCC with inexpensive embedded computers | $700.00 | $1,400.00 | |
| 7 | 2 | We still have 3 old HP printers that do not run native postscript. The emulated postscript HP uses can not print some files. Also newer printers have the ability to send email when paper is low which will help in unstaffed labs. These 2 printers are for Lind Hall and CivE | $1,600.00 | $3,200.00 | |
| 8 | 40 | In most labs we buy a 3 year warranty and use contingency funds for any repairs that might be needed in the 4th year. Lind 24, however, is used as a classroom and is full for each class so it is not advisable to have machines in this room that are not under warranty. In the future we will be sure to get 4 year warranties at the time of purchase, but this year we recommend purchasing a 4th year of service. | $159.00 | $6,360.00 | |
| 9 | 1 | ME 308 has an HP printer that needs replacing the above mentioned reasons, however this HP printer is the only one that can print on 11x17 paper. We recommend replacing it with a new printer that can also handle 11x17 paper. | $3,400.00 | $3,400.00 | |
| 10 | 2 | The lab attendants and ADCS lab manager monitor the ITlabs using 14 webcams. Currently this is done using a used 21" CRT connected to the lab attendant computer as a second monitor. By running the monitor at 2048x1536 resolution we can display 6 cameras simultaneously. However, the CRTs are old, somewhat blurry, and have brightness/contrast problems, some of which may be due to the fact that we are pushing the monitor's resolution to the max. | $4,000.00 | $8,000.00 | |
| This proposal is to buy a second computer for the lab attendants and manager, to be dedicated as a camera monitoring machine. In order to accomplish this, we would need a computer with a powerful cpu and a very large resolution monitor. The only solution other than trying to buy high end CRT monitors (which seem to be disappearing from the market, leaving only the lower quality CRTs available) would be to use the new DELL 30" Widescreen LCD monitor which has a display resolution of 2560x1600. A dell dual-core computer with special video card capable of driving this large monitor would provide the CPU power necessary. Note that uncompressing and displaying 640x480 images, at up to 30 frames per second, times 6 (or more) video feeds, will probably require more cpu power than is available. But we don't need THAT much cpu, just enough to deliver a reasonable frame rate. | |||||
| We propose to buy 2 computer systems now, provided that funds are available, and then we will put in a proposal next year for the remaining 2. | |||||
| Grand Total | $276,060.00 | ||||