Main Page

Welcome to the EG1004 Online Manual Web site. This site contains all the academic material you need for the course. For administrative matters the Web site is eg.poly.edu.

You can click on anything underlined on this page to link to the material.

Perspectives on EG1004

• Some comments from the course director

Success in EG1004

• The Course
• Structure
• Missing and Being Late for Class, and How to Make Up Work
• Teamwork
• Ethics
• Plagiarism

Introduction to EG1004

• How to use the EG1004 Web Sites
• How to submit work to the EG1004 Web Site
• EG1004 Grading Policy
• Safety Guidelines
• Keeping Your Laboratory Notebook

Laboratory Experiments

• Lab 1 - Software for Engineers I (Office 2007 Version)
• Lab 1A - Mousetrap Car
• Lab 2 - Hot Air Balloon
• Lab 3a - Product Evaluation and Quality Improvement
  • NXT Green Chassis Assembly Instructions
  • NXT Red Chassis Assembly Instructions
  • NXT Yellow Chassis Assembly Instructions
• Preparation for Sensors Lab, due at beginning of Sensors Lab
• Lab 4 - Sensors
• Lab 5 - Introduction to LabVIEW
• Lab 6 - Digital Logic
• Preparation for DNA Extraction Lab, due at beginning of DNA Extraction Lab
• Lab 7 - DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis
• Lab 8 - Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation
• Lab 9 - Lemon Car
• Lab 10 - Electronic Filters
• Lab 11 - Boom Construction Competition

Laboratory Experiment Presentations

• Lab 1 - Software for Engineers I
• Lab 1A - Mousetrap Car
• Lab 2 - Hot Air Balloon
• Lab 3a - Product Evaluation & Quality Improvement
• Lab 4 - Sensors
• Lab 5 - Introduction to LabVIEW
• Lab 6 - Digital Logic
• Lab 7 - DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis
• Lab 8 - Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation
• Lab 9 - Lemon Car
• Lab 10 - Electronic Filters
• Lab 11 - Boom Construction Competition

Instructional Web Pages

• How to erase old programs from the NXT memory
• How to read documents made in Office 2007 in Office 2003
• How to Capture PC Screen Images
• How to Compress Your Files
• How to Include Pictures, Equations, and Spreadsheets in Your Presentations and Lab Reports
• How to Change Pictures so They Don't Take Up So Much Space
• Making Good Looking Equations in PowerPoint Presentations
• How to Show Cost Data in Presentations
• How to Put Video Files in presentations
• How to Handle Unusual Data
• Submitting EG1004 Work to the Digital Dropbox
• How to Clean Up Your Initial "MyPoly" Screen
• AutoCAD Skill Builder

Instructional Presentations

• Introduction to EG1004
• Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
• Safety Guidelines
• How to Write Lab Reports in EG1004
• How to Give a Recitation Presentation
• How to give a Milestone Presentation
• How to give the Final Project Presentation
• Semester-Long Project Presentation (zip file) Warning! 10MB file!
• Writing Consultant Teamwork Presentation
• Installing and Using MLCAD (zip file)
• Exporting MLCAD to AutoCAD
• Writing an Effective Resume

Semester-Long Design Projects

• Retrieval and Delivery System (RDS)
• Railroad Train Guidance System (RTGS)
• Supermarket Logistics System (SLS)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
• Bomb Disarming Robot (BDR)
• Search & Recovery Robot (SRR)
• Disaster Relief Robot (DRR)
• Spring 2009 Project Configurations

Material to help you with the project

• MS Project Skill Builder (Office 2007 Version)
• How to plan the schedule and calculate costs for a project
• Price list for Lego parts for robot projects

Project Forms

Component Testing Forms

• Railroad Train Guidance System (RTGS)
• Supermarket Logistics System (SLS)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
• Bomb Disarming Robot (BDR)
• Search & Recovery Robot (SRR)
• Disaster Relief Robot (DRR)
• Retrieval and Delivery System (RDS)

Commissioning Forms

• Railroad Train Guidance System (RTGS)
• Supermarket Logistics System (SLS)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
• Bomb Disarming Robot (BDR)
• Search & Recovery Robot (SRR)
• Disaster Relief Robot (DRR)
• Retrieval and Delivery System (RDS)

Project Submission Form, to be used for early or regular submission

• Project Submission Form - all projects

Helpful Links

• MLCad Web site, including tutorials
• Alternatives to MLCad

Introduction to Technical Presentations

• Giving Effective Presentations
• Effective Slide Formats
• Giving the Presentation
• Blunders to Avoid
• EG1004 Lab Presentation Format
• EG1004 Project Milestone Presentation Format

Introduction to Technical Communication

• What Is It?
• Your Audience and Purpose

Technical Communication

• Introduction
• Specifications for Writing Your Lab Reports
• Introductions and Conclusions
• Active and Passive Voice
• Creating a Logical Argument
• Descriptions - Mechanism and Process
• Writing Numbers, Units of Measure, and Equations
• Graphics in Technical Reports
• Writing Software Documentation
• How to Write an Effective Resume
• Persuasion
• Team Authoring Strategies
• Editing
• Punctuation
• The Use of Articles

Sample Labs

This section contains two imaginary labs and typical submissions that would be associated with them

• Introduction to the Sample Labs

Regular Lab

• Lab 1701 - Faster-than-light Travel
• Annotated lab report
• Lab report
• Annotated presentation
• Presentation

Competition Lab

• Lab 500 - Stock Car Racer
• Annotated lab report
• Lab report
• Annotated presentation
• Presentation

EG1004 Specification Comparison

• Quick Comparison of Lab Presentation and Report Specifications

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