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Welcome to the EG1003 Online Lab Manual website. This site contains all the academic material you need for the course. For administrative matters such as lab report submission, please visit eg.poly.edu.

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

Course Information

• Comments from Course Director
• The Course
• Structure
• Absence and Lateness Policies
• Teamwork
• Ethics
• Plagiarism
• How to Use the EG1003 Websites
• How to Submit Work to the EG1003 Website
• EG Grading Policy
• Safety Guidelines
• Keeping a Laboratory Notebook
• Software Requirements

PowerPoint Presentations

• Introduction to EG1003
• Introduction to EGED I
• Introduction to EGED II
• Introduction to EGED III
• Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
• Safety Guidelines
• Display Case Presentation

Laboratory Experiments

Write-ups

• Lab 1A — Introduction to Microsoft Office
• Lab 1B — Introduction to 3D Printing
• Lab 1C — Mousetrap Vehicle Competition
• Lab 2 — Hot Air Balloon Competition
• Lab 3 — Product Evaluation (Sensors) (Sections Y2 & Y3 Only)
• Lab 3 — Product Evaluation and Quality Improvement (Section Y1 Only)
  • 3D Modeling and CAD Video
  • Green (EV3)  •  Red (EV3)  •  Yellow (EV3)
• Lab 4 — Introduction to LabVIEW
• Lab 5 — Digital Logic
  • NI ELVIS Tutorial Video
• Lab 6 — Model Shop Session
• Lab 7 — Electronic Filters (Section Y2 Only)
• Lab 7 — Renewable Energy Competition (Sections Y1 & Y3 Only)
• Lab 8 — DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis (Section Y3 Only)
• Lab 8 — Lemon Car Competition (Sections Y1 & Y2 Only)
• Lab 9 — Model Shop Session
• Lab 10 — Boom Construction Competition
• Lab 11 — Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Competition
  • Therm VI
  • How to Handle Unusual Data

PowerPoint Presentations

• Lab 1A&1B — Software for Engineers
• Lab 1C — Mousetrap Vehicle Competition
• Lab 2 — Hot Air Balloon Competition
• Lab 3 — Product Evaluation (Sensors) (EV3) (Sections Y2 & Y3 Only)
• Lab 3 — Product Evaluation & Quality Improvement (Section Y1 Only)
• Lab 4 — Introduction to LabVIEW
• Lab 5 — Digital Logic
• Lab 6 — Model Shop Session
• Lab 7 — Electronic Filters (Section Y2 Only)
• Lab 7 — Renewable Energy Competition (Sections Y1 & Y3 Only)
• Lab 8 — DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis (Section Y3 Only)
• Lab 8 — Lemon Car Competition (Sections Y1 & Y2 Only)
• Lab 9 — Model Shop Session
• Lab 10 — Boom Construction Competition
• Lab 11 — Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Competition

Semester-Long Design Project

Project Information

Please read the RFP for your project carefully. Any deviation from these specifications must be approved by your recitation professor.

• Introduction to the Semester-Long Design Projects
• Introduction to the Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Semester-Long Design Projects (Section E2 Only)
• Summer 2017 Project Configurations
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
• Bomb Disarming Robot (BDR)
• Disaster Relief Robot (DRR)
• Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (I2E) (Section E2 Only)
• Mars Rover Robot (MRR)
• Retrieval and Delivery System (RDS)
• Railroad Train Guidance System (RTGS)
• Security Infiltration Drone (SID)
  • SID Troubleshooting Guide
• Subterranean Infiltrator & Fortune Retriever (SIFR)
• Supermarket Logistics System (SLS)
  • LEED Checklist
• Search & Recovery Robot (SRR)
• Open Lab Rules

Project Submission

• Submission Guidelines
• Project Submission Form
• Online Submission FAQs

Help & How-Tos

• 3D Printing Extra Credit
• 3D Printing Makerbot Guide
• Teamwork Agreement Instructions
• Microsoft Project Summary Sheet
• Microsoft Project Student Guide Presentation
• Sensors (EV3)
• Sensors Tutorial
• Sensors Training
• AutoCAD Skill Builder
• Lego Digital Designer Skill Builder
• How to plan the schedule and calculate costs for a project
• I2E Kit Components
• Price list for Lego parts for robot projects
• How to Show Cost Data in Presentations
• Digital Multi-Meters Guidelines

Help & How-Tos

Technical Writing

• What Is It?
• Your Audience and Purpose
• Introduction
• Lab Report Format
• 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

WC Presentations

• How to Write Lab Reports in EG1003
• Passive Voice
• Citing Sources
• Formatting Numbers
• Using Capital Letters
• Verb Tense in Lab Reports
• Professional Tone
• Resumes
• Sentence Combining
• Commas
• Writing Consultant Teamwork Presentation
• Introductions

Sample Work

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
• Annotated presentation
• Presentation

Competition Lab

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

Design Project

This section is still under construction. Sample SLDP documents will be posted as they become available.

• Milestone 1
• Milestone 2
• Milestone 3
• Final Presentation

Technical Presentations

• EG1003 Lab Presentation Format
• How to Give a Recitation Presentation
• EG1003 Project Milestone Presentation Format
• How to give a Milestone Presentation
• How to give the Final Project Presentation
• Giving Effective Presentations
• Effective Slide Formats
• Giving the Presentation
• Blunders to Avoid

Archived Pages

Pages kept for historical purposes can be found in The Archive.

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