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Course Information
PowerPoint Presentations
Laboratory Experiments
Write-ups
- Lab 1B — Introduction to 3D Printing AutoCAD
- Lab 1C — Mousetrap Vehicle Competition
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation (Sensors) (EV3) (Sections A2 and K2 Only)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation and Quality Improvement (NXT) (EGED III Only)
- Lab 3 — Prototyping with Microcontrollers and Sensors (Section A2 Only)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation & Quality Improvement (A1, E1, G1, K1)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation (Sensors)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation and Quality Improvement (A1, E1, G1, K1)
- Sensors Prelab
- Lab 4 — Sensors (EGED III Only)
- Lab 7 — DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis (Select Sections Only)
- Lab 7 — Electronic Filters
- Lab 8 — Lemon Car Competition
- Lab 10 — Introduction to LabVIEW
- Lab 11 — Digital Logic
- Lab 11 — Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Competition (New)
- Lab 11 — Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Competition (Sensors)
- Lab 11 — Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Competition
- Magnetic Levitation Competition
- Microphone Design Competition
- Design Failure: Cause & Effect
- MATLAB Skill Builder
PowerPoint Presentations
- Lab 1C — Mousetrap Vehicle Competition
- Lab 3 — Prototyping with Microcontrollers and Sensors (Section A2 Only)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation (A3, B, C, D, E2, E3, G2, K2, K3, UAI)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation & Quality Improvement (A1, E1, G1, K1)
- Lab 3 — Product Evaluation (Summer 2018 Sections Y2, Y3)
- Lab 4 — Sensors (EGED III Only)
- Lab 7 — Electronic Filters
- Lab 7 — DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis (Select Sections Only)
- Lab 7 — Electronic Filters
- Lab 8 — Lemon Car Competition (Select Sections Only)
- Magnetic Levitation Competition
- Lab 10 — Introduction to LabVIEW
- Lab 11 — Digital Logic
- Lab 11 — Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Competition
Semester-Long Design Project
Project Configurations
- Fall 2020 Project Configurations
- Summer 2020 Project Configurations
- Spring 2020 Project Configurations
- Spring 2019 Project Configurations
- Fall 2019 Project Configurations
- Summer 2019 Project Configurations
- Spring 2019 Project Configurations
- Fall 2018 Project Configurations
- Summer 2018 Project Configurations
- Spring 2018 Project Configurations
- Fall 2017 Project Configurations
- Summer 2017 Project Configurations
- Spring 2017 Project Configurations
- Fall 2016 Project Configurations
- Summer 2016 Project Configurations
- Spring 2016 Project Configurations
- Fall 2015 Project Configurations
- Summer 2015 Project Configurations
- Spring 2015 Project Configurations
- Fall 2014 Project Configurations
- Summer 2014 Project Configurations
- Spring 2014 Project Configurations
- Fall 2013 Project Configurations
- Spring 2013 Project Configurations
- Fall 2012 Project Configurations
- Summer 2012 Project Configurations
- Spring 2012 Project Configurations
- Fall 2011 Project Configurations
- Summer 2011 Project Configurations
- Spring 2011 Project Configurations
- Fall 2010 Project Configurations
- Summer 2010 Project Configurations
- Spring 2010 Project Configurations
- Fall 2009 Project Configurations
- Summer 2009 Project Configurations
- Spring 2009 Project Configurations
- Fall 2008 Project Configurations
Write-ups
- Fall 2018 SLDPs
- Nano-Robotics Challenge (NRC)
- Disaster Relief Robot (DRR)
- Ice Station Autonomous Robot (ISAR)
- Railroad Train Guidance System (RTGS)
- Supermarket Logistics System (SLS)
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) - on hiatus
- Security Infiltration Drone (SID)
- Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (I2E) (Section A2 Only)
- Mars Rover Robot (MRR)
Benchmark Assessment A Forms
AUV • BDR • DRR • MRR • RDS • RTGS • SID • SLS • SRR
Benchmark Assessment B Forms
AUV • BDR • DRR • MRR • RDS • RTGS • SID • SLS • SRR
Commissioning Forms
AUV • BDR • DRR • MRR • RDS • RTGS • SID • SLS • SRR
Project Submission
Help & How-Tos
Technical Writing
WC Presentations
Sample Work
This section contains two imaginary labs and typical submissions that would be associated with them.
Regular Lab
Competition Lab
Design Project
This section is still under construction. Sample SLDP documents will be posted as they become available.
Technical Presentations
- Making Good Looking Equations in PowerPoint Presentations
- How to Give a Final Project Presentation
- How to plan the schedule and calculate costs for a project
- Effective Slide Formats
- Giving the Presentation
- Blunders to Avoid
Semester-Long Design Project
- MLCad Skill Builder
- MLCad Web site, including tutorials
- Alternatives to MLCad
- Installing and Using MLCAD (zip file)
- Exporting MLCAD to AutoCAD
- Microsoft Project Skill Builder
- NXT Bluetooth User Guide
- How to erase old programs from the NXT memory
- 3D Printing Guide
- LEED Checklist
- AutoCAD Skill Builder
- I2E Kit Components
Miscellaneous
- Submitting EG1004 Work to the Digital Dropbox
- How to Clean Up Your Initial "MyPoly" Screen
- 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
- How to Put Video Files in presentations
- How to Troubleshoot Lab Equipment
- Introduction to NI-ELVIS
- How to Embed Microsoft Excel Objects in Other Microsoft Office Products
- instructions on how to take a screen shot and use it
- Giving Effective Presentations
Previous Editors
Serge Pomorski
Prof. Dr. David R Doucette
Jacek Ortiz-Blizinski
Peter Yuk Li