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* [[Media:Sensors_NXT.ppt|Sensors]] | * [[Media:Sensors_NXT.ppt|Sensors]] | ||
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== Semester-Long Design Projects == | == Semester-Long Design Projects == | ||
Revision as of 00:58, 24 March 2010
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
- Some comments from the course director
- The Course
- Structure
- Missing and Being Late for Class, and How to Make Up Work
- Teamwork
- Ethics
- Plagiarism
- How to use the EG1003 Web Sites
- How to submit work to the EG1003 Web Site
- EG1003 Grading Policy
- Safety Guidelines
- Keeping Your Laboratory Notebook
- Introduction to EG1003
- Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
- Safety Guidelines
Laboratory Experiments
Write-ups
- Lab 1 - Software for Engineers
- Lab 1A - Mousetrap Car
- Lab 2 - Hot Air Balloon
- Lab 3 - Product Evaluation and Quality Improvement • Green • Red • Yellow
- Lab 4 - Introduction to LabVIEW
- Lab 5 - Digital Logic
- Lab 6 - Model Shop Session
- Lab 7 - Electronic Filters
- Lab 8 - Lemon Car
- Lab 9 - Model Shop Session
- Lab 10 - Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation
- Lab 11 - Boom Construction Competition
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- Sensors Prelab
- Sensors
- DNA Prelab
- DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis
- Microphone Design Competition
- Design Failure: Cause & Effect
PowerPoint Presentations
- Lab 1 - Software for Engineers
- Lab 1A - Mousetrap Car
- Lab 2 - Hot Air Balloon
- Lab 3 - Product Evaluation & Quality Improvement
- Lab 4 - Introduction to LabVIEW
- Lab 5 - Digital Logic
- Lab 6 - Model Shop Session
- Lab 7 - Electronic Filters
- Lab 8 - Lemon Car
- Lab 9 - Model Shop Session
- Lab 10 - Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation
- Lab 11 - Boom Construction Competition
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- Sensors
- DNA Extraction and Gel Analysis
Semester-Long Design Projects
- Semester-Long Project Presentation (zip file) Warning! 10MB file!
- 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 2010 Project Configurations
- 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
- MLCad Web site, including tutorials
- Alternatives to MLCad
- AutoCAD Skill Builder
- MLCad Skill Builder
- Lego Digital Designer Skill Builder
Component Testing Forms
RTGS • SLS • AUV • BDR • SRR • DRR • RDS
Commissioning Forms
RTGS • SLS • AUV • BDR • SRR • DRR • RDS
Project Submission Form
Technical Communication
Instructional How-Tos
- 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 EG1003 Work to the Digital Dropbox
- How to Clean Up Your Initial "MyPoly" Screen
Instructional Presentations
- Writing Consultant Teamwork Presentation
- Installing and Using MLCAD (zip file)
- Exporting MLCAD to AutoCAD
- Writing an Effective Resume
Introduction to Technical Presentations
- EG1003 Project Milestone Presentation Format
- How to give a Milestone Presentation
- How to give the Final Project Presentation
Introduction to Technical Communication
- What Is It?
- Your Audience and Purpose
- Introduction
- Specifications for Writing Your Lab Reports • Quick Comparison of Lab Presentation and Report Specifications • How to Write Lab Reports in EG1003
- 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 Work
This section contains two imaginary labs and typical submissions that would be associated with them
Regular Lab
- Lab 1701 - Faster-than-light Travel
- Annotated lab report
- Lab report
- Annotated presentation
- Presentation
Competition Lab
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