- Location: Fitzpatrick B-14
- First Lab Week (1/19 to 1/22): The student will acquire acceleration data using a remote, microprocessor-based acquisition system and a pendulum apparatus. The acquired data with be compared with theory within the context of uncertainty.
- Second Lab Week (1/26 to 1/29): The student will determine an unknown weight using the system, and use the theory and acquired data to determine the uncertainty in the measured weight.
- Assignment: Team (2 maximum) Technical Report due on Thursday, February 25, 9:30 AM.
Exercise 2 - Solar Panel Performance
- Location: Fitzpatrick B-14
- First Lab Week (2/9 to 2/12): The student will receive instruction on how to use the wind tunnel and its equipment. The student also will receive instruction on using [1] a portable measurement system to determine the flow characteristics of a high-speed jet hand dryer, and [2] a pitot-static tube/pressure transducer system to assess the effect of yaw on the determined velocity.
- Second and Third Lab Weeks (2/16 to 2/26): The student will use the portable measurement system (available for check-out from the Engineering Learning Center) to run hand dryer experiments on campus.
- Assignment: Team (3 maximum) Technical Memo due on Thursday, February 11, 9:30 AM.
Exercise 3 - Measurement System Calibration and Use
- Location: Fitzpatrick B-14
- First Lab Week (3/16 to 3/19)): The student will determine the time constant of a first-order system and the damping ratio of a second-order system using a function generator, digital oscilloscope and RLC circuit.
- Second Lab Week (3/23 to 3/26): The student will use an instrumented baseball bat-ball system to determine the damping ratios of single-wall and double-wall aluminum bats.
- Assignment: Team (2 maximum) Technical Memo due on Thursday, April 1, 9:30 AM.
Exercise 4 - Dynamic Signal Acquisition
- Location: Fitzpatrick B-14
- First Lab Week (3/30 to 4/2): The student will generate signals using a function generator and then sample them using two different data acquisition systems, a portable one and a laboratory one..
- Second Lab Week (4/6 to 4/9): The student will use both systems to sample quasi-static and dynamic events..
- Assignment: Team (2 maximum) Technical Note due on Tuesday, April 27, 9:30 AM
This lists the time period assignments of the students registered for the Monday 4PM-to-6PM lab times.
Tuesday Lab Assignments
This lists the time period assignments of the students registered for the Tuesday 2:45PM-to-4:45PM lab times.
Wednesday Lab Assignments
This lists the time period assignments of the students registered for the Wednesday 4PM-to-6PM lab times.
Thursday Lab Assignments
This lists the time period assignments of the students registered for the Thursday 2:45PM-to-4:45PM lab times.
Technical Memo Example
This is an example of a graded tech memo from a previous experiment. The memo point score was above average. This is NOT meant to be a perfect example, rather an example of a
memo that was reasonably well-written.
Technical Memo/Report Grading Sheet
This is the grading sheet used in grading the technical memos and reports.