Schedule

(Subject to change)

Week Tuesday Thursday
1
9/4-9/9
Intro to Engineering / Artifacts / resumes
Brainstorming

"Intro to PC" Lab /
Begin Your Web Page

instructions for Macs

list of student helpers

2
9/11-9/16

Intro to the Musical Instrument Project
(see last year's course reviews )

ASCE, IEEE, SWE
 Lab 1 (Initial Web Page) is Due

Machine Shop 1 (and servo controller)
Engin. picnic & TennisBall Shotput are Friday 9/14/07 at 4:30
3
9/18-9/23

 Prof. Fred Orthlieb - Mechanisms

(click on: piano1, piano2, piano3 mechanisms)
Project Web Site Component
Tennis Ball Brainstorming Report is Due

Machine Shop 2
Lab 2 is due (readings response)
4
9/25-9/30

Tali Moreshet, Computer Engineering

Learning Styles and Engineering courses
(see the results of last year's web-based survey by clicking here)

work in Machine Shop 

glockenspeil tuning

Musical Scales and Frequencies

5
10/2-10/7

Intro to Matlab: Matlab Reference Summary (.doc file)

Arrays / Matlab Ref 1

meet in Trotter 201 to work on 
Matlab 1

photos of projects

6
10/9-10/13

 Engineering Ethics
Engineers Without Borders

Work on Subsystem
finish Matlab 1
(due by 5 pm)
10/17-10/20
Fall Break...
Relax!

7

10/23-10/28

More on Matlab  
Examples of string manipulation in Matlab

Example programs servo.m and solenoid.m

Prof. Faruq Siddiqui - Civil and Structural Engineering

Work on Instrument

 Matlab  2

8
10/30-11/4

Youngmoo Kim '93

design strategy meeting #2

finish Matlab 2
(due by 5 pm)

9
11/6-11/11

Matlab 3: functions

circuits for driving solenoids

Matlab 3

Work on Subsystem (see example program midinote.m)

10
11/13-11/18

Matlab 4, MIDI, and interfacing

Prof. Erik Cheever - Bio and Electrical Engineering

Work on Subsystem  

finish Matlab 3
(due by 5 pm)

11
11/20-11/25

(Thanksgiving)

Nancy Burkett, Director of Career Services

data acquisition and java in Matlab

Thanksgiving: No class!

12
11/27-12/2

Prof. Lynne Molter - Electrical Engineering/Optics

Arthur McGarity, Environmental Engineering

Integrate your instrument

Ethics assignment due

13
12/4-12/9

no lecture, but Prof. Everbach will be available to help you with integration of your subsystem

Work on Integration and/or Project

14
12/11

(Last Tuesday uses Thursday Schedule but everyone should come to Hicks Mural Room at 11:20 am if possible)


Presentation: demonstrate the robo-gamelan in class

videos of final demonstration

 

Final Websites due 12/22/07

please fill out on-line course review


Comments or Questions?
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Carr Everbach
Engineering Department
Swarthmore College