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| Week | Tuesday | Thursday | Due Dates |
| 1 8/30-9/5 |
Introduction / Brainstorming / Lecture 1 |
Lab 1: Start on Wiki | Nothing due |
| 2 9/6-9/12 |
Designing & Making Parts / SolidWorks 1 / What I did last summer / Student Societies / Lecture 2 |
Lab 2:
SolidWorks 1 - parts Freestyle Design |
Lab 1 Wiki - Thurs 9/9 Ball Drop - Fri 9/11 |
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3 9/13-9/19 |
Testing Parts / SolidWorks 2 / Carr Everbach - Mechanical Engineering / Lecture 3 |
Lab 3: SolidWorks 2 - bridge Finite Elements |
Ball Drop Wiki - Thurs 9/17 Lab 2 Design - Thurs 9/17 |
| 4 9/20-9/26 |
Putting Things Together / SolidWorks 3 / Matrices / Nancy Burkette - Career Services / Lecture 4 / Matrix Assignment - Soln |
Lab 4: SolidWorks 3 - Assemblies | Lab 3 Bridge Design - Thurs 9/24 |
| 5 9/27-10/3 |
Matlab 1 / Vectors, Scripts and Graphs / Tali Moreshet - Computer Engineering / Lecture 5 / Matlab Demo 1 (html) (.m) |
Test Bridge Lab 5: Matlab 1 - Intro |
Matrix Assignment - Thurs 10/1 Lab 4 (wiki) - Thurs 10/1 |
| 6 10/4-10/10 |
Matlab 2 / Arrays and Functions / Nelson Macken - Mechanical Engineering / Lecture 6 / Matlab Demo 2 (html) (.m) / perim.m |
Lab 6: Matlab 2 - The T-Puzzle (Functions and Coordinate Transformations) |
Lab 3 writeup (wiki) - Thurs 10/8 Lab 5 Matlab - Thurs 10/8 |
| 10/11-10/17 |
Relax! |
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7 10/18-10/24 |
Matlab 3 / Control of Flow / Lynne Molter - Electrical Engineering / Lecture 7 / MatLab demo 3: animations (.m) |
Lab 7: Matlab 3 - Animations (For loops, if...then) | Lab 6 Matlab - Thurs 10/22 |
| 8 10/25-10/31 |
Forward & Inverse Kinematics / Motor Control / Fred Orthlieb - Mechanical Engineering / Lecture 8 |
Lab 8:
Motor Calibration / Project: Robotic Laser Pointer |
Lab 7 Matlab - Thurs 10/29 |
| 9 11/1-11/7 |
Proposal Preparation / Project Guidelines / Learning Styles / Teamwork Discussion / Ethics / Lecture 9 |
Design/Construction of Arm | Lab 8 Matlab - Thurs 11/5 |
| 10 11/8-11/14 |
Youngmoo
Kim, Drexel University: Music and Engineering |
Demo Robot Arm / Final Project Choice |
Demo Laser
Pointer - Thurs 11/12 Project Ideas due, wiki started- Thurs 11/12 |
| 11 11/15-11/21 |
No class - Work on Project | Work on Project |
Project Proposal -Tues 11/17 Laser Pointer wiki due - Thurs 11/19 |
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12 |
No class - Work on Project | Thanksgiving | |
| 13 11/29-12/5 |
No class - Work on Project | Work on Project | |
| 14 12/6-12/8 |
(Last Tuesday uses Thursday (i.e., lab) Schedule) Project Presentation |
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Practice Presentations - Sunday 12/6 Oral Presentations for class - Tuesday 12/8 Project wiki is due - Thursday 12/10 |