| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Homework |
| 1 |
Tuesday
8/26/2025 |
1a. Arduino C++ programming environment
Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)
Presentation & Activities (Thursday)
|
Week 1 HW |
Thursday
8/28/2025 |
| 2 |
Tuesday
9/2/2025 |
1b. Anaconda Scientific Python
Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)
|
Week 2 HW |
Thursday
9/4/2025 |
| 3 |
Tuesday
9/9/2025 |
1c. KiCAD printed circuit board layout facility
Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)
|
Week 3 HW (updated) |
Thursday
9/11/2025 |
| 4 |
Tuesday
9/16/2025 |
1d. Project Management. Guest Lecturer: Dr. Aaron Pearlman
Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)
1e. (4b.) Soldering
|
Week 4 HW |
Thursday
9/18/2025 |
| 5 |
Tuesday
9/23/2025 |
4a. 3D structure modeling: TinkerCad, Cura
|
Week 5 HW (updated) |
Thursday
9/25/2025 |
2. I2C, SPI Serial Communication I
Presentation and Activities (Thursday)
|
| 6 |
Tuesday
9/30/2025 |
Technical Writing I. Guest Lecturer: Dr. Celia Elliott
Presentation Notes
|
Week 6 HW |
Thursday
10/2/2025 |
Technical Writing II. Guest Lecturer: Dr. Celia Elliott
Presentation Notes
|
| 7 |
Tuesday
10/7/2025 |
Technical Writing III. Guest Lecturer: Dr. Jessica Raley
Presentation Notes
|
Week 7 HW |
Thursday
10/9/2025 |
2. I2C, SPI Serial Communication II; Oscilloscope
Presentation and Activities
|
| 8 |
Tuesday
10/14/2025 |
|
Week 8 HW |
Thursday
10/16/2025 |
| 9 |
Tuesday
10/21/2025 |
5.1 Cooling and thermal management 1
powerpoint, pdf |
Week 9 HW
|
Thursday
10/23/2025 |
5.2 Cooling and thermal management 2
powerpoint, pdf |
| 10 |
Tuesday
10/28/2025 |
5.3 Cooling and thermal management 3
powerpoint, pdf
Lab Activities:
Latent heat of melting of ice,
Latent heat of evaporation of water |
Week 10 HW |
Thursday
10/30/2025 |
5.4 Cooling and thermal management 4
powerpoint, pdf |
| 11 |
Tuesday
11/4/2025 |
3e. Gas and atmospheric properties: alcohol, methane, humidity, barometric pressure, volatile organics, airborne particulates
Lab Activities
Presentation & Activities
|
Week 11 HW |
Thursday
11/6/2025 |
3f. IR, visible, and UV illumination
Presentation & Activities |
| 12 |
Tuesday
11/11/2025 |
6a. Modeling: Static structures and finite element analysis
|
Week 12 HW |
Thursday
11/13/2025
(at MEL 1001) |
Abaqus tutorials:
|
| 13 |
Tuesday
11/18/2025
(at MEL 1001) |
|
No HW |
Thursday
11/20/2025 |
6c. Monte Carlo Techniques
|
| 14 |
Tuesday
12/2/2025 |
Week 14 HW |
Thursday
12/4/2025 |
7. In the Land of Broken Toys |
| 15 |
Tuesday
12/9/2025 |
No HW |
Thursday
12/11/2025 |
Reading Day |
| 16 |
TBA |
Final exam, Loomis 262 |
