ME/CE 96 - Senior Engineering Laboratory
Instructor:
Rob Phillips
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
[ Announcements | Class Schedule | Course Info | Protocols | Contact ]
Announcements
- Our first lab will begin Monday April 4th.
- Please do not forget to pickup your key to the lab from Chris Silva in Thomas.
- Sign-up sheets for the labs are in 0021 Thomas.
- Pick a partner with whom you will work all term and hopefully get along with all term.
Example Papers
- Below are links to some papers that exemplify the qualities of a good scientific journal article.
Please look them over before you attempt to write your own journal and Scientific American articles.
- Example: Physical Review Letters
- Example: Applied Physics Letters
- Example: Scientific American - The Hidden Genetic
- Example: Scientific American - Tumor Busting
- Example: Scientific American - Plenty of Room Indeed
Class Schedule
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Course Outline
- Week 1: Don't forget to meet the TA's for the prelab, then start having fun!
Lab Protocols
- Linear Elasticity - Stress & Strain in Engineering Materials
- Piezoelectric Cantilever Beam - Static and Dynamic Modal Analysis
- Optical Tweezers
- Coupled Oscillators & Normal Modes - Being updated with LabView by Steven Gao
- Free and Forced Convection
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- The Inverted Pendulum - Control of Dynamical System
- Boiling Heat Transfer
- Turbomachine Analysis - Flow Characterization
- Cantilever Beam - Static and Dynamic Analysis
- Cantilever Beam - Optional Advanced Analysis
Contact Information
Rob Phillips - InstructorOffice: 159 Broad
x3374
phillips@pboc.caltech.edu
Office hours: by appointment
Tristan Ursell - Lab Manager/TA
x8889
natsirt-at-caltech-dot-edu
Kristen Zortman - TA
kristen@caltech.edu
Beth Wildanger - TA
ebw@caltech.edu
Lauren Wessel - TA
lauren@caltech.edu