Lab Experience
Fall '08
Instructor: Shahram Marivani
Days: Fridays
Times: 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Location: Salazar Hall 2003
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:00 am to 11:50 am or by appointment
Office Location: Salazar Hall 2002
Phone: (707) 664-2150
Email: shahram.marivani@sonoma.edu
Course Overview:
In this portion of the course, the focus will be on familiarizing the students with the Engineering Science labs, the equipment in these labs and a glance at some of the software used in the program. There will also be group discussions led by Dr. Ali Kujoory. The scope of the group discussions will be the material covered in lectures as well as laboratory.
Course Textbook:
There is no textbook for this class. The necessary course material will be posted on the course web site.
Grading Policy:
The lab grade will count for 50% towards the final course grade. The lab grade has four components as follows:
| Completion of projects (labs) | 50% |
| Participation in group discussions | 20% |
| Attendance | 10% |
| Final Exam | 20% |
Tentative Weekly Schedule:
| Date | Time | Lab Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 8/29 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to the engineering labs and related issues |
| Fri 9/5 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to measurement equipment, part 1: DC |
| Fri 9/12 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Group Discussion |
| Fri 9/19 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to breadboards |
| Fri 9/26 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Creating electrical circuits |
| Fri 10/3 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Group Discussion |
| Fri 10/10 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to measurement equipment, part 2: AC |
| Fri 10/17 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | AC measurement equipment continued |
| Fri 10/24 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Group Discussion |
| Fri 10/31 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to Multisim |
| Fri 11/7 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to Photonics |
| Fri 11/14 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Group Discussion |
| Fri 11/21 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to Networking |
| Fri 12/5 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction to LabView |
| Fri 12/12 | 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Final Exam |