ES 110 Laboratory
Introduction to Engineering & Laboratory Experience
Fridays, 9 - 11:50 AM, Salazar 2003
Saeid Rahimi, Ph.D.
This is the laboratory part of the ES 110 course. The goal of this laboratory is to familiarize the Engineering Science undergraduate students with various laboratories and topics within the Engineering Science department with an emphasis on Electrical Engineering (EE). This introductory laboratory is intended to make students aware of the topics and applications of hardware and software in EE. This goal will be achieved through a series of introductory experiments covering topics of analog and digital electronics as well as topics on simulation techniques and computer-controlled instrumentation, and microcontroller programming. Clearly the depth of the discussions and experiments will be limited to the level of a one-unit beginning laboratory. Students will be exposed to the details in more advanced courses and laboratories during the rest of their electrical engineering studies. Some topics will be team-taught by guest lecturers who are actively involved in the field and it is expected that students engage in group discussions to summarize their understanding of the technical matters as well as ethical issues related to engineering.
Each lab station will accommodate two students. Attendance is mandatory and the two lab partners will alternate writing reports for each laboratory experiment. The lowest lab report grade will be dropped. Students in each laboratory station are expected to plan a short project related to one of the topics covered in the laboratory. Project ideas and proposals will be submitted to the lab instructor no later than Nov. 30, 2011. One lab session will be devoted to the discussion of the proposed projects. The project plans and implementation grades will be the same for the lab partners of each station. The completed projects will be presented during the last lab session.
Laboratory Course Material
The necessary laboratory material will be posted on the course web site.
Grading Policy
The laboratory grade, which is 50% of the final ES 110 course grade, will be based on the following:
- Laboratory reports, 50%
- Attendance, 20% (one justified absence allowed without an impact on the attendance grade)
- Projects, 30%
Office: Salazar Hall 2008B
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2 - 4 PM, or by appointment
Phone: (707) 664-3390
Email: rahimi at sonoma.edu