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 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Dr.Ted Thiede
Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering
 

ME 311: Engineering Experimentation II
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CATALOG
DESCRIPTION:		 A laboratory to instruct thestudent in the performance of basic mechanical engineering componentsandsystems.  Performance of experiments, application of theory and reporting. Introduction to experimentation.  Introduction to error analysis. Lecture two hours; laboratory two hours.  Prereq: ME 310, 321, 325,andengineering standing.
ASSIGNMENTS:
  1. Statistics and Uncertainty Take Home (10% of grade)
  2. Laboratory Performance and Reports (60% of grade)
  3. Experimentation Project Report (25% of grade)
  4. Oral Presentation of Experimentation Project (5% of grade)
Those enrolled in the course (user me.310) can review course notes and schedule
Specific details on course policy can be found in the course syllabus
Here are some of the files you may need to download for the first lab: AIRFOIL.doc ,   airfoil.ppt , NACA0015.xls
Here are some of the files you may need to download for studying statistics: Binomial.xls ,   normaldistn.xls
       Some mathcad problems:    7-2.mcd   ,  7-2A.mcd   ,  7-3.mcd   ,  7-11.mcd   ,  7-13.mcd   ,  7-15.mcd   ,  tolerance.mcd

Students stuck on the probability and statistics problemscan view solutions to homework problems
  Chapter 6     Uncertainty Problems I.  More chapter 7 problems. 
 
TOPICS:
System response 
Uncertainty analysis 
Statistical analysis of experimental data 
General data acquisition system 		 Written Communications
Oral Reports
Experimental Planning and Design
Essentials of Teamwork
 

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