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If you find a typo on the website or in a handout, email Durfee or use suggestion box In lab Wednesday, you will be asked for a preliminary presentation title so be thinking Motor pre-lab (A701) is due before lab
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If you find a typo on the website or in a handout, email Durfee or use suggestion box In lab Wednesday, you will be asked for a preliminary presentation title so be thinking Motor pre-lab (A701) is due before lab You need to bring a number of items to lab Wednesday, see A205 & A206 on the schedule none NOTES HANDOUTS TODAY • Quick program overviews • ASME • FSAE • ME Co-op • How to give a presentation • How to write a resume • Creo demo • Lab wrapup and preview • Measuring instruments • Motor properties Looking for an engineering mentor? http://cse.umn.edu > Beyond the classroom > Find a Mentor
How to write a resume Resume basics in 7 minutes from CLA Career Services
What Recruiters Are Looking For • Major, GPA, when graduating • Projects and internships • Bullet list of project activities • Technical skills • Software languages • Analysis tools • Machining, woodworking, electronics fab, sewing • Professional training • Short courses and training sessions • High school only if engineering related • FIRST Robotics, PLTW • One page • “I’m holding a clip board and don’t want to fumble around” • Bullet points Sam Kristoff, Applications Engineer, National Instruments & UMN CSE grad
If your resume has one spelling error, you will not get past the first cut A107 resume with one (or more) spelling errors =
“0.4545 inches” Assessing the Accuracy of a Measuring Instrument, Can You Believe the Readout?
3.013 2.9995 3.0010 Which One Do You Trust? $17.95 $15.95 $138.95
Is it within spec? 3.013
Defining Quality of an Instrument Accurate, but not precise Precise, but not accurate
weights ruler Cross-section property b h Column Buckling
Suggestions for Lab Reports Reasonable significant figures Include line drawing of setup BOOK 2 BOOK 1 Cite sources using standard style RULER FLAT FLOOR
Lab 03 Preview • Come with a tentative presentation topic and title • Presentations are Oct. 3 and Oct. 10 • Resume writing workshop • Bring two copies of your resume, keep one for activity, give one to lab instructor • Motor properties • Torque-speed
stall torque location of line depends on applied voltage, but line slope is fixed by motor properties operating point Torque (oz-in) no-load speed Speed (rpm) At fixed voltage, speed goes down as load goes up (torque-speed curve)
Bring to Lab and a few other things, see A205
Why My Assignment Was Late • My scanner broke • I uploaded to a friend’s account • I can’t do PDF on a Mac • Network was down in my apartment • My laptop broke • I had an upload error • I had difficulty making a PDF • The internet where I lived went out • I did not start the assignment soon enough
Things to Remember • Start early • The internet will go down • Assignments due at 11:30 pm
Torque (oz-in) Current (A) Torque is proportional to current
wikipedia.org For normally distributed data: 68% of the values are within 1 standard deviation of the mean95% of the values are within two standard deviations99.7% of the values are within 3 standard deviations.