Lecture Notes

Day 1 handout

Lecture notes are also available from the hot-links on the schedule

Controlling motors with a BASIC Stamp

Mechanisms (pdf file) and mechanism link cutouts (pdf file)

Project Planning and Gantt Charts (pdf file)

Basic Excel for Engineers (pdf file)

Introduction to Oral Presentations (pdf file)

How to dissect a T-120, VHS video cassette (html)

Guide to Mechanical Dissection (html)

Sketching Resources

Perspective drawing tutorial (html)

Two-point perspective tutorial (YouTube video)

Basic Engineering Graphics Resources

Introduction to Engineering Graphics by Durfee (pdf file)

Engineering Drawing by E. Blanco(html)

Overview of engineering drawing from Wikipedia (html)

Graphics course notes from University of Plymouth (pdf file)

Basics of hand lettering (PDF document)

Advanced Engineering Graphics Resources

Overview of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) from Wikipedia (html)

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Tutorial from efunda (html)

Writing Resources

The University of Minnesota Center for Writing

Wilbers' column on redundancy

Pro/ENGINEER Resources

See the Pro/ENGINEER section of the main web site.

Schematic Capture Applications

ExpressPCB, an easy to use free download. Document points to location for custom component files.

Odds & Ends

How to improve your resume (pdf file)