Living with the Lab - Student Purchases

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student purchases

Living WITH the Lab works by putting the ownership of the "lab" in the hands of the students, allowing faculty to focus on teaching while students maintain their own equipment and supplies. Links to student purchases for each of the three freshman courses are provided below.

Course		Description of Items to Purchase
ENGR 120		Most of the items required for the freshman year are purchased early on in ENGR 120. Items purchased include an Arduino microcontroller, a parts kit to construct a robot, a multimeter, safety glasses, a dial caliper and other items totaling around $180. Students also purchase a laptop, solid modeling software, Mathcad and MS Office. ENGR 120: Click here for more details or here for a printable list of required supplies.
ENGR 121		Students purchase a 4x20 LCD display, drill bits, a breadboard, and a few other supplies to support the fishtank project. Click here for more details.
ENGR 122		Students purchase a knife and tape along with other items needed to fabricate prototypes of their "smart product" (frequent trips to local hardware stores). Click here for more details.

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