living with the lab
boosting hands-on learning in engineering education
software content

The course materials that define the Living with the Lab experience are grouped below by topic. These same course materials are also linked to the course schedules for ENGR 120, 121 and 122 where they are mixed together to build the Living with the Lab experience.

Excel

topic downloads
entering text, numbers and formulas; generating plots PowerPoint
fixed cell references and functions PowerPoint
linear regression using Excel r^2 & trendlines and exponential & power fits
Excel is also used for calibrating the conductivity sensor and RTD  

Mathcad

topic downloads
variables, units and simple algebra (circuits problem)  
variables, units and simple algebra (circuits problem)  
functions and plots (circuits problem)  
trig functions  
engineering economy problems PDF

SolidWorks

topic downloads
tips for drawing a pump impeller PDF
David Hall
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana		  

Project initially supported by the National Science Foundation's Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program under Award No. 0618288.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.