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Many of our upper level courses place an emphasis on the design aspect,
giving students a chance to put their new knowledge to work immediately.
For design projects in the Electronics course (Spring, 2004), students worked
on two projects:
 | Electronic components for the "Turtle", a free-flying programmable device
that later flew on NASA's KC-135 "Vomit Comet" microgravity simulator.
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| Counting and decorative electronics for an air-hockey table, rescuing it
from an impending appointment at the local landfill! |
In Spring, 2005, students worked on two projects -
| The students in the Engineering Design Laboratory (ENGR 235) worked on
energy storage systems to supplement small-scale energy production systems
with variable output (e.g. wind turbines, solar panels). Students
looked at ways to store energy when supply exceeded demand so that it could
be easily recovered when demand exceeded supply. This paper was given
the rare honor of being catalogued and published in the college library.
 | Click here to download
the final research paper (Microsoft Word) |
| Click here
to download the final presentation (Microsoft Powerpoint) |
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| A senior research project looked at possible designs for a new
college/community observatory. This facility will be designed to
accommodate regular classes from Morningside or local schools. The
study was presented at the national meeting of the American Association of
Physics Teachers (AAPT) in Salt Lake City in August, 2005.
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