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ENPH 253 – kickoff session (for Summer 2017)

Hello 2nd year Engphys students, and welcome to 253.

 

 

Download the complete talk:   ENPH 253 Kickoff (PDF)

 

 

 

1.  Previous Competitions

• Summer 2016 – Uber-Bots
• Summer 2015 – Pet Rescue Bots
• Summer 2014 – Indiana Robot!
• Summer 2013 – Whac-A-Mole
• Summer 2012 – Build-Bots
• Summer 2011 – Climber-Bots
• Summer 2010 – Robo-Racers
• Summer 2009 – Rescue-Bots
• Summer 2008 – Doctor-Bots.

 

2.  Sample Senior Projects

• list of available projects for (~60posted online this year).
• Self-sponsored entrepreneurial projects can be supported by the Engphys-sponsored Bycast Award

• Kirk Madison Quantum Degenerate Gasses Lab
• Light Integra / Elisabeth Maurer
• Iris Automation
• DOtS Cam videos – Test1    Test2    Test2 Camera view
• Bycast Award to Promote Entrepreneurship in Engineering Physics
• AMS Sustainability Project Fund –  over $90k/year available for student-initiated projects. 

 

3.  Ways to get ready for 253

• SolidWorks for UBC APSC Students  (you can get the SDK now, you’ll use the SEK during the summer for ENPH 253 + ENPH 257 thermo)
• Learn from online vendors
  • Newark Electronics – our course sponsor, and seller of the widest selection of electronics components.
  • sparkfun.com, Product vendor with a great project listings and online forum
  • robotshop.ca Product vendor in Canada
  • McMaster-Carr – Product vendor for mechanical items.  Hundreds of thousands of mechanical things.   Everything.  You. Could. Ever.Imagine.
• Read up on the TINAH board
  • This is based on the Wiring board, a close cousin of the Arduino boards that have become quite popular the last few years.
  • Arduino Board is avaialble for $30 online from Robotshop.ca, or in town at Lee’s Electronics on Main St.

• Learning how stuff is made, how to take it apart.
  • Fundamentals of Design – Alex Slocum at MIT runs the PERG lab, and led the MECH 2.007 course for years.  This guide is a fantastic  (and relatively thorough) introduction to all mechanical design elements.
  • howstuffworks.com Self-explanatory
  • makezine.com Step-by-step guides and projects.
  • instructables.com
  • ifixit.com Teardowns See the insides of new products within days of product release (iphones, xbox’s, etc.etc.)  The Pleo dinosaur Teardown is particularly good.

 

 

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