Laboratory Skills A / B

[H61LSA/B]

LECTURE -1

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Rajprasad Kumar

Assistant Professor

Room No. DB25,

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Aim:

To introduce students with the basic essential skills that modern engineers should possess. These will include technical and laboratory skills, data analysis, report writing, project management, team working, and social responsibility of modern engineering.

Content:

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Content:

This module provides the practical experience which complements modules in the first year of all undergraduate courses in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It includes practical experiments, skills development and project work.

Outcomes:

By the end of the module, student should be able to:

• have an appreciation of academic and professional integrity issues and how they apply to all aspects of work. They should also be able to demonstrate, through report writing and other forms of presentation media, an appreciation of the various principles related to electrical and electronic engineering, including proper engineering practice and basic project planning.

• demonstrate critical analysis of experimental data and evaluation of system performance, and application of engineering skills in a wider context in solving practical problems.

• select and use appropriate laboratory equipments, apply computer

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• select and use appropriate laboratory equipments, apply computer software for the design, simulation and analysis of electronic/electrical systems, dissemination of information via a variety of media.

• acquire and analyse information, and evaluate system performance. To participate in group working and project planning, leading to the dissemination of the information.

Total Credits:

H61LSA - 20

H61LSB - 10

Level 1

Target Students:

First year students taking courses offered by Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Prerequisites:

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Prerequisites:

Mathematics and Physics at A2 level or equivalent

Co requisites:

H61SCP Introduction to Circuits and Fields

H61IIC Introduction to Electronic Engineering

H6IICM Introduction to Communications Engineering

H61IAL Introduction to Electrical Engineering

Taught semesters and Assessment Period

Full Year

Assessed by the end of designated period based on continuous assessment through out the year.

Module Elements

This module is entirely lab/project based

Apart from a brief introductory talk, there are no scheduled lectures.

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scheduled lectures.

The module consists of three main elements:

i) Introduction to laboratory instruments

ii) Experiments

iii) Mini project

INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS

Activities:Laboratory on the usage of instruments.

i) Digital multi-meter

ii) Oscilloscope

iii) Spectrum analyser

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The demonstrators will show how to operate the instruments, including oscilloscopes, multi-meters, signal generators and so on, roughly 30 mins long.

Instruction Sheets are available in the folder “Intro to Lab Instruments” (See Moodle);

Requirements:

Each student is required to submit one report. It is sufficient to submit the instructions with answers/discussion.

The report should be submitted to the faculty

INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS

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The report should be submitted to the faculty office on or before fifth working day from the date of laboratory work.

When and where:

Refer to the lab /time table

EXPERIMENTS

Activities:

There are ten experiments, all linked to the 1st year

engineering modules.

Each lab should take between 2 to 2.5 hrs.

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EXPERIMENTS

Reference materials, including textbooks and web addresses, are provided in the lab instructions.

Some of the instructions contain questions (2 usually) that the students need to answer and show the demonstrators at the beginning of the lab.

Requirements:

Same as the intro to labs

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Same as the intro to labs

When: Refer to the lab time table/calendar

Note:

The instructions for the experiments are can be found in

the folder lab instructions (See Moodle).

MINIPROJECT [ Only for H61LSA and Not for H61LSB]

Aim:

To experience project management, team working, time planning and so on.

The projects are carried in groups of three students, or two if necessary.

Activities:

The circuit in the instruction can be divided into three sections, each student is responsible of constructing,

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The circuit in the instruction can be divided into three sections, each student is responsible of constructing, testing and improving one section;

The three sections are combined and tested.

It is not required that the suggested improvements

should be implemented (they can be if the students

desire), but they must be backed up by reasoning and

analysis.

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Activities: (cont..)

The students are required to organise, plan, manage and review the

project.

There should be proper project meetings.

Any important decisions such as division of work load change in project direction or difficulties encountered should be recorded and included in the final report.

Requirements:

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Requirements:

Circuit inspection:

Students are required to demonstrate the working of the circuits on in the WEEK 10, of SEMSETER 2 (exact date to be announced in Semester 2).

The inspection will be performed by the module lecturer and the demonstrators, two as a group.

We inspect the working of the three circuits individually and combined, the neatness, the students understanding of the circuits and so on;

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Requirements: (cont..)

Individual reports:

Each student will need to submit a report, detailing his/her part of the work;

Group report:

Each group will need to submit a group report;

The requirements of the project reports are given in the instructions, which is in the folder mini project.

The due date to submit the report will be announced later.

When:

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When:

Students can collect the components during the 5th week of the first semester.

There are two scheduled mini project laboratory sessions for testing your circuits:

i) 1st Semester

ii)2nd Semester (please refer to the time table for details).

Attendance is compulsory for both sessions.

Method of AssessmentAssessment Type Weight Requirements

Coursework 1 50Laboratory reports for 11

experiments

Coursework 2 25Mini Project Inspection: PCB-

design + Individual Circuit

Coursework 3 10Mini Project Inspection: Group

Circuit

Coursework 4 15Mini Project: 1 Project Report + 1

Joint Report

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• This is a 20 credits module and the assessment is based

entirely on lab/project reports.

• * Note for H61LSB: The assessment is100% based on

Coursework 1.

MOODLE

• You are expected to use Moodle as part of this course.

• The site is intended to provide soft copies of Semester 1 and Semester 2: material (including lecture slides, study guide, lab instructions, lab time table, lab groups, mini-project description etc).

• Note:– It is your responsibility to visit Moodle regularly, to check and make

sure if there are announcements.

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sure if there are announcements.

• For students not already familiar with Moodle, consult: www.moodle.nottingham.ac.uk

LAB TIME TABLE

• Time table will be communicated through

– EMAIL

– Moodle under the folder “GENERAL”

– Notice Board (Block D)

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Policies

Lab Attendance/Absences / and failure to submit coursework– Lab attendance will be taken at the start (first 10 mins) of each lab

session. It is the responsibility of each student to sign against his/her name in the lab attendance sheet.

– Latecomers will not be allowed in the lab and considered to be absent for the lab.

– Student is responsible to notify (through Extenuating

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– Student is responsible to notify (through Extenuating Circumstances Form (ECF) ) his/her absence due to unavoidable or legitimate circumstances due to which he/she is/was not able to attend scheduled labs and/or failing/failed to submit coursework on the due date(s).

– If approved by the Director of studies, then the lab will be removed from the final average. Otherwise, the student will get zero.

– If approved by the Director of studies, extension will be granted, otherwise, a penalty of 5% per day of late submission will be applied.

Policies (cont..)

• ECF forms can be obtained from – the Faculty of Engineering Office, (Room CA06, Ground Floor

Block C)

– Uni Website

• Please refer to the quality manual for:– For details relating to ABSENCE from assessment:

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– For details relating to ABSENCE from assessment:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/quality-manual/forms/assessment-ab-

from-exam.doc

– For details relating to ATTEMPTED assessment:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/quality-manual/forms/assessment-ext-cir-form.doc

Policies (cont..)

• For Submitting of Extenuating Circumstances Form

– Submitted to Faculty Office .

– It is essential that students should submit claims for

extenuating circumstances promptly and normally

within 7 working days of the circumstances arising.

– The absolute latest acceptable date is 7 working days

after the scheduled completion date of the last

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after the scheduled completion date of the last

component of assessment for a module.

Policies (cont..)

• Coursework Submission

– All coursework must be submitted to the

Faculty Office during coursework submission

times.

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times.

– Course work submission sheet

• Moodle or Share folder

Policies (cont..)

• Disabilities

– Module instructors welcome requests and

willing to work with students who may need

some academic accommodations due to a

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some academic accommodations due to a

disability.

– Students with disabilities are encouraged to

contact the dept. disability officer Dr. Nandha

Kumar.

Policies (cont..)

• Offences

– All students are expected to complete coursework

responsibilities with fairness and honesty.

– Failure to do so by seeking unfair advantage over

others or misrepresenting someone else's work as

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others or misrepresenting someone else's work as

your own, are taken very seriously by the University

and can result in disciplinary action and serious

penalties.

• To read the University policy, please consult:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/quality-manual/assessment/offences.htm

END OF INTRO LECTURE -1

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