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TEAMS Academy Couple Week Lookahead Calendar

Date Day Comments
Mon Jan 21 -- Martin Luther King Day -- Take time to explore the history of civil rights in America!
Tue Jan 22 C Robotics: Egg Hunt!
Wed Jan 23 C EnvBio: Wastewater Plant Model Evaluation
Spring semester begins!
Thu Jan 24 C AT: Introduce Engineering Design Process and ATDF program (Ball 326 - Across from Olsen))
Fri Jan 25 C Bats: Course overview & Introduction to the UML Baseball Research Center (Kitson 301 - Adjacent to Cumnock Hall)
Mon Jan 28 A AT: Safety, Component ID, Intro to Circuits & Breadboarding (Ball 402)

Bats: 4.1 Vectors, Newton's Laws of Motion, 2.1 Intro to Bat Labs, BRC Tour (Kitson 301 - Adjacent to Cumnock Hall)

Tue Jan 29 B AT: Safety, Component ID, Intro to Circuits & Breadboarding (Ball 402)

Bats: 4.1 Vectors, Newton's Laws of Motion, 2.1 Intro to Bat Labs, BRC Tour (Kitson 301 - Adjacent to Cumnock Hall)

Wed Jan 30 A AT: Finish breadboarding simple circuits, Introduction to Soldering (Ball 402)

Bats: 3.1 Baseball & Bat History & Science, 4.2 Collisions, Momentum & Energy (Kitson 301)

Thu Jan 31 B AT: Finish breadboarding simple circuits, Introduction to Soldering (Ball 402)

Bats: 3.1 Baseball History, 4.2 Collisions, Momentum & Energy (Kitson 301)

Fri Feb 1 A AT: Circuit Analysis: Voltage, Current, Equivalent Resistance, and Power in Series and Parallel Circuits (Ball 326)

Bats: 4.2B Momentum and Collisions, 3.2 Bat-Ball Collisions (Kitson 301)

Mon Feb 4 B AT: Circuit Analysis: Voltage, Current, Equivalent Resistance, and Power in Series and Parallel Circuits (Ball 326)

Bats: 3.1 Baseball & Bat History & Science, 4.2B Collisions, Momentum (Kitson 301)

Tue Feb 5 A AT:
  • Finish discussion of Parallel circuits & HW Q&A (Ball 326, ~30 min
  • Finish lab 1 handouts & intro to more advance circuit breadboarding & testing (Ball 402, 60 min)

Bats: 2.2 Bat Fabrication Dem, 5.1 ME Stress Stain & Shear (Kitson 301)

Wed Feb 6 B AT:
  • HW Q&A (Ball 326, ~30 min
  • Finish lab 1 handouts & intro to more advance circuit breadboarding & testing (Ball 402, 60 min)

Bats: 2.2 Bat Fabrication Dem, 5.1 ME Stress Stain & Shear (Kitson 301)

Thu Feb 7 SNOW Partial Snow Day
Fri Feb 8 B AT:
  • Troubleshoot Lab 2 circuits (you should already have breadboarded as HW)
  • Finish Lab 2 measurements and questions (Ball 402)

Bats: 2.3 Bat Testing Dem, 3.3 Bat COR, Harmonics and Bending(Kitson 301)

Mon Feb 11 A AT:
  • Troubleshoot Lab 2 circuits (you should already have breadboarded as HW)
  • Finish Lab 2 measurements and questions (Ball 402)

Bats: 2.3 Bat Testing Dem, 3.3 Bat COR, Harmonics and Bending(Kitson 301)

Tue Feb 12 B AT:
  • Circuit Analysis,Equivalent resistance for more complex networks,Superposition Principle,Using Kirchoff's Laws & Systems of Equations,Using your brain to solve the problem, What does this have to do with the circuits we're building? (Ball 326 ~50 min)
  • Intro to Soldering - Bring your kits! (Ball 402 ~ 40min)

Bats: 6.1 Composites Classification & 4.3 Essentials of Calculus (Kitson 301)

Wed Feb 13 SNOW DAY Closed due to snow.
Thu Feb 14 A AT: Start in the BL402 Lab please to see soldering in action--if you arrive early, start soldering!
  • Intro to Soldering - Bring your kits! (Ball 402 ~ 15min)
  • Circuit Analysis techniques & Practice? (Ball 326 ~75 min)

Bats: 6.1 Composites Classification & 4.3 Essentials of Calculus (Kitson 301)

Fri Feb 15 C AT: Combined Lecture in Ball 326: More practice analyzing circuits, review homework problems, analyze circuits from Lab 2. Make sure you make correction to the 2n2222/2n3904 transistor in those circuits--the collector and emitter were reversed on the diagram for ckt 1 & 2, so you need to "flip" it (rotate 180 degrees, and bend base the opposite direction)

Bats:

Feb 18-22-- February Vacation -- Enjoy a wintry week of relaxation! Read a good book about a President!
Mon Feb 25 B AT: Review Group AT Projects & Extra Help on Lab 2 BL 402

Bats: Ballistic Pendulum Lab

Tue Feb 26 B AT: Review Chap 6 HW problems & 25 minute quiz BL 326

Bats: 4.3 Essentials of Calculus & 4.4 Rotational Dynamics & MOI (Kitson 301)

Wed Feb 27 A AT: Review Group AT Projects & Extra Help on Lab 2 BL 402

Bats: Ballistic Pendulum Lab

Thu Feb 28 A AT: Review Chap 6 HW problems & 25 minute quiz BL 326

Bats: 4.3 Essentials of Calculus & 4.4 Rotational Dynamics & MOI (Kitson 301)

Fri Feb 29 C "Bats" Help Session - help with physics, etc. Start in KI301, then move to Eng. Computer Lab
Mon Mar 3 A AT: Intro to capacitors in Ball 326, then lab time with 555 Circuits in Ball 402

Bats: 6.1 Composites Classification & 1.2 The Design Process & MOI Modeling, Start in KI301

Tue Mar 4 B AT: Intro to capacitors and 25 min quiz on Chapter 6 in Ball 326, then lab time with 555 Circuits in Ball 402

Bats: 6.1 Composites Classification & 1.2 The Design Process & MOI Modeling, Start in KI301

Wed Mar 5 A AT: Intro to Lab 3?, answer Chapter 9 RC Questions

Bats: 2.5 Lab: Measuring MOI (ME Lab 1st floor Ball)

Thu Mar 6 B AT: Intro to Lab 3?, answer Chapter 9 RC Questions

Bats: 2.5 Lab: Measuring MOI (ME Lab 1st floor Ball)

Fri Mar 7 C Bats: trip to batting cage
Mon Mar 10 A AT: Answer questions on Lab 3? and Chapter 9 RC Circuits

Bats: 2.6 Group Fabrication Lab (Start 301 Kitson), 1.3 Bat Design Model Development (ME Computer Lab.)

Tue Mar 11 B AT: Answer questions on Lab 3? and Chapter 9 RC Circuits

Bats: 2.6 Group Fabrication Lab (Start 301 Kitson), 1.3 Bat Design Model Development (ME Computer Lab.)

Wed Mar 12 A AT: Using Oscilliscope & Intro to 555 Timer & RC Circuit Applications Lab 4? (Bring Toolkits and breadboarded circuits from Lab 2) Ball 402

Bats: 2.6 Group Fabrication Lab (Start 301 Kitson), 1.3 Developing a first bat MOI Finite Element Model (ME Computer Lab.)

Thu Mar 13 B AT: Using Oscilliscope & Intro to 555 Timer & RC Circuit Applications Lab 4? (Bring Toolkits and breadboarded circuits from Lab 2) Ball 402

Bats: 2.6 Group Fabrication Lab (Start 301 Kitson), 1.3 Developing a first bat MOI Finite Element Model (ME Computer Lab.)

Fri Mar 14 C AT: ATDF planning, discuss PDR content (20 min) followed by time for ATDF, Lab 3, and Lab 4 work

Other: Discuss TEAMS plans for next year (10 min)

Mon Mar 17 A AT: Student time to work on ATDF & Lab 4

Bats: 2.7 Group Bat Testing, 1.4 Model Driven Design and Analysis, Start 301 Kitson

Tue Mar 18 B AT: Student time to work on ATDF & Lab 4

Bats: 2.7 Group Bat Testing, 1.4 Model Driven Design and Analysis, Start 301 Kitson

Wed Mar 19 A AT: Student time to work on ATDF & Lab 4

Bats: 2.7 Group Bat Testing, 1.4 Model Driven Design and Analysis, Start 301 Kitson

Thu Mar 20 B AT: Student time to work on ATDF & Lab 4

Bats: 2.7 Group Bat Testing, 1.4 Model Driven Design and Analysis, Start 301 Kitson

Fri Mar 21 Good Friday
Mon Mar 24 A AT: Creating a Circuit Schematic in Eagle (Eng 321)
& ATDF Progress Reviews (Graded)

Bats: MOI group bats, in bat lab, bat chooser & reaction time determination Kit 301.

Tue Mar 25 B
AT: Creating a Circuit Schematic in Eagle (Eng 321)
& ATDF Progress Reviews (Graded)

Bats: MOI group bats, in bat lab, bat chooser & reaction time determination Kit 301.

Wed Mar 26 A AT: Student work time (Lab 4, Eagle, ATDF)(BL 402)

Bats:

Thu Mar 27 B AT: Student work time (Lab 4, Eagle, ATDF)(BL 402)

Bats: Durability testing, bat lab.

Fri Mar 28 C AT: Preliminary Design Review - date is subject to change!

Bats:

Mon Mar 31 C Open Help Day - BL 402 & KI 301
Tue Apr 1 C Bats: Exam Day
Wed Apr 2 C AT: Exam Day See notes page for topic list, practice problems, and crib sheet info
Thu Apr 3 B AT: ATDF Planning & Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Durability testing, bat lab; Model Driven Design, group effort 301 Kitson & Computer Lab

Fri Apr 4 A AT: ATDF Planning & Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Durability testing, bat lab; Model Driven Design, group effort time 301 Kitson & Computer Lab

Mon Apr 7 B AT: Designing a PCB in Eagle & PCB Fabrication Process (E321)

Bats: Density & Burn Out of Group Bats Lab, Location ME Lab Ball 118

Tue Apr 8 A AT: Designing a PCB in Eagle & PCB Fabrication Process (E321)

Bats: Density & Burn Out of Group Bats Lab, Location ME Lab Ball 118

Wed Apr 9 B AT: Fab Lab Power Tool Training & student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Exam Review, Group Data Clean-Up

Thu Apr 10 A AT: Fab Lab Power Tool Training & student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Exam Review, Group Data Clean-Up

Fri Apr 11 C Interesting topic: Suggestions?? + Instron Measurements (15min each Bat Group)
Mon Apr 14 B AT: Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Finite Element Model Development (Eng. 321) (see Bat Assignments)

Tue Apr 15 A AT: Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Finite Element Model Development (Eng. 321) (see Bat Assignments)

Wed Apr 16 C AT: Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Student work & help time, 8:30 Bats Guest Speaker (301 Kitson)

Thu Apr 17 A AT: Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Individual Bat Design Review, Fiber Reinforced Composites & rule of mixtures

Fri Apr 18 B AT: Student work time (BL 402)

Bats: Individual Bat Design Review, Fiber Reinforced Composites & the rule of mixtures

Apr 21-25-- April Vacation -- Enjoy spring!
Mon Apr 28 A AT:

Bats: Forkus, Vu, Ouk, Merrill, begin fabrication, Start 301 Kitson

Tue Apr 29 A AT:

Bats:Higgins, Judge, O'Shaughnessy, begin fabrication, Start 301 Kitson

Wed Apr 30 B AT:

Bats: Pinals, Stangroom, Mesler, Sanariya, begin fabrication, Start 301 Kitson

Thu May 1 B AT:

Bats: Fitzmaurice, Thakkar, Choi, begin fabrication, Start 301 Kitson

Fri May 2 C AT:

Bats: Webster, Troutt, Hohrath, begin fabrication, Start 301 Kitson

Mon May 5 A AT:

Bats:

Tue May 6 B AT:

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Wed May 7 A AT:

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Thu May 8 B AT:

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Fri May 9 C AT:

Bats:

Mon May 12 A AT:

Bats: Group A, Start 301 Kitson, Bat Fab Finish & Final Exam Projects Discussion

Tue May 13 B AT:

Bats: Group B, Start 301 Kitson, Bat Fab Finish & Final Exam Projects Discussion

Wed May 14 A AT:

Bats:

Thu May 15 B AT:

Bats:

Fri May 16 C AT:

Bats:

Mon May 19 A AT:

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Tue May 20 B AT:

Bats:

Wed May 21 C AT:

Bats: Senior Presentations

Thu May 22 C AT:

Bats: Senior Presentations

Fri May 23 C AT:

Bats:

Mon May 26 Memorial Day!
Tue May 27 AT _
Wed May 28 BATS _
Thu May 29 AT _
Fri May 30 BATS Junior Presentations Start 8:30 AM in Kitson 309
Mon Jun 2 AT _ BATS Final Exam Project Help, Kitson 301
Tue Jun 3 BATS Junior Presentations Start 7:45 AM in Kitson 309
Wed Jun 4 AT _
Thu Jun 5 BATS
Fri Jun 6 C .
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