ME 330  -  LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The objective of ME 330 is to learn the basic concepts, tools, and skills of experimental methods that will benefit you as an engineer.  Our goal is to learn methods of measurement as well as techniques for analyzing and interpreting experimental data.  Specifically, we address:

1.   Analysis of experimental error, including regression, and error propagation

2.    Basic transducer technologies; temperature, position, acceleration, etc.

3.    Documentation of experimental work

4.    Use of basic laboratory electronic instruments and circuits

5.    Computer controlled data acquisition.

6.    Digital acquisition of time varying signals

7.    Experimental verification of dynamic system models

The content of ME 330 is also designed to reinforce material that you learned in Electrical Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Strength of Materials.  As such the corequisites for ME 330 are ENGR 240, ENGR 320, ENGR 335, and ENGR 350.   The prerequisite course for ME 330 is ME 223.  Dynamic systems analysis and measurements are emphasized in ME 330 - so ME 313 is also a related course. You should use your textbooks from these courses as reference material for ME 330.