## MEC E 301 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I **Subject & Number:** MEC E 301 **Title:** Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I **Course Career** **Units**: 3 **Approved Hours:** 1-0-3 **Fee index:** 8 **Faculty:** [Faculty of Engineering]{.mark} **Department:** Mechanical Engineering **Typically Offered:** either term or Spring/Summer ### ### Calendar Description Laboratory experiments in mechanical engineering measurement techniques, treatment of measurement data, introduction to engineering report writing. Corequisite: MEC E 300. ### Course Objectives & General Content \- MEC E 301 course consist of a one-hour lecture per week and eight laboratory experiments. The experiments deal with various aspects of instrumentation and measurements. The course provides exposure to common measurement systems and it is independent, but complementary to, the lecture series in MecE 300. \- The course objectives includes a combination of hands-on experience with different measurement techniques, knowledge in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, instrumentation, measurement and analysis, as well as teamwork and project delivery. The course will require two Full Reports and 6 Worksheet assignments. \- Teaching Assistants will be supervising laboratory sessions and they will grade assignments and reports. The guidelines for preparation of the Full Reports and the Lab Worksheets are available on eClass. ### Learning Outcomes 1. Identify and characterize common instruments and transducers used to collect experimental data 2. Manipulate common measurement tools 3. Use various techniques to collect data, both individually and as a team 4. Describe and appreciate how data can be collected and analyzed 5. Be proficient in writing technical reports communicating the results of data collection and analysis ### Textbooks and References [[Mandatory:]{.underline}]{.mark} [Lab Precis]{.mark} [[Recommended:]{.underline}]{.mark} A. Wheeler and A. Ganji. Introduction to Engineering Experimentation. ### ### Assessment Details ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Activity** **(A)Synchronous** **Due/Scheduled** **Weight** ------------------- -------------------- ---------------------- ------------ Lab Worksheets Synchronous Varies (see the course 40% (Labs 1, 3, 4, 5, schedule 7, and 8) First Lab Report Synchronous Varies (see the course 30% (Lab 2) schedule Second Lab Report Synchronous Varies (see the course 30% (Lab 6) schedule ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Accreditation Units [The current total and individual Accreditation Unit (AU) counts for this course are:]{.mark} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **[Total]{.mark}** **[Math]{.mark}** **[NS]{.mark}** **[ES]{.mark}** **[ED]{.mark}** **[CS]{.mark}** -------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- [31.5]{.mark} [9.5]{.mark} [12.6]{.mark} [9.5]{.mark} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### ### Course Graduate Attributes [The Graduate Attributes (GAs) developed in this course are:]{.mark} ------------------------------------------------------------------------- **[\#]{.mark}** **[Graduate Attribute]{.mark}** **[Level (I, D, A)]{.mark}** ----------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- [1]{.mark} [A knowledge base for engineering [D]{.mark} (KB):]{.mark} [2]{.mark} [Problem analysis (PA):]{.mark} [I]{.mark} [3]{.mark} [Investigation (IN):]{.mark} [A]{.mark} [4]{.mark} [Design (DE):]{.mark} [D]{.mark} [5]{.mark} [Use of engineering tools (ET):]{.mark} [A]{.mark} [6]{.mark} [Individual and team work (TW):]{.mark} [D]{.mark} [7]{.mark} [Communication skills (CS):]{.mark} [A]{.mark} [8]{.mark} [Professionalism (PR):]{.mark} [9]{.mark} [Impact of engineering on society and the environment (IS):]{.mark} [10]{.mark} [Ethics and equity (EE):]{.mark} [11]{.mark} [Economics and project management (EP):]{.mark} [12]{.mark} [Life-long learning (LL):]{.mark} ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### ### Course Schedule > *Table 1: Schedule - MEC E 301 - Fall 2023* +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > **Week** | > **Laboratory** | > **Deliverables | > **Marking | > **TA Name** | > **TA Email** | | | | > (due 2** | > Population** | | | | | | > | | | | | | | > **PM on the | | | | | | | > day of your | | | | | | | > next lab)** | | | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Sep 11 - | > #1 Dimensional | | > 1 | > Shaivya Anand | > shaivya2@ualberta.ca | | > Sep 14 | > | | > | > | > | | | > Measurement | | > 2 | > Morteza | > kiasadeg@ualberta.ca | | | | | | > Kiasadegh | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Sep 18 - | > #2 Digital | > Lab #1 | > 1 | > Mohamad | > mghadban@ualberta.ca | | > Sep 21 | > Measurements | > **worksheet** | > | > Ghadban | > glunt@ualberta.ca | | | | > | > 2 | > Graham Lunt | | | | | > due | | | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > **Sept 25 - Sept 28: Break - No Lectures & Labs** | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Oct 2 - Oct | > #3 | > Lab #2 | > 1 | > Mahsa Hajati | > hajati@ualberta.ca | | > 5 | > Displacement | > **report** due | > | > Fatima | > seyedpou@ualberta.ca | | | > | | > 2 | > Seyedpour | | | | > Transducers | | | | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > **Oct 9 - Oct 13: Break - No Lectures & Labs** | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Oct 16 - | > #4 Strain | > Lab #3 | > 1 | > Arun | > asreekum@ualberta.ca | | > Oct 19 | > Measurements | > **worksheet** | > | > Sreekumar | > mashaye1@ualberta.ca | | | | > | > 2 | > Ramin | | | | | > due | | > Mashayekhi | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Oct 23- Oct | > #5 Pressure | > Lab #4 | > 1 | > Maryam | > mshakour@ualberta.ca | | > 26 | > Measurement | > **worksheet** | > | > Shakourisalim | > zzandi@ualberta.ca | | | | > | > 2 | > Zahra Zandi | | | | | > due | | | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > **Oct 30 - Nov 2: Break - No Lectures & Labs** | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------------------------------+ | > Nov 6- Nov | > #6 Temperature | > Lab #5 | > 1 | > Farzad Aghazadeh farzad@ualberta.ca | | > 9 | > | > **worksheet** | > | > | | | > Measurement | > | > 2 | > Ahmet Gungor gungor@ualberta.ca | | | | > due | | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------------------------------+ | > **Nov 13 - Nov 17: Reading Week - No Lectures & Labs** | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Nov 20 - | > #7 Flow | > Lab #6 | > 1 | > Amir | > taghipo1@ualberta.ca | | > Nov 23 | > Measurement | > **report** due | > | > Taghipour | > adewola@ualberta.ca | | | | | > 2 | > Ebenezer | | | | | | | > Adewola | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Nov 27 - | > #8 Rotation | > Lab #7 | > 1 | > Anita | > zminoota@ualberta.ca | | > Nov 30 | > Measurement | > **worksheet** | > | > Minootan | > sabz@ualberta.ca | | | | > | > 2 | > Mozhgan Sabz | | | | | > due | | | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | | +---------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------------+ | > Dec 4 - Dec | > No lecture, no | > Lab #8 | | | | | > 8 | > labs | > **worksheet** | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | > due | | | | +===============+==================+==================+================+=================+========================+ ###