Rev. 16 Feb 2011
These courses are available to all NCSSM students who meet the prerequisites.
Advanced Robotics, EE356/EE358 These are both one trimester courses offered in alternating years. Neither is a prerequisite for the other.
Prerequisites:
- Permission of Academic Programs
This course is for students who have demonstrated proficiency in at least one of the following areas: electrical systems, mechanical systems, advanced design software, or advanced programming. The course provides students with the opportunity to design and build both kit and custom robots. Students have the opportunity to develop further skills in advanced programming languages, programming of radio controllers, applied digital and analog electronics, sensors and tracking, power distribution and control, active feedback circuits, electromechanical actuators, gaming strategy, teamwork, design/drafting/simulation software, and advanced shop skills. Opportunity is provided for students to contribute to the NCSSM robotics team project management and robot design and construction. The instruction in this course is both traditional and project-based. A significant portion of the course is dedicated to the design and completion of an instructor-approved individual project chosen by the student. EE356* and EE358* are offered in alternate years and one is not pre-requisite for the other. Students may begin their study in either year or may complete one in the junior year and then may enroll in the other in the senior year.
Statics, EE404 This is a one-trimester course.
Prerequisites:
- PH 352 Physics with Advanced Topics I or
- One Trimester of PH403, AB Phytics B (web) or
- AP Physics C, and permission of Academic Programs
In this course, students explore the principles of dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, as well as mechanics including force systems, equilibrium structures, distributed forces, centroids, and friction. Students also perform kinematic and kinetic analysis of structural and machine elements in a plane and in space in addition to absolute and relative motion analysis.
Biomedical Instrumentation, EE406 This is a one-trimester course.
Prerequisites:
- PH 354 Physics with Advanced Topics II or
- Two trimesters of PH403, AB Physics B (web) or
- PH406, AP Physics C, and permission of Academic Programs
In this course students learn the basic principles of electronic instrumentation with biomedical examples. Concepts of analog signal processing, filters, and input and output impedances are emphasized. Students are exposed to system design concepts such as amplifier design and various transducers. Laboratories reinforce basic concepts and offer the student design opportunities in groups. The course includes a final design project.