The laboratory is also used for an introduction to data acquisition using National Instruments LabView software. Much of the equipment has been donated by Ivor Ike Evans, EE 65. Most university laboratories are used to demonstrated fundamentals learned in the classroom. The courses taught in this laboratory are used to prepare students to be more productive as engineers by working on realistic design projects. Teamwork and an industry-like environment are stressed.
Communication is stressed.
Proper documentation is stressed in laboratory notebooks and final reports are required on team projects as well as shorter individual projects.