Graduate students taking the course will be assigned more difficult projectsand occasionally additional homework problems. It will be accessible by card key. You may work in teams of two or three for the lab projects. A single report for the team will be sufficient. Keeping a sequential record of your work is an important discipline to acquire.
Many companies make lots of money on patents.
New ideas must be documented by written, sequential, dated records in order to qualify for patent. Patent applications are very time sensitive, and properly documented notebooks play a central role in establishing date of concept. Date the beginning of each new session or entry. Incorrect or ineffective approaches and ideas should not be erased. You may want to refer back to something previously done.