Building a Lego Robot
In the Introduction to Engineering course, students get to build Lego robots. This is not your average engineering course, it’s much more hands on and gives students a taste of what engineering will involve after graduation. |
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EES HistoryThe Engineering Experiment Station (EES) is a noninstructional unit of the College of Engineering charged with helping College faculty to identify potential sponsors for their various research programs and to help faculty members meet the college's public service responsibilities. Originally established by the Arizona Board of Regents on June 28, 1941, EES is funded through the University of Arizona's research budget as approved by the state legislature. From garnering $188,000 of externally sponsored research in 1953 to almost $27 million in FY2008, EES has been very successful and a good investment for the college and the people of Arizona. The types of support we assist the faculty with have grown from research to include equipment donations, graduate training programs, major center support and its associated instructional development activities, and intellectual property licensing and administration. Although officially classified as noninstructional, the bulk of our activities directly affect the instructional programs of the college. As a former dean once said, academic instruction is the fundamental mission of the college, but active faculty participation in research is the first requirement of a good instructional program. Consistent with this relationship of instruction and research, more than 40 percent of EES activities are provided in direct support of the instructional enterprise. However, EES's primary mission is the support of the College's research programs. The Engineering Experiment Station is on the 3rd floor of the Civil Engineering Building located near the intersection of 2nd and Mountain on campus. |
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