EML342/2 ENGINEERING LAB 3

BRIEFING

TRADITIONAL & OPEN-ENDED

LABS
A L L YO U N E E D TO K N O W

P R E S E N T E D B Y : M R A B D U L YA M I N S A A D
( M AT E R I A L S C R E D I T : D R H A S N I D A A B S A M AT )
USM SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
CONTENTS

1 . W h y O E L ?

2 . E x p e c t e d o u t c o m e s

3 . H o w T L / O E L w o r k ( L a b G u i d e l i n e M a n u a l )

4 . S a f e t y

5 . L i s t o f l a b s , l e c t u r e r s , a s s i s t a n t

e n g i n e e r s ( P J )

6 . G r o u p s a n d t i m e t a b l e s

7 . L a b r e p o r t f o r m a t ( T L & O E L )

8 . G e n e r a l r u b r i c f o r a s s e s s m e n t

9 . M a r k s

1 0 . Q & A
 1. WHY OEL?
freedom to develop own experiments
pushes students to think for themselves and think harder
devise their own strategies
justify with explanations, theory and logical sequence
encourages students to come up with their experiments
requires them to defend themselves and their experiment
2. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Students should be able to show their understanding of experiments conducted
based on five criteria:
I. RESEARCH & FORMING HYPOTHESES
II. MATERIALS & METHODS
III. DATA COLLECTION
IV. DATA ANALYSIS
V. RESULTS, DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
I. Research & Forming Hypothesis
Explain:
What is the problem?
Why are you investigating?
What is your AIM of doing this
research/experiment?
What and where are your references?
Can you back theory with hypotheses
and prove them with experiments?
What are your goals for each lab?
II. Materials & Methods
Explain how investigation was
started
Discuss the steps in designing and
conducting the experiment
State the setup and equipment
chosen and how they were used
Plan for proper scoping according to
constraints
Use drawing to illustrate
III. Data Collection
Use tables, graphs and chart to
organize and present collected data
Justify the chosen analysis
tools/methods
Be careful with data collection
Observe for outliers
IV. Data Analysis
Elaborate on findings and relate it
with hypothesis of the experiment
Does the data address research aim
& goals?
Justify the data
Be honest with data analysis
V. Result, Discussion & Conclusion
Discuss
What have been done?
What observations were made and what
are the findings?
Have the goals been achieved?
Are the findings expected? Explain.
Discuss the different strategies
attempted.
Compare with theory or previous
works
Was there anything unexpected?
Conclude whether the objectives met
or not
 3. HOW TL/OEL WORK
Refer to Lab Guideline manual
THANK YOU
Q&A?