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Classes and training

Physics Department staff are happy to offer you training in special skills. Please contact the instructor to schedule.

Present classes

• Apps, Arduinos, and Sensors (starts 8 oct 2016) by Jim McGlade

Past classes and miniclasses

• Wisconsin Make Sustain M 3-5 pm Fall 2013 (see Sustainability project)

• Introduction to 3D Printing 30 Aug 2013 by Brett Unks

• Introduction to Soldering by Brett Unks, Francisco Schlenker

• Introduction to Spot Welding by Paul Nonn

• Hardcore welding Flux core, stick, Metal Inert Gas ((MIG) and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Welding series with Bill Zimmerman

• Introduction to high speed pulses and transmission lines by Duncan Carlsmith

• SolidWorks workshop with Tyler Graf, CAE 175 Monday 14 Oct. '13 6-7pm, [Tutorial from Mar '14 (.pdf): SolidWorks.pdf]

• Physics demonstrations with Steve Narf

• Arduinos by Ian Wisher. Next workshop 27 Mar '14 5:30pm

• Op-Amps by Brett Unks

• Motors/Generators by Brett Unks

• Introduction to Fritzing by Brett Unks. See how to make a PCB board at http://fab.fritzing.org/fritzing-fab

• Feedback Systems by Brett Unks

• Introduction to Labview by TBD

• Free software training for students http://sts.doit.wisc.edu/index.aspx?utm_source=textlink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=STS_2013_fall_faculty

Physics student shop

Please visit https://www.physics.wisc.edu/ishop/staffstudentshop.html for information about machining. Try a small project there!

Outside classes and training

Get started coding with An Hour of Code, very fun, http://code.org , and beyond, https://code.org/learn/beyond .

Course modules in interfacing devices at Internet of Things lab http://uwiotlab-wiki.engr.wisc.edu/index.php/Course_Modules

Fab Academy classes http://fabacademy.org/archives/2014/

principles and practices, project management (Jan 29) computer-aided design (Feb 5) computer-controlled cutting (Feb 12) electronics production (Feb 19) 3D scanning and printing (Feb 26) electronics design (Mar 5) computer-controlled machining (Mar 12) embedded programming (Mar 19) molding and casting (Mar 26) input devices (Apr 2) composites (Apr 9) interface and application programming (Apr 16) mechanical design, machine design (Apr 23) output devices (Apr 30) networking and communications (May 7) applications and implications (May 14) invention, intellectual property, and income (May 21) project development (May 28) project presentation (Jun 4)

Please see the Sector67 free class list http://www.sector67.org/classes.php and the Chicago public library list at http://www.chipublib.org/events/search/?keywords=Enter+keywords...&eventType=&program=321&location=&zipCode=Enter+zip+code...&x=28&y=16

Laser cutting on Epilog http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/06/28/1843222/a-maker-space-favorite-using-a-laser-cutter-video

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