User:Jstapko/EngLab/LabRules2014

=Basics=

Academic Honesty
Lab aides will report incidents or suspicions of academid dishonesty to your professor(s).

Notebooks

 * Notebooks, with a design of some sort, are required to enter the lab.
 * Not having a notebook will result in being asked to leave the Engineering complex (CL 158- CL 160)
 * Before cutting consumable materials, you must make a drawing with dimensions out to 1 decimal place in units of your choice.
 * Before building an electrical circuit, you should have at the minimum, a schematic, and preferably other information such as block diagram, wiring diagram, etc.
 * Designs in your notebook must be reviewed by a professor and/or a lab aide prior to using the lab.
 * Before using the 3D printer, your CAD model must be approved by your professor.

Read the wiki, syllabus, Canvas, etc.
There is not time to go over every detail you will need to know. Read and understand these resources and related literature.

Do Not Block Exits
There have been problems with project parts blocking the doorway from CL-159 to CL-160, and outside doors. This is a fire code violation, and needs to stop. If a project is stored in a way that blocks a door, expect it to either be moved or disassembled into pieces small enough to make it fit on shelves.

=Tool Usage=

Hand Tools
Hand tools do not require certification, but you should learn enough about it to be able to use it without abusing it.

Power Tools
Regardless of prior experience, you must be certified to use any power tool in the HCC lab. A power tool is any tool that has either a power cord or a battery. Additionally, you must wear goggles when operating any HCC power tool. To certify on a power tool: Once you have passed the practical exam, you are allowed to use the tool as needed, and you are allowed (and encouraged) to teach others to use the tool.
 * 1) Read and understand the appropriate tool certification wiki.
 * 2) Pass the Wikiversity tool certification quiz.
 * 3) Pass the Canvas tool certification quiz.
 * 4) Contact a lab aide (John or Jennifer) and have them give you a practical exam, where they watch as you demonstrate your knowledge of the tool

Click the link below to access the central directory of tool certification wikis.
 * HCC lab tool certifications

Electronic Instruments
HCC's engineering lab as an excellent selection of electronic instruments. You may use some of these on your own after very basic instructions, including:
 * multimeters
 * arduinos/shields
 * power supplies

If you demonstrate a need for more advanced equipment, you use it either under direct supervision of a professor or lab aide, or with more detailed instructions. Equipment in this category includes:
 * oscilloscopes
 * high voltage or current power supplies
 * video microscope
 * vacuum desolderer

Put Tools and Materials Away

 * At the very least, when you use a tool, you should put it back exactly where you found it. If this was not where the tool belongs, and you know where the tool belongs, you should instead put it in the designated place.


 * Projects are supposed to be kept in their assigned places, not left randomly in any of the following locations:
 * CL-158
 * on the floor of CL-159
 * in the middle of the lab bench


 * this list is for illustration only, is not a complete list
 *  ౼  If your project does not have an assigned location, contact a professor or lab aide to request one.


 * New for Fall, 2015: The entire team will be penalized if any member leaves a mess. For the exact penalty, see Canvas rubrics.

Report Defective Equipment
While not required, this is very much appreciated so that lab problems can be identified and fixed quickly. Examples of things that you might report include:
 * dull cutting tools
 * damaged screwdrivers
 * broken arduinos

New Equipment Sign In form
If you bring new equipment or materials into the lab, please attach a piece of paper including the following information to help us identify and classify/store it:


 * student or professor's name
 * description of the object
 * Project/ related.
 *  ౼  If the object is related to a project or is spare parts or accessories for other lab equipment, please identify which ones here.


 * suggested storage place.
 *  ౼  If you have an idea of what this item should be stored with, or an empty place in the lab where it might go, mark this here. However, just because it's marked here does not mean that is where the object will go, that will be decided by lab staff.

=Additional Policies/Procedures=

Consequences of Violations

 * First offense: gentile, verbal reminder, except in extreme cases.
 * Second offense: violation reported to your professor and lab privileges suspended for an amount of time based on severity of the offense, typically 1-3 class days.
 * Third offense: violation reported to professor, lab privileges suspended for longer period, and possible loss of class points, depending on professor's discretion.
 * Fourth or subsequent offenses: lab privileges revoked for remainder of semester; possibly additional academic consequences, at your professor's discretion.
 * New for Fall,2015: Team Mess Penalty - all members of a project team will lose points if any member leaves a mess in the lab.

Suggest Improvements
(not required, but appreciated)

HCC's lab is a constant work in progress. If some system seems to you to be obviously flawed, suggest ways it might be made better.

New for Fall, 2015 Semester

 * Do not disassemble things without permission. Examples include:
 * Helping Hands
 * Micrometer (little springs, etc.)
 * Team Mess Penalty
 * Do Not make smoke!