Teaching undergraduate kinetics using LEGO® mindstorms race car competition

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 13841-13848

  Self, Brian P ^a   Wood, John J ^a   Hansen, Dave ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIONS; LEGO (CO); RIGID BODY DYNAMICS; SEMESTERS;

ACCELERATION; CURRICULA; KINETIC THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RACING AUTOMOBILES; RIGIDITY; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 5444242077     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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