My role was to aid students in debugging and learning to code with Arduino IDE to program stepper and DC motors. Exercises included controlling the RPM speed and rotational distance of each motor type. Students used Arduino Unos and H-Bridge motor drivers to demonstrate motor control. 

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Later into the course, teaching assistants facilitated a 3D printing submission form for the course. Students would be able to submit an STL file to be sliced and printed using the FlashForge Adventure 3 Printers. My contribution was implementing a progress system to label submissions in a sheet document as "sliced", "printing", or "completed". This improved coordination between other teaching assistants and resulted in the completion of parts in under 2 days which was faster than the campus workshop (~1 week). Upon my request, the updating sheet document was made viewable to students to check on their print status to avoid any type of confusion. 

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Lastly, I assisted teams in their projects to construct a 2.5 DOF (degree of freedom) contraption that would perform a selected task using G-Code. I would offer CAD-modeling critiques, suggest other manufacturing techniques such as laser or water-jet cutting, and teach students how to use a drill press machine.