First things first
The various processes you need to complete and accounts you will want to set up before starting your research in the lab.
Access and Safety
Request a key for the lab, Advanced Engineering Research Building, room 214.
Request card access for the office, Advanced Engineering Research Building, room 215.
Request non-business hours building access, AER 125 - Main Entry Lobby.
Complete lab safety training, which is required by the University and must be updated annually. As of 2022, this is the process to complete the course:
Systems and Accounts
Ask Nick to invite you to the lab Slack channel.
Ask Nick to invite you to the lab Google Drive.
To use the 3D printers, ask Nick to set up a Markforged account for you. If you set up your own, you will be unable to print with our lab's 3D printers.
To schedule a time to use the 3D printers, ask Nick to add you to the calendar.
If you want to print or manufacture something that we can't make in the lab, set up an iLab account so you can use WVU's Innovation Hub.
If you would like to write and collaborate on papers using LaTeX, create an Overleaf account.
Technical Software
Install Matlab on your work computer by visiting Mathworks.com.
If you do not already have a Mathworks account linked to your WVU SSO account, you can visit this site and gain access to WVU's license.
If you already have a Mathworks account linked to your WVU SSO account, you can simply log in to Mathworks.com and download whatever software you would like.
Install 3D CAD software on your work computer:
To obtain a student license for Solidworks, send an email to statler-solidworks@mail.wvu.edu, with a brief message asking for a license for academic purposes. Feel free to CC nicholas.szczecinski@mail.wvu.edu on the message.
WVU has a system for automatically granting free licenses for Autodesk.
Install the Arduino IDE on your work computer.
See our page on how to set up the openCM libraries within Arduino.
Install the Notepad++ text editor on your work computer, especially if you plan to collect large data files.
It is also handy for viewing XML files and for writing code that will be compiled by a different program (e.g., I write Arduino classes in C++ within Notepad, then the Arduino IDE compiles them for me).
Install the Dynamixel Wizard on your work computer if you plan to work with Dynamixel servos.
Presentation and Organizational Software
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