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Lawrence Tech sets National Engineers Week activities

Engineering
February 12, 2020

Lawrence Technological University will begin its celebration of National Engineers Week on Monday, Feb. 17 with a 12:30 p.m. lecture on space technology by Todd Barber, senior propulsion engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Barber worked as lead propulsion engineer on NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn, following work on the Mars Exploration Rover mission that landed the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, the Deep Impact mission to study the interior of a comet, and the Mars Science Laboratory mission that landed the rover Curiosity.

Barber has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from MIT and is also a composer and performer of church choral music.

Other eWeek activities at LTU include:

  • Monday Feb. 17: a screening of the movie “The Martian” at 8 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Feb. 18: an all-day calculator scavenger hunt around the LTU campus, and at noon, a “Tech Tuesday” innovation skills challenge run by LTU’s chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society.
  • Wednesday, Feb. 19: at 3:30 p.m., a paper circuit art contest run by the LTU student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Tech Trivia Night at 7:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 20: A noon “Minute to Win It” engineering contest run by the LTU student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.