Princeton faculty in engineering and the natural sciences have found a multitude of creative solutions to teach lab courses through the pandemic. For example, instructors for the mechanical and aerospace engineering course “Automated Control Systems” set up systems that allowed engineering students scattered across the globe to program a mechanical arm to balance a swinging rod — a very modern take on the old game of balancing a broom upright in your hand.
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With labs still closed, science professors find creative ways to teach
Liz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communications, April 5, 2021
Princeton faculty have found a number of innovative ways to teach remotely, from mailing archival materials to virtually choreographing dances. But how can you teach science when the labs themselves are shuttered?