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Project Reports Versus Lab Reports

The Value of Lab Work

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The Value of Lab Work

John Mahan, Electrical Engineering

I can learn a lot from reading and hearing information, but there's something fascinating about actually doing lab work, about creating a functioning electronic system. It's no longer a diagram in a book, but rather components put together…something I wired correctly and it works! That's basic human interest!