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IN ENGINEERING 1, STUDENTS LEARN THE BASICS ABOUT BINARY COUNTING,
ENGINEERING NOTATION, SCHEMATICS, CIRCUITS, THE ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BUILD DIGITAL DEVICES THAT MEASURE IMPORTANT PHYSICAL
PARAMETERS, AND VISUAL PYTHON TO CREATE A 3D VIRTUAL WORLD AND DISPLAY
THESE OBJECTS IN A WINDOW.  IN ENGINEERING 2, THE STUDENTS INTERFACE THE
ARDUINO WITH VISUAL PYTHON RUNNING ON DESKTOP PCS, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO
LEARN ABOUT CLIENT/SERVER RELATIONSHIPS AND TO BECOME EVEN MORE FAMILIAR
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WITH BOTH LANGUAGES.  STUDENTS CAN EVENTUALLY CONTROL SENSORS AND ACTUATORS
WITH THE ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER, AND THEY CAN PIPE THE DATA TO PYTHON
PROGRAMS TO CREATE LIVE 3D VISUALS, LIVE CHARTS, AND GRAPHICS OF THE DATA.
THE RASPBERRY PI, WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PYTHON
PROGRAMING, IS MAINLY USED IN ENGINEERING 3, THE SPACE PROGRAM, IN WHICH
STUDENT ENGINEERS CALLED SPACE COWBOYS DESIGN, BUILD, AND PROGRAM
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