Course Descriptions
Two types of lecture materials have been developed for this course: PowerPoint presentations and lecture notes. In both cases, the materials are only outlines of the subject matter that we deem important, i.e., they do not necessarily represent everything that the lectures will contain. Additional topics, embellishments, and relevant examples will be added. (In some cases, particularly in the notes on Uncertainty and Dimensions, the outlines extend beyond the scope of the course.) One PowerPoint presentation “What is Engineering intro” is quite extensive. It serves as an introduction to engineering (slides 1-22), an introduction to the philosophy of learning (slides 23-26), and an introduction to the course from different points of view (slides 27-31).
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- PowerPoint presentations
- Lecture notes
- Supplemental Materials
- Instructor Resources
- Student learn sheets
- Lab Experiments
- Course Syllabus
Projects
- Introductory essay
- Mini spaghetti-bridge project
- Research essay
- Oral presentation - response to an RFP
- Design a mousetrap
PowerPoint presentations
- Introduction
- Design
- Graphical Presentation
- Robotics
- Robotics Part 1
- Robotics Part 2
- Chemical Processes
- Boolean Logic
- Chemical processes2 (jrw)
- Data analysis and graphing (jrw)
- Diffusion (jrw)
- Statistics (jrw)
Lecture notes
- KAL cartoon on education (6/6/07)
- Digital Systems
- Identity
- Ethics
- Dimensional Reasoning
- Materials
- Statics
- Truss Analysis
- Uncertainty
- Finance
Supplemental materials
- Vectors and Matrices
- Bridge Designs
- Spaghetti Bridge Construction Hints
- Math formulas
- Plotting Tensile Data in Excel
Instructor Resources
- Sample Schedule
- Sample Exam
- Random assignments
- Lab supply list (pdf)
- Spreadsheet template for scores(xls)
- WIE scoring guidelines
- Training materials
- Course Syllabus
Student learn sheets
- Chemical Processes (.doc)(.pdf)
- Digital Systems (.doc)(.pdf)
- Dimensional Reasoning (.doc)(.pdf)
- Statics and Structures (.doc)(.pdf)
- Uncertainty (.doc)(.pdf)
- Robotics (.doc)(.pdf)
- Materials (.doc)(.pdf)
- Finance (.doc)(.pdf)
Lab Experiments
- Mousetrap Design
- Mousetrap Construction
- Bridge Design (Virtual)
- Chemical Processes
- Logic Circuits (Virtual)
- Materials
- Robot Arm Contact (Virtual)
- Count the Trees (Virtual)
- Remote Measurement
- College Rankings (Virtual)
- Robot Assembly
- Sample Lab Report
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