ENGIN 103 Fall ‘06 ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS

(Will be updated before every class)

Individual grades        Team grades

           

Class

Date

Activities

Design Concepts

LabVIEW

Other Concepts

 

Do

Topics

Read (DCE)

Topics

Read (LV7.0)

Topics

Read

1

Sept 5

Team Reg.

Project 0

 

What is Engineering?

Am. Soc. Eng. Educ.

1.1-1.4

LabView installation

1.1-1.4

Policies and Grades

Intro to Projects

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2

Sept 7

TW1;    2 ;    3

BST1;   BST2

INT1;

Field topics

 

Teamwork; Brainstorming;

Strategies for searching the Internet

Searching the Internet

 

3.1-3.2;

4.6

 

 

Strategies for problem solving

Effective problem solvers

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3

Sept 12

Present1

 

Presentations

Preparing for Presentations

Teams & Project 0

7.1-7.3

 

 

Group problems 1

Group problems 2

Constructive feedback

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4

Sept 14

P0 –Part I due

 

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Sept 19

P0 –Part II  due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Sept 21

 

Project 0 Presentations (Cont.)

 

 

 

 

 

7

Sept 26

 CW 3

Project 1

P0 reports due

Data Modeling

Team webmaster

 

 

LabVIEW Basics

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

8

Sept 28

 

What is design? 

Design cycle/ A design example

2.1-2.5

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

2.1-2.5

 

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9

Oct. 3

CW 4

CW 5

P0 webpage due

 

Documentation as a Design Tool

3.3

Editing and Debugging

 

3.1-3.2

Engineer Code of Ethics

A Binary Primer

Campus resources

 

10

Oct 5

 

 

HW1

P1 PR due

Logbook due

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2 

 

 

 

11

Oct 10

 P1 due

  

Project 1 “Competition”

S-3-126 (3 floor Science) 8:15-9:45am

Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

12

Oct 12

Data for Project 1/day 2

 

Project 1 “Competition”

S-3-126 (3 floor Science) 8:15-9:45am

Day 2 results

 

 

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13

Oct 17

 P1 doc due

Web Page due

Project 2

CW 2

Estimation; Prototyping; Project management

 

Pr0 and Pr1 survey

 

St dev survey

3.4; 4.1-4.3

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

SubVIs

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4.1-4.3

 

 

14

Oct 19

 

HW 1 due

 

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2

 

 

 

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Strategies for problem solving

 

Effective problem solvers

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15

Oct 24

CW 1

HW 2

 

 Circuit analysis with LabVIEW II

Documentation as a Design Tool

Or Computer as a Design Tool I

3.3;

4.5-4.7

SubVIs II

4.4-4.7

 

 

16

Oct 26

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW III

 Computer as a Design Tool II

4.8-4.11

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

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17

Oct 31

P2 PR due

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

Writing Technical Reports

7.4-7.5

 

5.4 & 5.6

 

 

18

Nov. 2

HW 2 due 

Logbook due

 CW 6

HW3

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

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Case Structure & Formula Node

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure 

 

 

 

19

Nov 7

P2 due

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

20

Nov. 9

 

 

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 2 Results

 

 

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Extra credits  

 

21

Nov 14

P2 doc due

   Web Page due

Project 3

HW 3 due

 HW 4

Blank Book PR 2

Digital representation:

A/D D/A conversions

Pr2 survey

 

4.12

The For Loop & Arrays and Clusters &Waveform Graphs

Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop

5.1;

6.1-6.2; 6.7;

7.2

 

 

22

Nov 16

CW8 

 

 Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II; 

 

Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

 

 

23

Nov 21

HW4 due

    HW5

CW9 

CW 10

 

Ergonomics 

Plotting  Cos with any Frequency

5.1-5.4

Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

 

11.2

 

 

24

Nov 28

P3 PR due

CW 7

 

 

Role of Failure in Engineering Design

 

6.1-6.3

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs 

 

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25

Nov 30

CW 13

Logbook due

HW5 due

HW 6

Effective Communication I 

Effective Communication II

7.1-7.3

7.4-7.7

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs & SubVIs

Plotting Cos with any Frequency and Use of Sub-VI

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26

Dec 5

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126  (in class)

 8:15-9:45am

Results

 

 C. Project rules

Wave files 1

Wave files 2 

 

 

 

27

Dec 7

P3 due

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126 (in class)

8:15-9:45am

Results

 

Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 

 

28

Dec 12

P3 doc due

Web page

due

 HW 6 due

 

 CW 11

CW 12

 

 

a   b   c   d   e   f

 

 

 

 

 Exam Period

List of Logbook questions

Final exam in

S-3-126

Logbook due

 

Guidelines for final

 

-Bring in Logbook

20% of grade


DCE=Design Concepts for Engineers 2ed                           LV7.0= LabVIEW Student Edition 7.0

*P=Project                    **PR=Progress Report

 

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