ENGIN 103 Fall ‘08 ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS

(Will be updated before every class)

Individual grades        Team grades

           

Class

Date

Activities

Design Concepts

LabVIEW

Other Concepts

Class notes

Do

Topics

Read (DCE)

Topics

Read (LV8.0)

Topics

Read

1

Sept 2

Team Reg.

Team webmaster

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 4

Brainstorming

Internet

 

Teamwork; Brainstorming;

Strategies for searching the Internet 

3.1-3.2;

4.6

 

 

Strategies for problem solving

Effective problem solvers

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3

Sept 9

Teamwork 1

Slides

Preparing for Presentations

Engineering Options

Greatest Eng. Achieve.

7.1-7.3

 

 

Group problems 1

Group problems 2

Constructive feedback

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4

Sept 11

P0 –Part I due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Sept 16

P0 –Part II  due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Sept 18

P0

Project 0 Presentations (Cont.)

 

 

 

 

 

7

Sept 23

Project 1

Project 0 Presentations (Cont.)

 

LabVIEW Basics

 

 

 

8

Sept 25

P0 reports due

P0 web pages due

Eng & Science

 

Data Modeling

What is design? 

Design cycle/ A design example

 

 

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

9

Sept 30

CW1 CW2 

 CW 3

CW 4

 

 

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

2.1-2.5

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

2.1-2.5

 

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10

Oct 2

 

 

CW 4

P1 PR

Documentation as a Design Tool

3.3

Editing and Debugging

 

3.1-3.2

Engineer Code of Ethics

A Binary Primer

Campus resources

 

11

Oct 7

 

HW1

Logbook due

 

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2 

 

 

 

12

Oct 9

 P1 Part I due

  

Project 1 Presentations

S-3-126

9:30-10:45am

 

 

 

 

 

13

Oct 14

P1 Part II due

 

Project 1 Presentations

S-3-126

 9:30-10:45am

 

 

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14

Oct 16

CW 5

Project 2

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW II

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2

 3.4; 4.1-4.3

 LabVIEW Basics

 

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4.1-4.3

Strategies for problem solving

Effective problem solvers

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15

Oct 21

P1 doc due

Web Page due

HW 2

 Estimation; Prototyping; Project management

Documentation as a Design Tool

Or Computer as a Design Tool I

3.3;

4.5-4.7

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW III

 

SubVIs II

4.4-4.7

 

 

16

Oct 23

CW 6

 

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

 Computer as a Design Tool II

4.8-4.11

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW III

 

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17

Oct 28

CW 7

P2 Prog. Rep.

HW 1 due

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

Writing Technical Reports

7.4-7.5

Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop 

5.4 & 5.6

 

 

18

Oct 30

Logbook due

CW8

HW 3

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

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The For Loop & Arrays and Clusters &Waveform Graphs

 

 

 

19

Nov 4

P2 due

P2 Part I

 

Project 2 Presentations

S-3-126

9:30-10:45am

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

20

Nov 6

 

P2 Part II

HW 2 due 

 

Project 2 Presentations

S-3-126

9:30-10:45am

Project 2 Day 2 Results

 

 

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21

Nov 13

 CW9

Project 3

 

Blank Book PR 2

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

4.12

Case Structure & Formula Node

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure

5.1;

6.1-6.2; 6.7;

7.2

 

 

22

Nov 18

 P2 doc due

   Web Page due

HW 3 due

CW 10

CW 11

HW 4

 Digital representation:

A/D D/A conversions

Pr2 survey

 

 

Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

 

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

 

 

23

Nov 20

  CW 12

Multiple Plots & Curve fitting with LabVIEW

Digital Numbers

Ergonomics

 

5.1-5.4

Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs

11.2

 Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

 

 

24

Nov 25

 

HW4 due

    HW5

Plotting  Cos with any Frequency

Role of Failure in Engineering Design

6.1-6.3

 Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

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25

Dec 2

P3 Prog. Rep.

 

Effective Communication I 

Effective Communication II

7.1-7.3

7.4-7.7

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs & SubVIs

 

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26

Dec 4

Logbook due

HW5 due

HW 6

 

Plotting Cos with any Frequency and Use of Sub-VI

 

 

 

  

 

27

Dec 9

P3 p I

P3 due

 

Project 3 Presentations

S-3-126  (in class)

9:30-10:45am

Results

 

 C. Project rules

Wave files 1

Wave files 2 

 

 Extra credits

a   b   c   d   e   f 

 

28

Dec 11

P3 p II

   P3 doc due

Web page

due

 HW 6 due

 

Project 3 Presentations

S-3-126 (in class)

9:30-10:45am

Results

 

Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 

 

 

 Final Exam

12/18

8-11am in S-3-126

logbook questions

 

Final exam in

S-3-126

 

 

Logbook is required to take the final

 

 

20% of grade

DCE=Design Concepts for Engineers 3ed                 LV8.0= LabVIEW Student Edition 8.0

**PR=Progress Report

 

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