Project 0
Engineering
Fields
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Engineering fields |
Team
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Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering |
1 |
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Biomedical Engineering |
2 |
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Chemical Engineering |
3 |
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Civil Engineering |
4 |
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Computer Engineering |
5 |
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Electrical Engineering |
6 |
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Geological/Geophysical Engineering |
7 |
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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering |
8 |
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Material Science Engineering |
9 |
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Mechanical Engineering |
10 |
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Naval and Marine Engineering |
11 |
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Nuclear Engineering |
12 |
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Petroleum Engineering |
13 |
In this project your
team is assigned an engineering field, work in teams to find out as much as you
can about it, then make that knowledge available to the class in a five minute presentation
(in person for part I, via a video clip in part II). The time limit of five
minutes for these presentations must be strictly observed with a chronometer,
since the projects will be disqualified (no credit assigned) if the team runs
more than one minute over time. No change of field is allowed. Experience
indicates that preparation time will be short if you wait until after the due
date for Part I to work on Part II.
Part
1 –Find resources on the Internet, make a cool five-minute
presentation. Check the e-syllabus for due date.
Each
team is required to make a five-minute presentation to the class on the due
date on the coolest things you found out about your engineering field in the
Internet. It should run like a TV commercial: very well planned and designed to
make your points very clearly and attractively using all the tools and
technologies you can imagine. These include: the team members (one member’s
monologue is much boring than all members working and adding things as planned
to catch the class attention); the computer projector connected to the
Internet; and any other audiovisual equipments you, as a student, can check out
from the University Media Centers to use on campus (reservations are essential
since they may not be available on the date you need). Your presentation will
be examined in details and graded; peer evaluation by your classmates is also
planned. So this is a project in its own right in which you need to search and
brainstorm for ideas to include (info on the chosen Engineering field), for
ways to surf the web for relevant and cool info, for ways to attract the public
attention, for ways to convey the ideas clearly and attractively in a period of
five-minute. After the team makes the start signal, the presentation will be timed
with a chronometer, the team will have to stop after
five minutes (no credit if six or more minutes were used), so plan ahead and
rehearse it carefully. You’ll see how many things you’ll learn by doing this
project.
Part
2 –Producing a five-minute video clips on a
proposed project an engineer in your field can do to improve our campus. Check
the e-syllabus for the due date for Part II, usually the next class after the
due date for Part I.
Video cameras can be checked out from the Media Centers for use on campus. As with any big filmmaker before you film you’ll have to brainstorm and produce and improve a script that can convey the idea in an attractive way in the given time frame. Very careful thinking and planning are required, especially when you cannot use any film editing tools (you are not allowed to use them). You will be showing the video clips in class on the due date. This video presentation will also have to stop after five minutes (disqualification if it runs for 6 or more minutes). It will be watched in detail and graded. Same criteria apply as in Part 1 with an added grade for proposal originality and adequacy with your engineering field. We will be using the Media Center video projector (VHS format)*. Turn in the tape after your presentation. Before you start this project (Part II), think why video presentations, what would make a difference with direct oral presentations as in Part II.
*Check the needed equipments before the presentation (e.g. if you use 8mm or mini DV tapes, bring your own camera with video/audio cables to connect to this projector).
For this project each student is required to turn in an individual report –click to submit file (one-page on Part I; one-page on Part II, i.e. two pages in total) telling about the things you found or learned, how you got it, what obstacles you had to overcome and problems you had to solve in working with your team to prepare and deliver the oral and video presentations. Whether the team collaboration was helpful, and anything you would change to make a more fruitful collaboration. Check the e-syllabus for due date. (To see how strict are the due dates, click here for Policies, Late Penalties, and Grades). In addition, each team is required to turn in a team report –click to submit file, on the different things the team has learned on the different engineering fields as presented by the other teams in their oral and video presentations. The team report should include a summary report based on the evaluation sheets, to be attached to the report, as filled in by the team members (the blank evaluation sheets will be available from the course website) on the contents and presentations of the other teams. To prepare these reports, follow tips of good writing practice
Some links:
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering , BME at U. Texas-Austin, International Society of Biomechanics
Computer Engineering, Computer.org
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Material Science & Engineering
Petroleum Engineering Women in Petroleum Engineering
Also check appropriate links in Discover Engineering