ENGIN 103 Spring ‘05 ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS

(Will be updated before every class)

CW, HW, Logbook grades       Project grades            Team grades

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Class

Date

Activities

Design Concepts

LabVIEW

Other Concepts

 

Do

Topics

Read (DCE)

Topics

Read (LV7.0)

Topics

Read

1

Jan. 25

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

Jan. 27

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

Feb. 1

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

Feb. 8

Project 0 –Part I due

Project 1

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Feb. 10

Project 0 –Part II  due

Video Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Feb. 15

CW 1

What is Engineering?

 

LabVIEW Basics

1.5-1.10

 

 

7

Feb. 17

P0 i report due

P0 t report due

P0 webpage due

 

What is design? 

Design cycle/ A design example

2.1-2.5

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

2.1-2.5

Curve Fitting w/ Excel

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8

Feb. 22

HW 1

CW 2 

Documentation as a Design Tool

3.3

Editing and Debugging

 

3.1-3.2

Engineer Code of Ethics

A Binary Primer

Campus resources

 

9

Feb. 24

 

P1 PR due

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

*”Engineering_103_teams” should read “teams04”

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Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2 

 

 

 

10

Mar. 1

Snow

Campus closed 

  

Project 1 “Competition”

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

Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

11

Mar. 3

 P1 due

 

Project 1 “Competition”

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

Day 2 results

 

 

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12

Mar. 8

 

Estimation; Prototyping; Project management

 

Pr0 and Pr1 survey

 

St dev survey

3.4; 4.1-4.3

 Circuit analysis with LabVIEW II

SubVIs I 

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4.1-4.3

 

 

13

Mar. 10

HW 1 due

HW 2

 P1 doc due

Web Page due

Logbook due

Project 2

 Learnings from Pr. 0 & 1 and Intro to Pr.2

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW III

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Strategies for problem solving

 

Effective problem solvers

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14

Mar. 22

 CW 3

 

Documentation as a Design Tool

Or Computer as a Design Tool I

3.3;

4.5-4.7

SubVIs II

4.4-4.7

 

 

15

Mar. 24

CW 4

 

 Computer as a Design Tool II

4.8-4.11

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

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16

Mar. 29

P2 PR due

 

Writing Technical Reports

7.4-7.5

Case Structure & Formula Node

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure

5.4 & 5.6

 

 

17

Mar. 31

 

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

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18

Apr. 5

P2 and

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

19

Apr. 7

 

 

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 2 Results

 

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure

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20

Apr. 12

P2 doc due

  CW 5

CW 6

Logbook due 

Web Page due

HW 2 due 

HW 3 

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

 

 

21

Apr. 14

Project 3

CW 7

CW8

 

 

 

 

Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

Extra credits 

 

22

Apr. 19

 CW9 

HW 3 due

 HW 4

Ergonomics 

5.1-5.4

Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

 

11.2

 

 

23

Apr. 21

P3 PR due

CW 10

 

 

Role of Failure in Engineering Design 

6.1-6.3

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs 

Plotting  Cos with any Frequency

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24

Apr. 26

HW 4 due 

CW 13

 

Effective Communication I 

7.1-7.3

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs & SubVIs

Plotting Cos with any Frequency and Use of Sub-VI

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25

Apr. 28

HW 6

Effective Communication II

7.4-7.7

 C. Project rules

Wave files 1

Wave files 2 

 

 

 

26

May 3

Algorithm & Project due

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126  (in class)

 8:15-9:45am

Results

 

Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 

 

27

May 5

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126 (in class)

8:15-9:45am

Results

 

a   b   c   d   e   f

 

 

 

28

May 10

P3 doc due

Web page

due

 HW 6 due

Logbook due

 

 CW 11

CW 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 29

 May 19

8-11am

Final

Final exam in

S-3-126

 

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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