ENGIN 103 Spring ‘06 ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS

(Will be updated before every class)

CW, HW, Logbook grades       Project grades            Team grades

           

Class

Date

Activities

Design Concepts

LabVIEW

Other Concepts

 

Do

Topics

Read (DCE)

Topics

Read (LV7.0)

Topics

Read

1

Jan. 24

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. 26

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

Jan 31

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. 2

P0 –Part I due

 

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Feb. 7

P0 –Part II  due

Video Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Feb. 9

Project 1

Project 0 Presentations (Cont.)

 

 

 

 

 

7

Feb. 14

 CW 3

 

Data Modeling

What is Engineering?

 

LabVIEW Basics

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

8

Feb. 16

CW 4

  CW 1

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

Feb. 21

HW 1

CW 5

P0 i report due

P0 t report due

P0 webpage due

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

 

10

Feb. 23

 

P1 PR due

Logbook 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 

 

 

 

11

Feb. 28

 P1 due

  

Project 1 “Competition”

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

Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

12

Mar. 2

 

Project 1 “Competition”

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

Day 2 results

 

 

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13

Mar. 7

 P1 doc due

Web Page due

Project 2

Estimation; Prototyping; Project management

 

Pr0 and Pr1 survey

 

St dev survey

3.4; 4.1-4.3

SubVIs I 

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4.1-4.3

 

 

14

Mar. 9

HW 1 due

HW 2

 

 

 Circuit analysis with LabVIEW II

 

 

 

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Strategies for problem solving

 

Effective problem solvers

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15

Mar. 21

 

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

Mar. 23

Logbook due

 

 Computer as a Design Tool II

4.8-4.11

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

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17

Mar. 28

P2 PR due

 

Writing Technical Reports

7.4-7.5

 

5.4 & 5.6

 

 

18

Mar. 30

HW 2 due 

 

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

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Case Structure & Formula Node

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure 

 

 

 

19

Apr. 4

P2 due

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

20

Apr. 6

 

 

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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Extra credits  

 

21

Apr. 11

P2 doc due

  

Web Page due

 

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

Apr. 13

Project 3

 

 

 

 

 

Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

 

 

23

Apr. 18

CW 6

CW 7

CW8 

HW 3

 

Ergonomics 

Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop

5.1-5.4

Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

 

11.2

 

 

24

Apr. 20

P3 PR due

CW9 

CW 10

 

 

Role of Failure in Engineering Design

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II; 

6.1-6.3

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs 

Plotting  Cos with any Frequency

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25

Apr. 25

CW 13

Logbook due

HW 3 due

 

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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26

Apr. 27

 HW 4

Effective Communication II

7.4-7.7

 C. Project rules

Wave files 1

Wave files 2 

 

 

 

27

May 2

P3 due

HW 6

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126  (in class)

 8:15-9:45am

Results

 

Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 

 

28

May 4

 HW 4 due 

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126 (in class)

8:15-9:45am

Results

 

a   b   c   d   e   f

 

 

 

29

May 9

P3 doc due

Web page

due

 HW 6 due

 

 CW 11

CW 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 May 16

8-11am

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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