Engin 103: Introduction to Engineering |
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www.faculty.umb.edu/tomas_materdey/103s07/ Office S-03-110 Phone: (617) 287-6435 |
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Bulletin Board Please check here for your updated
team and teammate information. Please check class notes from the
e-syllabus to see other items due before the next class: As a remainder, project credit will not
be awarded to the missing member during the team presentations. Course TA: Fernando Moreno; Fernando.Moreno at umb.edu; Praveen Nittala;
Praveen.Nittala at umb.edu Office hours (S-3-126): Tuesdays Access class notes by clicking on the
corresponding date under E-Syllabus To open lecture notes: download free Adobe Reader |
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Objectives |
In this Natural Science Distribution
course you will find, by doing it, answers to questions like what is
engineering versus science? What is engineering design? What are the
engineering design tools? What is teamwork? What is the role of the computer?
How to keep an engineer logbook? How to write a project documentation? How to
maintain a web page? What are the techniques for effective communication? |
Learning Activities |
Engin 103 Logbook
(a learning journal) is emphasized as an important design and learning tool: in
an active learning approach, students are presented with activities (which
include classwork and teamwork), after completing
these, they are encouraged to extract their own conclusions about the
different activities and their interconnections. Guidance is available to
extract the right conclusions. These conclusions should be kept in the
logbook as their body of knowledge on engineering and its tools is evolving
along the course. There will be no traditional lectures but class attendance is
required. Regular out-of-class team meetings, either in person, on-line,
or by phone, are needed to work on the projects. Project “competitions” will
be scheduled every month. Project reports are due the next class after these
competitions. Individual engineer logbook is required for each student as
well as a final, very short, oral exam. Students will turn in class works at
the end of each class that will count towards their grades. Weekly homework
will be assigned and will be due the following week. |
Textbooks
and required materials |
Design
Concepts for Engineers 3rd Ed. Mark
N. Horenstein Prentice-Hall,
2002 ISBN
0-13-146499-X Table of Contents LabView 7.0 Student
Edition with CD-ROM National Instruments, Inc. Prentice-Hall, 2003 ISBN 0-13-123926-0 (with 7.0) or
0-13-188054-3 (with 7.1) Required materials: a letter-size quadrille notebook,
a CDRW or other form of large
storage media *These materials are
available in the campus bookstore or can be purchased on-line |
Handouts |
No handouts will be made generally. All
course materials (including homework, class-works, and projects assignments) are
electronically available from this web site. The student should print out and
take a copy of these assignments before leaving the class. Links to all class
notes and assignments can be found from the e-syllabus. |
Assessments |
A project is mature when it has evolved through different improved
versions via several decision making processes in which each team member has
contributed actively. When a project is well done, one should be able to look
back and tell that it wouldn’t have happened one, two, or three weeks ago,
because of the energy and hard works brought in by each team member since
then. The grade distribution will be class- and home-works 20%
(individually), projects 60% (by teams), and logbook and final exam 20%
(individually). Project grades will be assigned based on team leader’s
inputs. No project grade will be assigned to members missing or coming late
to one of the project presentation days. |
Rules |
Course policies, late penalties, and grades* What you should know about projects *All class absence needs to be
justified. |
Meeting |
The class meets Tuesdays and
Thursdays |
Office
hours |
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11am, and by
appointments |
TA
information |
See bulletin above |