Engineering 103 –UMass Boston

CW 2

(In-Class-Work 2)

1) Based on Project 1, explain what is the difference between the engineering and the scientific approach to a data modeling applied to a sets of data X,Y

2) Use DCE (Design Concepts for Engineer book) on the Peak Performance Competition and answer the following question. You have 5 minutes. Why not making a shorter vehicle? Use ‘active reading’ to locate relevant information in a short period of time. Then use your own words to answer.

*Remember that this is an individual work (turn it in, as instructed, with your name and date). Home-works and class-works count 20% toward the course grade. Class-works are done in class.