ENGIN 103 Spring ‘07 ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS

(Will be updated before every class)

Individual grades        Team grades

           

Class

Date

Activities

Design Concepts

LabVIEW

Other Concepts

 

Do

Topics

Read (DCE)

Topics

Read (LV7.0)

Topics

Read

1

Jan 30

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

Feb 1

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 6

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

P0 –Part I due

 

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Feb 13

P0 –Part II  due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Feb 15

 

Project 0 Presentations (Cont.)

Team webmaster

 

LabVIEW Basics

 

 

 

7

Feb 20

Project 1

P0 reports due

Data Modeling

 

 

 

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

8

Feb 22

CW2 CW 3

 

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 27

CW 4

CW 5

P0 webpage due

 

Documentation as a Design Tool

3.3

Editing and Debugging

 

3.1-3.2

Engineer Code of Ethics

A Binary Primer

Campus resources

 

10

Mar 1

 

 

HW1

P1 PR due

Logbook due

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2 

 

 

 

11

Mar 6

 P1 due

  

Project 1 “Competition”

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

Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

12

Mar 8

Data for Project 1/day 2

 

Project 1 “Competition”

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

Day 2 results

 

 

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13

Mar 13

 P1 doc due

Web Page due

Project 2

 

 

Pr0 and Pr1 survey

 

St dev survey

3.4; 4.1-4.3

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

SubVIs

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4.1-4.3

 

 

14

Mar 15

HW 1 due

CW 1

CW 2

HW 2

Circ I.1    Circ I.2

 

Extra credits 

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Strategies for problem solving

Effective problem solvers

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15

Mar 27

 CW 6

 

 Estimation; Prototyping; Project management

Documentation as a Design Tool

Or Computer as a Design Tool I

3.3;

4.5-4.7

SubVIs II

4.4-4.7

 

 

16

Mar 29

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW II

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

 Computer as a Design Tool II

4.8-4.11

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW III

 

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17

Apr 3

P2 PR due

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

Writing Technical Reports

7.4-7.5

 

5.4 & 5.6

 

 

18

Apr 5

HW 2 due 

Logbook due

HW3

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

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Case Structure & Formula Node

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure 

 

 

 

19

Apr 10

P2 due

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

20

Apr 12

 

 

Project 2 “Competition”

S-3-126

8:30-9:45am

Project 2 Day 2 Results

 

 

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Extra credits  

 

21

Apr 17

P2 doc due

   Web Page due

Project 3

HW 3 due

 HW 4

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 19

CW8 

 

 Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics 

 

Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure  Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

 

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

 

 

23

Apr 24

HW4 due

    HW5

CW9 

CW 10

 

Ergonomics

Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

 

5.1-5.4

Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs

11.2

 

 

24

Apr 26

P3 PR due

CW 11    CW 12

Role of Failure in Engineering Design

Plotting  Cos with any Frequency

6.1-6.3

 Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

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25

May 1

Logbook due

HW5 due

HW 6

 

Effective Communication I 

Effective Communication II

7.1-7.3

7.4-7.7

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs & SubVIs

 

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26

May 3

CW 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

May 8

P3 due

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126  (in class)

 8:15-9:45am

Results

 

 C. Project rules

Wave files 1

Wave files 2 

 

 

 

28

May 10

 

Project 3 “Competition”

S-3-126 (in class)

8:15-9:45am

Results

 

Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 

 

29

May 15

P3 doc due

Web page

due

 HW 6 due

CW 13

 

Plotting Cos with any Frequency and Use of Sub-VI

 

a   b   c   d   e   f

 

 

 

 

 Exam Period:

May 25

 

List of Logbook questions

Final exam in

S-3-126

Logbook due

11:30-2:30

 

Guidelines for final

 

-Bring in Logbook

20% of grade

DCE=Design Concepts for Engineers 2ed                     LV7.0= LabVIEW Student Edition 7.0

**PR=Progress Report

 

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