Project 0
Engineering
Fields
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Engineering fields |
Team
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Useful links |
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Aeronautical
and Aerospace Engineering (AAE) |
1 |
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Biomedical
Engineering (BME) |
2 |
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Chemical
Engineering (ChE) |
3 |
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Civil
Engineering (CiE) |
4 |
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Computer
Engineering (CE) |
5 |
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Electrical
Engineering (EE) |
6 |
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Geological/Geophysical
Engineering (GGE) |
7 |
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Industrial
and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) |
8 |
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Material
Science Engineering (MSE) |
9 |
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Mechanical
Engineering (ME) |
10 |
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Naval
and Marine Engineering (NME) |
11 |
American
Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) |
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Nuclear
Engineering (NE) |
12 |
American Nuclear Society
Student Sections |
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Petroleum
Engineering (PE) |
13 |
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and
Petroleum Engineers |
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Agricultural
Engineering (AgE) |
14 |
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Architectural
Engineering (ArE) |
15 |
Architectural Engineering Institute of the American
Society of Civil Engineers |
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Environmental
Engineering (EnE) |
16 |
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In this project your
team is assigned an engineering field, please work in teams to find out as much
as you can about it, then make that knowledge available to the class in a five
minute presentation for each of the two parts. The time limit of five minutes
for these presentations must be strictly observed with a chronometer,
grades for project performance may be affected if the team runs more than one
minute over time. No change of field between Part I and Part II will be
allowed. Experience indicates that preparation time will be short if you wait
until after the due date for Part I to start working on Part II.
What to do?
Part 1 –Find resources on the Internet, library, personal
interviews, your own knowledge and experiences, etc., put together and deliver
a five-minute presentation on the assigned engineering field. Check the e-syllabus for due date.
Each
team is required to make a five-minute presentation to the class on the due
date on the engineering field you are assigned. The presentation will be graded
based on the following criteria:
1) How well
do you convince the audience of the importance of the engineering field you are
presenting
2) Details
about the field: how a day at work in this field looks like
3) How to become
an engineer in this field
4) Other
information you think of interest to the audience
5) How
clearly the information is spoken or shown.
The
presentation should run like a TV commercial: very well planned and designed to
make your points clearly and attractively using all the tools and technologies
you can access. These include: the team members (one member’s monologue is much
boring than all members working and adding things as planned to catch the class
attention); the computer projector connected to the Internet available in our
classroom; and any other audiovisual equipments you, as a student, can check
out from the University Media Centers to use on campus (reservations are
essential since they may not be available on the date you need). Your
presentation will be examined in details and graded; peer evaluation by your
classmates is also planned. So this is a project in its own right in which you
need to search and brainstorm for ideas to include, for ways to surf the web
for relevant and cool info, for ways to attract the public attention, for ways
to convey the ideas clearly and attractively in a short period of time. After
the team makes the start signal, the presentation will be timed with a
chronometer; the team will have to stop sharply at six minutes (credit may not
be assigned if six or more minutes were used). Please plan ahead and rehearse
it carefully. Record this learning experience in the Engin 103 logbook, and in your
Individual Report.
Part 2 –Present a typical
project engineers in your field would perform, for example as related to
transportation, discuss in details and be prepared to answer questions.
Again a maximum of 5
minutes will be allowed for each presentation. The presentation will be graded
based on:
1) How relevant is the project described
with respect to the assigned engineering field,
2) Details that are presented: objectives; timelines; justified staffing and
man-hours; justified costs; and other details
3) How many questions you got from the audience
following the presentation.
What to write in the
reports?
Two reports are required in Project 0:
The Individual
Report
For Project 0 each student is required to turn in an individual report (one-page on Part I; one-page on Part II, i.e. at least two pages in total) describing conclusions you could extract after doing Part I and Part II:
-What did you find and learn?
-How did you find it?
-What did you problem solve while working with your team; preparing; and/or delivering the presentations?
Every student is required to
submit an Individual Report for Project 0, including the team leaders. The individual report will be graded based
on the following points:
1) Clarity of ideas about what you did and learned in this project
regarding engineering field
2) Clear and concise description of one or more problems you had to solve and how did you problem-solve in doing this project.
The Team Report
In addition, the team leader is required to turn in a Team Report, about what the team has learned from the other teams’ Part I and Part II presentations. The team report should include a summary report based on the evaluation sheets, to be attached to the report, as filled in by the team members (the blank evaluation sheets will be available from the course website) on the contents and presentations of the other teams. For example, if there are 10 teams in the class, your Team Report will be on the other 9 teams’ presentations on Part I and Part II.
Only one Team Report is
required per team. The team report will
be graded based on:
1) Details of information obtained from other teams’ presentations on
Part I and Part II.
2) Objective critiques on those presentations
Check the e-syllabus for due
dates. (click here for Policies,
Late Penalties, and Grades). To prepare these reports, follow Tips for
Good Report Writing
Team leaders: you are
required to fill out and submit the Cover
Sheet shown below along with the Team Report for Project 0
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Engin 103 Project # 0 Report for team
# ____ Submitted by ____________________ (team leader) Today’s date is ______________ |
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Team members: please reply to your team leader’ s e-mail or voice-mail messages regarding meeting scheduling, work distribution, and progress. Team members will report to their leaders on work related to the assigned project. Team leader: Please comment on these teamwork elements: communication, organization, and participation while you and your team were completing Project 0. In one paragraph, make a self- evaluation for your team as compared to other teams in the class. Describe any recommendation you have for your team and the next leader for Project 1. |
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