ENGIN 103 Spring ‘09 ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS

(Will be updated before every class)

Individual grades        Team grades

           

Class

Date

Activities

Design Concepts

LabVIEW

Other Concepts

Class notes

Do

Topics

Optional

(DCE)

Topics

Read (LV8.0)

Topics

Read

1

Jan 27

Team Reg.

Team webmaster

Project 0

What is Engineering?

Discover Engineering

Nat. Soc. Pro. Eng.

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 29

Brainstorming

Internet

  Teamwork 1

 

Teamwork; Brainstorming;

Strategies for searching the Internet  

3.1-3.2;

4.6

 

 

Strategies for problem solving

Effective problem solvers

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3

Feb 3

Slides

Preparing for Presentations

Engineering Options

Greatest Eng. Achieve.

7.1-7.3

 

 

Group problems 1

Group problems 2

Constructive feedback

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4

Feb 5

P0 –Part I due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Feb 10

P0 – Part II  due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Feb 12

 

Project 0 Presentations (Cont.)

 

 

 

 

 

7

Feb 17

CW1

Project 1

P0 reports due

P0 web pages due

 

 

LabVIEW Basics

 

 

 

8

Feb 19

Eng & Science

CW2

 

Data Modeling

What is design? 

Design cycle/ A design example

 

 

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

9

Feb 24

CW 3

 

 

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

2.1-2.5

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

2.1-2.5

 

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10

Feb 26

 

CW 4

P1 PR

Documentation as a Design Tool

3.3

Editing and Debugging

 

3.1-3.2

Engineer Code of Ethics

A Binary Primer

Campus resources

 

11

Mar 3

 HW1

Logbook due

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1  Circ I.2 

 

 

 

12

Mar 5

  P1 Part I due

  

Project 1 Presentations

S-3-126

9:30-10:45am

 

 

 

 

 

13

Mar 10

P1 Part II due

 

Project 1 Presentations

S-3-126

 9:30-10:45am

 

 

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P1 extra credits 

 

14

Mar 12

Project 2

 

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW II

Circuit analysis with LabVIEW I

Circ I.1    Circ I.2

 3.4; 4.1-4.3

 LabVIEW Basics

 

 

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4.1-4.3

Strategies for problem solving

Effective problem solvers

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15

 Mar 24

P1 doc due

Web Page due

CW 5

 HW 2

  Estimation; Prototyping; Project management

 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 26

 CW 6

 

 Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

  Computer as a Design Tool II

4.8-4.11

 Circuit analysis with LabVIEW III

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17

 Mar 31

 CW 7

HW 1 due

 Circuit analysis with LabVIEW IV-SubVI

Writing Technical Reports

7.4-7.5

 Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop 

5.4 & 5.6

 

 

18

 Apr 2

Logbook due

 P2 Prog. Rep.

 HW 3

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics

 

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The For Loop & Arrays and Clusters &Waveform Graphs

 

 

 

19

 Apr 7

P2 due

 P2 Part I

Project 2 Presentations

S-3-126

9:30-10:45am

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

20

 Apr 9

 P2 Part II

HW 2 due 

Project 2 Presentations

S-3-126

9:30-10:45am

Project 2 Day 2 Results

 

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21

 Apr 14

 Project 3

 CW8

 

Blank Book PR 2

 Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics  

4.12

Case Structure & Formula Node

 Time of flight with LabVIEW -Case Structure

5.1;

6.1-6.2; 6.7;

7.2

 

 

22

 Apr 16

 P2 doc due

   Web Page due

HW 3 due

  CW9

 CW 10

  Digital representation:

A/D D/A conversions

Pr2 survey

 

Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

 

23

 Apr 21

 CW 11

 CW 12

 HW 4

Multiple Plots & Curve fitting with LabVIEW

Digital Numbers

Ergonomics

 

5.1-5.4

 Plotting functions with LabVIEW I -For Loop

The For Loop & Bundles & Waveform Graphs

11.2

   Plotting functions with LabVIEW II;

 

24

 Apr 23

 

 Plotting  Cos with any Frequency

Role of Failure in Engineering Design

6.1-6.3

  Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

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25

 Apr 28

 P3 Prog. Rep.

HW4 due

     HW5

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

 Apr 30

Logbook due

 

 Plotting Cos with any Frequency and Use of Sub-VI

 

 

  

 

27

 May 5

 P3 p I

P3 due

HW5 due

 HW 6

Project 3 Presentations

S-3-126  (in class)

9:30-10:45am

Results

 C. Project rules

 Wave files 1

 Wave files 2 

 

 Extra credits

 a     b     c     d     e     f  

 

28

 May 7

 P3 p II

   P3 doc due

Web page

due

 

Project 3 Presentations

S-3-126 (in class)

9:30-10:45am

Results

 

 Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 Another sample file for spectrum detection

(Right click, Save as)

 

29

 May 12

HW 6 due

Review

Final exam sign up

 

 

  a     b     c     d     e     f  

 

 Final Exam

May 21, 2009

8-11am

 logbook questions

Final exam in

S-3-126

 

Logbook is required to take the final!

 

20% of grade

DCE=Design Concepts for Engineers 3ed                 LV8.0= LabVIEW Student Edition 8.0

**PR=Progress Report

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