ENGIN 103 Spring ’10 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. 26

Team webmaster

Project 0

Google Groups:

Section 1

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. 28

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. 2

Slides

Preparing for Presentations

Engineering Options

Greatest Eng. Achieve.

Effective Communication I 

Effective Communication II

7.1-7.3

7.4-7.7

 

 

Group problems 1

Group problems 2

Constructive feedback

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4

Feb. 4

P0 –Part I due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. I

 

 

 

Team webmaster

Web P 1* Web P 2

 

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5

Feb. 9

P0 – Part II  due

Team Presentations

Peer Evaluations Pt. II

 

 

 

Pendulum

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6

Feb. 11

CW1

Eng & Science

      CW2

Project 1

 

What is design? 

Design cycle/ A design example

 

LabVIEW Basics

 

 

 

7

Feb. 16

CW2

CW 3

P0 reports due

P0 web pages due

 

 Data Modeling

 

 

 

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

8

Feb. 18

 CW 4

Data Modeling

What is design? 

Design cycle/ A design example

 

 

1.5-1.10

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

 

9

Feb. 23

CW 4

 

 

Curve Fitting w/ Excel 

2.1-2.5

LabVIEW Basics

Virtual Instruments

2.1-2.5

 

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10

Feb. 25

CW 5

 

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. 2

CW 6

 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. 4

  P1 Part I due

  

Project 1 Presentations

S-3-126

 

 

 

 

 

13

Mar. 9

P1 Part II due

 

Project 1 Presentations

S-3-126

 

 

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P1 extra credits 

Due Oct. 22

 

14

Mar. 11

Project 2

 P1 doc due

Web Page due

CW 7

 

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. 23

 CW 8

 

  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. 25

 CW 8

HW 1 due

HW 2

 

 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. 30

 CW 9

P2PR

 

 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. 1

CW 10

Logbook due

 HW 3

HW 2 due

Anti-gravity Project Estimation using Kinematics

 

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The For Loop & Arrays and Clusters &Waveform Graphs

 

 

 

19

Apr. 6

P2 due

 P2 Part I

Project 2 Presentations

S-3-126

Project 2 Day 1 results

 

 

 

 

 

20

Apr. 8

 P2 Part II

 

Project 2 Presentations

S-3-126

Project 2 Day 2 Results

 

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21

Apr. 13

 Project 3

 CW 11

P2 doc due

   Web Page due

 HW 4

HW 3 due

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. 15

 CW 11

 

 CW 12

  Digital representation:

A/D D/A conversions

Pr2 survey

 

Arrays & Bundles & XY Graphs

6.1; 6.7; 7.3

 

23

Apr. 20

 CW 12

HW4 due

     HW5

 

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. 22

 CW 13

  Digital representation:

A/D D/A conversions

Pr2 survey

 

25

Apr. 27

HW5 due

 HW 6

P3PR

 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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  Plotting Cos with any Frequency and Use of Sub-VI

 

26

Apr. 29

Logbook due

Curve Fitting w/ LabVIEW and Multiplot

 

27

May 4

 P3 p I

P3 due

Project 3 Presentations

S-3-126  (in class)

Results

 C. Project rules

 Wave files 1

 Wave files 2 

 

 Extra credits

 a     b     c     d     e     f  

 

28

May 6

 P3 p II

  HW 6 due

 

 

Project 3 Presentations

S-3-126 (in class)

Results

 

 Sample file with five frequency components

(Right click, Save as)

 

 Another sample file for spectrum detection

(Right click, Save as)

 

29

May 11

P3 doc due

Web page

due

Review

Final exam sign up

 

 

 

  a     b     c     d     e     f  

 

Check WISER

 logbook questions

Final exam in

S-3-126

 

Logbook is required to take the final!

 

20% of grade

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