Engineering 101/105

Fall 1999

Course Syllabus

Instructors:

101A: Prof. S. VanderLeest DH-131 x6559 svleest@calvin.edu

101B, 101D: Prof. G. Ermer DH-135 x6302 germer@calvin.edu

101C, 101E: Prof. R. Brouwer S-109 x7078 bror@calvin.edu

Any student with a documented disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is requested to speak with the professor within the first two weeks of class.

Class

Date

Topic

Assignment

1

Sept.8

Course Introduction (video)

2

10

Intro to PCs, Windows, and email

Handout 1

3

13

Intro to Project 1 (P1): Engineering Economics

Project 1 handout

4

15

Intro to WWW

5

17

The Engineering Profession (video)

6

20

The Design Process

7

22

The Engineering Challenge (video)

Beakley Chs. 1 & 2 due

8

24

Intro to Project 2 (P2)

P1 due

9

27

Intro to Spreadsheets

Handout 2, SSHW1 assigned

10

29

Brainstorming, and Ideation

Quiz (videos), Beakley Ch. 12

11

Oct. 1

Open Work Period for Project 2

12

4

Project Definition and Planning

Handout 3

13

6

Perspectives on Technology

Readings

14

8

Project 2 Team Discussions

P2 Task Specs/Plan due

Quiz (Technology)

15

11

Spreadsheet Plots and Graphs

SSHW2 assigned

16

13

Introduction to shops, Engineering Building

17

15

Project 2 Team Discussions

P2 Prelim Design Due

18

18

Intro to MathCAD

Handout 4, MCHW1 assigned

19

20

Human Factors in Engineering

Handout 5

20

22

Open Work Period for Project 2

P2 Final Design Due

21

25

MathCAD (cont.)

Handout 6, MCHW2 assigned

27

Reading Recess -- No Class

Work on Prototypes

22

29

Project 2 Team Discussions

23

Nov. 1

Technical Reports, Word Processing

24

3

Project 2 Team Discussions

25

5

Oral Presentation Techniques

26

8

Project 2 Team Discussions

27

10

Ethics video

28

12

Open Work Period for Project 2

29

15

Project 2 Team Design Review

30

17

Project 2 Team Design Review

31

19

Project 2 Oral Presentations

32

22

Project 2 Oral Presentations

P2 Due (report & prototypes)

33

24

Intro to Project 3 (P3)

26

Thanksgiving Recess Fri. Nov. 26: No Class

34

29

Review of Project 2, Project 3 Discussions

35

Dec. 1

Ethics in Engineering

36

3

Open Work Period for Project 3

37

6

Project 3 Discussions

Quiz (Ethics)

38

8

Open Work Period for Project 3

39

10

Course Review

P3 Due

Reading Recess Sat. Dec. 11

 

Grading:

Daily Assignments 15%

Project 1 15%

Project 2 35%

Project 3 20%

Quizzes 15%

 

Note: There is no final exam for the lecture portion of Engr 101. Your final course grade will be determined by averaging equally the lecture course grade and the lab course grade.