ENGR 1 Introduction to Engineering
Instructor:
Tom Rebold  Phone: 645-1327 Office: BH-104A |
Credit: 2 units Classroom: GA-103 Time: Tue/Thur 4:30 - 6 Tell me about yourself! |
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web site:
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/tom_rebold/ENGR1.htm Tom Rebold's faculty HOME PAGE |
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Engineering Organizations
Transfer Information
Engineering Resources
Video List
MIT
OpenCourseWare Robot Talk Green Engineering Previous Class Pics Speakers List YouTube Videos |
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Text:
Oakes, Leone & Gunn, Engineering your Future: A Student’s Guide,
Great Lakes Press 2nd Edition, 2006, ISBN 1881018962 OR first edition
ISBN 1881018911
(Three copies of first edition are on reserve in the library)
Materials:
1 three-ring binder for storing
handouts, assignments, design project, etc.
Course description:
This course will
explore careers in engineering, science and technology.
The class will be divided between
education/career opportunities, engineering problem solving/design experience,
and speakers/video/field trips.
Objective: To Learn
How Cool (and fun!) It Is To Be An Engineer
To provide every student
with sufficient information to allow him/her to decide about engineering as a
career. Specifically:
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To provide students with an introduction to
the broad spectrum of the engineering profession.
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To assist students to explore and evaluate
the technical challenges, problems, issues and functions of the various
engineering fields.
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To provide students with an awareness of
current technological developments and their impact on society.
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To provide students with a perspective of
the necessary written and oral communication skills used by engineers in
their professional roles.
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To introduce students to the professional
characteristics and ethical responsibilities of engineers.
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LECTURES PPTs note: save to your computer or
to view online, when asked for name and password, hit the cancel button. |
equivalent 1st edition chapter in brackets [ ] |
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8/25 |
Challenge of Getting to Mars Video (backup)
Famous Engineers http://www.uncw.edu/preeng/egn101/famous.html
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Chapter 3 [2] Profiles |
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9/1 9/3 |
Lecture 2 Overview Lecture 2A History of Engineering Lecture 2B Engineering Branches & Functions see also MIT OCW Battle of the X-Planes Video Tweel JETS Assess 1 2 3 |
Chapter 1/2 [1] Intro Tower Competition Assignment 2.doc |
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9/8 |
Lecture 3 Engineering Statistics
BLS Employment Projections to 2016 Speaker -- UCSC Engineering Visit |
Chapter 4 [3] Assignment 3.doc Bridge Problem competition web site |
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9/15 |
Quiz 1--Chapters 2 to 4 Lecture 4 Structural Analaysis Structures Video Bridge Design Activity |
Assignment 4.doc Bridge Design Website |
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9/22 |
Bridge Competition Speaker Bill Kirkwood, MBARI Mechanical Engineering |
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9/29 10/1 |
Lecture 6 Problem Solving
. Speakers: Adriana Robles: Bestor Angeline Anzini-Sickler: Howard Carter Associates Hollee Buckman: Caltrans Civil Engineering |
Chapter 6 [5] Assignment 6.doc |
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10/6 |
Lecture 7 Working in Teams Learning Styles Questionaire Speaker: Martin Hollmann Aeronautical Engineering http://www.aircraftdesigns.com/ |
Chapter 8 [6] Assigment7 Teams.doc The Speedys Gonzales Group |
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10/13 |
Speaker--Susan Walter, MPC Counselor Engineering Transfer Information Lecture5A Engineering Degree Plan Lecture 5C Study Skills Lecture5B Engineering Study Skills |
Chapter 5 [4] Assignment 5.doc Extra Credit California ENGR Schools www.assist.org SJSU Grid CalPoly Grid Xfer Site Davis Grid Other Schools' Grid (prepare for quiz 2) |
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10/20 |
Catapults Types Trebuchet Electrical Engineering Lecture 8A Electrical Engineering Lecture 8B DC Electronics Lecture 8 Motors and Gears torqueUnits.xls Gear Fab Demo.zip |
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10/27 |
Quiz 2 Chapters 5,6,8
Lecture 9 Engineering Design CATAPULT RULES Thoughts on Creativity Honda Ad |
Chapter 9 [7] Assignment 9 Lever Arm Catapult.xls Rotational Kinetic Energy |
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11/3 11/5 |
Engineering Communications I Hand Sketching Rect Grid Iso Grid SketchUp Lab PowerPoint Lab Word Resume Lab
Conceptual Design Review-- |
Hand Sketching Assignment 10
PPT and Word Assignment 10B
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SATURDAY TBD |
SJSU Spartan Preview Day SJSU Silicon Valley Engineering Scholarships |
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11/10 11/12 |
Engineering Communications II Excel 1-OhmsLaw.xls 2-AirDensity.xls 3-Functions.xls 4-AbsoluteVsRelative.xls 5-Plotting.xls Other Useful Material Technical Communications: How-to and Why it's important Computer Tools: Overview Using PowerPoint: Tips & Tricks |
Assignment 11 weather.xls torqueUnits.xls powerTrain.xls Chapter 7 [8] Computer Tools Chapter 10 [9]Communication Skills |
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11/17 |
Engineering Disasters and Ethics Challenger Disaster (normalization, tightly coupled) Tacoma Narrows 1940 Bridge Collapse New Orleans Levee Collapse World Trade Center Collapse Loose Change 36:00 collapse hyman brown 49:00 bomb in building 120:00 professor barret NIST Investigation Publications NIST Executive Summary (View Democracy Now debate ~10 min)
Engineering Ethics
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Chapter 11 [10] Assignment 12
NSPE Code of
Ethics for Engineers |
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11/24 |
QUIZ 3 Chapters 7, 9, 10, 11 Work Day, regular class time |
Final Report Guidelines |
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12/1 12/3 |
(Tuesday) Carmel High Build Day (Thursday) Critical Design Review -- Power Point Presentations Demo/show any prototypes The Future Population & Energy International Engineering Nuclear Nanotechnology Atom Transporter Nanotech Assembler http://cba.mit.edu/events/06.10.review/ The Law of Accelerating Returns by Ray Kurzweil |
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12/8 |
(Tuesday) Carmel High Build Day (Thursday) MBARI Field Trip, Carpools leave at 4pm, back by 6pm |
Intro to MATLAB Assignment 13 |
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12/15 |
(Thursday) Catapult Competition 3:00 to 5,
Main Quad Final Exam Final tweaks on your project/report |
TeamEvaluation.doc |
