Course Description: Engineering 10, Engineering Design and Analysis, is an introduction to the profession of engineering and its different disciplines through a variety of modular design and analysis projects. Hands-on creativity, teamwork, and effective communication are emphasized. Common lecture sessions address the essence of engineering design, the practice of engineering analysis, the societal context for engineering projects and the ethics of the engineering profession. Students develop design and analysis skills, and practice applying these skills to illustrative problems drawn from various engineering majors.
Course Objectives: Engineering Design and Analysis is a course that provides first year students a broad introduction to the profession of engineering and its different disciplines, through a variety of small group design and analysis projects. At the core of the course are projects and case studies, through which the main concepts of the course are developed. The objectives of the course are to:
Educational Outcomes: Through active participation in this course, students will:
Course Structure: All students meet for a common lecture series during the first three weeks of the semester and submit weekly homework assignments during this portion of the course. Students then participate in two successive six-week modules for the rest of the semester. Each module of 60 students is administered by one faculty member, with the support of up to three Graduate Student Instructors, for three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week. The small-group lab sections, with a maximum of 20 students, allow student teams to address the module topic in depth. Students are assigned homework during the modules, and write a report or make a presentation (or both) at the end of each module. All students then take a final examination to evaluate the student's integration of the course material (lectures and modules) during the semester.
Lectures: During the first three weeks, all students convene in the Sibley Auditorium of the Bechtel Engineering Center for common lectures. Starting in the fourth week, each module will run the lectures scheduled for 10 - 11 in the room assigned to the module, not in Sibley Auditorium.
Modules: Each student will take two of the four modules offered this semester. A brief description of each module is provided on the next several pages. Each module will last for six weeks, and will consist of lectures and lab or discussion sections, depending upon the module. The lab/discussion periods are intended for students to be able to work in small groups on problems posed in their module. Students will rank order their preference for module assignments, with a guarantee that each student will get at least one of her or his first two choices.
ME Modules: Module offerings vary every year to take advantage of timely topics and current research opportunities. Below is a list of recend modules offered by faculty in Mechanical Engineering:
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Last updated: 20 July 2009