Welcome to Engineering 100

Engineering Freshman Seminar

(or "How to Succeed in Engineering")

Fall 2006

Tep Dobry
Josh Kaakua

Course Information

Meetings

• Section 001
  • After out first meeting, it looks like we will have to split the section into two subsections and have two meeting times per week. Beginning on 6 Sep, our meeting times will be:
    • Section 001A: Wednesdays, 1:30-2:20 pm, POST 214
    • Section 001B: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:20 pm, POST 214
  • Our meeting times are currently TBA. We will not meet during the first week of the semester, but will have an initial organizing meeting on Tuesday, 29 Aug at 4:30 pm in POST 214 to compare schedules and find a permanent meeting time for the rest of the semester.
• Section 002
  • Will be meeting with Josh Kaakua (kaakua.eng.hawaii.edu) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1:30-2:20 PM. Contact Josh for further information about meetings and requirements.

Text

"Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career"; Raymond Landis; Discovery Press; 2000.

Website

http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~tep/Engr100/F06

Syllabus and Assignments

Week 16 (6 Dec 06)

• Pa`ina

Week 15 (29 Nov 06)

• Discussions
• Readings
  • None
• Assignment
  • None

Week 14 (22 Nov 06)

• Advising
• Readings
  • Chapter 5 (a little lite reading for Thanksgiving :-))
• Assignment
  • None
  • Have a good Thanksgiving

Week 13 (15 Nov 06)

• Discussions
• Readings
  • Sections 4.5 to 4.8
• Assignment
  • Chapter 4: problems 23 (both of them, on page 200 and 201).
  • We will conduct your advising session next week in class, so think about the courses you will take next semester.

Week 12 (8 Nov 06)

• Center Discussions
  • We will discuss what you found out about student service centers around campus.
• Readings
  • None
• Assignment
  • None

Week 11 (1 Nov 06)

• Discussions
  • We will discuss your "prepare for lectures" experiences.
• Readings
  • Sections 4.1 to 4.4
• Assignment
  • Chapter 4: problems 2, 5 and 8.
  • This is a variation on Chapter 3: problems 13 and 14. We will divide up into teams and pick centers for each team to investigate. Each team will prepare a short presentation on what they found out at our meeting next week (on 8 Nov).

Week 10 (25 Oct 06)

• Discussions
  • We will discuss your experiences at Career Day
• Readings
  • Sections 3.7 to 3.8 and Summary
• Assignment
  • Keep working on your Chapter 3: problem 16 and write it up in your email journal this week.. We will discuss your findings next week.

Week 9 (18 Oct 06)

• How are we doing?
• Readings
  • Sections 3.4 to 3.6
• Assignment
  • GO TO CAREER DAY on Friday. Visit at least 3 company booths at the fair and talk to the recruiters there. Find out:
    • what their company does,
    • what kinds of engineering jobs their company provides,
    • what they look for in engineering graduates.
    Bring whatever fliers/brochures/free stuff you collect at the fair to our meeting next week and share what you found out.
  • Also, try to attend at least one of the Info Sessions schedule over the next few days and share what you find out next week.
  • Chapter 3: problems 9, 12 and 18. Answer these in your email journal.
  • Chapter 3: problem 16. This is another 2 week assignment. Begin practicing some of these techniques now and submit your paper with your email journal on 3 Nov. We will discuss your papers that session.

Week 8 (11 Oct 06)

• Your "How is it Engineered" presentations.
• Readings
  • Sections 3.1 to 3.3
• Assignment
  • Chapter 3: problems 1, 3, 4 and 5.

Week 7 (4 Oct 06)

• How Things Work and MicroMouse
• Readings
  • Sections 2.8 to 2.10 and Summary
• Assignment
  • Work on your presentations for next week.

Week 6 (27 Sep 06)

• The Engineering Design Process
  • We will discuss your reactions to the Spider video.
  • We will also discuss your "study smart" experiences over the past few weeks
  • We will then talk about the engineering design process, and break up into teams and select some common iten in the room to research, investigate the issues related to the item, and come up with specifications. Each team will prepare a 5 minute presentation on their product. You will give your presentations in 2 weeks.
• Readings
  • Sections 2.6 to 2.7
• Assignment
  • Chapter 2: problems 11 (1-2 pages is enough), 16 and 17.

Week 5 (20 Sep 06)

• Spider
  • I will show the video in class this week (please arrive on time) and we will discuss it next week.
• Readings
  • Sections 2.4 to 2.5
• Assignment
  • Chapter 2: problems 8, 9 and 10.
  • Be prepared to speak briefly in class next week on the results of your "study smart" (chap 1, prob 14) for the past 2 weeks.

Week 4 (13 Sep 06)

• An example engineering career
• Readings
  • Sections 2.1 to 2.3
• Assignment
  • Chapter 2: problems 1, 3 and 4.
  • I will show a video next week in class (both sessions), so please try to be there on time (the video runs almost an hour).
  • We wil discuss your "study smart" experiences the following week.

Week 3 (6 Sep 06)

• Getting a good start
• Readings
  • Sections 1.6 to 1.12
• Assignment
  • Chapter 1: problems 11, 14 and 15. For problem 14, write your list in your email journal and try to implement 2 of these for the next 2 weeks. We will discuss what you did to "study smart" and how you found these things to work in class in 2 weeks.

Week 2 (29 Aug 06)

• Orientation, Introductions and Organization
• Readings
  • Chapter 1 Sections 1.1 to 1.4
• Assignment
  NOTE: The assignments posted here should be completed by the next class meeting. You will turn them via email to tep@eng.hawaii.edu.
  • Aquire the textbook
  • Chapter 1: problems 3,4,5.

Week 1

NO MEETING