Welcome to Engineering 100

Engineering Freshman Seminar

(or "How to Succeed in Engineering")

Fall 2007

Tep Dobry
Josh Kaakua

Course Information

Sections 001 and 002 will meet togther throughout the semester.

Instructors

Tep Dobry Holmes 250 or 443, tep@eng.hawaiil.edu
Josh Kaakua Holmes 200, kaakua@eng.hawaiil.edu

Meetings

Our primary meeting each week will be on Thursdays from 1:30-3:00 in POST 214.
Additional scheduled meeting times will be used for study sessions and tutoring as follows:
- Mondays 12:30-1:20: Holmes 244
  Tutors: Chemistry
  - Kehaulani Lee
  - Aaron Lani
- Wednesdays 12:30-1:20: Holmes 244
  Tutors: Math
  - Cherie Kinoshita
  - Shaunty Kleinschmidt

Text

"Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, 3rd Edition"; Raymond Landis; Discovery Press; 2007.

Website

http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~tep/Engr100/F07

Course Objectives

The objectives of Engr 100 are as follows:

Provide academic support for all students in science and engineering gateway courses such as Math 140, Marth 241, Math 242, Chem 161, Chem 162 and Phys 170
Provide an understanding of the study of engineering and what it takes to succeed as a student.
Provide and understanding of the engineering professions and its impact in Hawai`i and society at large.
Develop opportunities for students to pursue the resources available through mentorships, internships, and scholarships.
Increase academic community.

Course Procedures and Policies

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to engineering, inform you about the engineering process and the different disciplines, motivate you to work hard and give you some tools to help you succeed.

The course is 1 credit with the Cr/NC grading option. As a Rule of Thumb, earning a Cr is equivalent to at least a C in a course. Your grade will be determined primarily by your attendance class and study sessions, participation in class activities, and completion of weekly reading and assignments, as well as three quizzes on the readings given through the semester You will also participate in a design project and a volunteer activity during the semester.

Weekly readings and several questions from the text will be assigned below. You should do the reading BEFORE the class meeting each week. Answers to assigned questions should be written up in a .doc file and submitted by uploading the file to the MyUH portal (login to http://myuhportal.hawaii.edu). On your My Tools tab, click on Engr 100 and then Files. You will see a folder for each section, and in there a folder named for your UH login ID. Upload your files to your folder. Please name your files for the week of the assignment (e.g. your first assignment will be named week2.doc). These files will NOT be posted to the rest of the class, but will be reviewed by the instructors before class. Your files are due to be submitted by 5 pm on the WEDNESDAY before the class session (to give us a change to review them before class). I suggest that you keep a copy of the files you submit in a folder for this class on your computer (or flash drive) for your record.

The Monday and Wednesday class meetings will be used for tutoring/study sessions as follows:

Monday, 12:30-1:20, Holmes 244 - Chem 161 Study Session.
Wednesday, 12:30-1:20 - Holmes 244 - Math Study Session

We will be doing a design problem in assigned teams with the help of some of the student professinal society members. More details to follow.

Project Teams

Syllabus and Assignments

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Assignment
1	23 Aug 07	Introduction	None	None
2	30 Aug 07	Getting a good start	Sections 1.1 to 1.3	Aquire the textbook Chapter 1 problems 3, 4, 5, 11
3	6 Sep 07	Student Professional Societies Setting Goals What is Engineering	Finish Chapter 1 Sections 2.1 to 2.2	Chapter 1 problems 21, 22, 23, 24 Chapter 2 problem 1
4	13 Sep 07	The Engineering Design Process Group work - How it Works	Sections 2.3 to 2.5	Chapter 2 problems 3, 6, and 7 A variation of Chapter 2 problem 18. We will form teams in class this week and you will prepare a presentation over the next 2 weeks.
5	20 Sep 07	Spider	Sections 2.6 and 2.7	Chapter 2 problems 8, and 12
6	27 Sep 07	Chapter 1 & 2 Quiz How it Works presentations	Finish Chapter 2	Chapter 2 problems 23 and 37 (one page is enough)
7	4 Oct 07	Semester Project Remaining How it Works presentations	Sections 3.1 to 3.4	Chapter 3 problems 3, and 4
8	11 Oct 07	Raytheon recruiter visit Chapter 7, problem 16	Section 7.3	Chapter 7, problem 14 - write (and revise) your resume. Submit the resume on-line (Call the file "Resume". I will post these on the portal), and bring a copy with you to class. Go to Career Day tomorrow. Talk to at least three company recruiters that look interesting to you. Ask them questions like those in the section on "Informatinal Interviews" on page 284 of the text. You will write up a paragraph for each company on what you found out and share with the class for next week.
9	18 Oct 07	Career Day results Academic Success Skills Survey	Sections 3.5 to 3.7	Write at least one paragraph about each of the companies you talked to at Career Day. Put this write up in a separate file called "Career Day". I will post these on the portal. Chapter 3 problems 5 and 6. Write up these questions in a separate file called "week 9". I will not post these on the portal.
10	25 Oct 07	Project Design Review	Sections 4.1 to 4.3	Prepare for the design review for your project. Chapter 4 problem 4. This is a 2 week assignment. Begin practicing the approach discussed in Secton 4.2 this week and submit your paper in two weeks (Week 12).
11	1 Nov 07	Chapter 3 & 4 Quiz Work on project	Sections 4.4 to 4.5	None.
12	8 Nov 07	Advising	Read Sections 8.1, 8.3 to 8.6; Skim the rest of Chapter 8.	Turn in your Chapter 4 problem 4 paper.
13	15 Nov 07	Project Competition	Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.4	None.
14	22 Nov 07	No class - Happy Thanksgiving	But read Chapter 5.	None.
15	29 Nov 07	Project Presentations	Read Chapter 6.	Prepare your presentations.
16	6 Dec 07	Pa`ina	None.	None.