Welcome to Engineering 100

Engineering Freshman Seminar

(or "How to Succeed in Engineering")

Spring 2002

Tep Dobry


Course Information

Meetings
Text
"Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career"; Raymond Landis; Discovery Press; 2000.
Website
http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~tep/Engr100/S02

Syllabus and Assignments

Week Dates Topic Activities Readings for next week Assignment for next week






1 15 and 17 Jan 02 Introductions
  • What do you want/expect from this course?
  • Sections 1.1 to 1.5
  • Aquire the textbook
  • Aquire a spiral notebook for your Journal
  • Chapter 1: problems 3, 5 and 11






2 22 and 24 Jan 02 What is Engineering?
  • Small group discussion of Chap 1 problem 6 and report out
  • Small group discussion of Chap 1 problem 7 and report out
  • Using your wiliki account
  • Sections 2.1 to 2.3
  • Section 5.1
  • Chapter 2: problems 1, 3 and 4.
  • Chapter 2: problems 6 and 7. Do these problems in groups of 2 or 3 and be prepared to present your product ideas in class next week.
  • Chapter 5: problem 1.






3 29 and 31 Jan 02 What is Engineering?
  • Spider
  • Sections 1.5 to 1.12
  • Chapter 1: problems 14, 15 and 16. For problem 14, write your list in your journal and try to implement 2 of these for the next 2 weeks. You will do a brief (5-10 minute) presentation to the class in 2 weeks on what you did to "study smart" and how you found these things to work.






4 5 and 7 Feb 02 Engineering can be fun
  • Chapter 2 problems 6 and 7 discussion
  • Paper clips
  • Sections 2.4 to 2.7
  • Chapter 2: problem 2.
  • Chapter 2: problem 18. In teams we will pick in class today, pick one of the items listed in the problem and prepare a brief (5-10 minute) oral presentation for the class. You will present your findings in class on Thursday, 21 Feb.
  • I will collect your journals for review on Tuesday, 19 Feb.






5 12 and 14 Feb 02 No class
  • No class
  • Sections 3.1 to 3.3
  • Chapter 3: problems 1, 3, 4 and 6.
  • Remember, I will collect your journals on Tuesday, 19 Feb. and review your writing on these problems and those above.






6 19 and 21 Feb 02
  • Study Smart presentations
  • How things work presentations
  • Sections 3.4 to 3.5
  • I will collect your journals today.
  • Chapter 3: problems 13 and 14.
  • Chapter 3: problem 16. This is another long term (2 week) problem. Begin it this week and we will discuss it in 2 weeks.






7 26 and 28 Feb
  • More how things work presentations
  • Discussion of Chapter 3 problems 13 and 14.
  • Cantilever Challenge
  • Sections 3.6 to 3.8
  • Chapter 3: problems 15 and 18






8 5 and 7 Mar 02
  • Preparing for lecture results.
  • Your Study Plan
  • Sections 4.1 to 4.3
  • Chapter 3: problem 15 (we will begin in class today).
  • Chapter 4: problems 2, 5 and 8.






9 12 and 14 Mar 02
  • Success Skills Survey
  • On Thursday, go to the Career Expo at Jefferson Hall. Talk to at least 2 engineering firms there and report back next week what you found out.
  • Sections 4.4 to 4.5
  • Chapter 4: problems 11, 12 and 13.






10 19 and 21 Mar 02
  • Sections 4.6 to 4.8
  • Chapter 4: problems 3, 23, 24 and 25.
  • We will not meet on Tuesday, 2 Apr.






Spring Break






11 4 Apr 02
  • Sections 5.2 to 5.4
  • Chapter 5: problems 17 and 18. (prepare to do practice interviews with your peers during next week's session)
  • I will collect your journals for the last time next week.






12 9 and 11 Apr 02
  • Chapter 5: problems 17 and 18. You will conduct practice interviews on each other.
  • I will collect your journals on Thursday.
  • Beginning next week, we will only need to meet once per week on the days shown below.
  • Sections 6.4 to 6.6
  • None






13 16 and 18 Apr 02 Academic Advising
  • The two sections will meet on different days this week.
  • The 1:30 section will meet on Tuesday, 16 Apr.
  • The 12:00 section will meet on Thursday, 18 Apr, now in POST 221
  • Sections 6.1 to 6.3
  • Chapter 6: problem 3. We will discuss this next week.






14 23 Apr 02
  • ABET
  • Sections 6.7 to 6.8
  • None






15 30 Apr
  • None
  • None






16 7 May Pa`ina
  • None
  • None
  • None