Welcome to Engineering 100

Engineering Freshman Seminar

(or "How to Succeed in Engineering")

Spring 2008

Tep Dobry

Course Information

Meetings

• Section 001: Our weekly meetings will be on Mondays from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in POST 214 beginning on 14 Jan.

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/S08

Homework Assignments

The Assignements given in the Syllabus below will be turned in this semester using Laulima, the new course collaboration system.

Syllabus and Assignments

Week 14 (5 May 08)

• Activities
  • Pa`ina
• Readings
  • None
• Assignment
  • None

Week 13 (28 Apr 08)

• Activities
  • Your Engineering Education
• Readings
  • Sections 6.6 to 6.8
• Assignment
  • None

Week 12 (21 Apr 08)

• Activities
  • Advising
• Readings
  • Sections 6.3 to 6.5
• Assignment
  • None

Week 11 (14 Apr 08)

• Activities
  • Your new product
• Readings
  • Sections 6.1 to 6.2
• Assignment
  • Chapter 6 problems 3 and 5.

Week 10 (7 Apr 08)

• Activities
  • Your new product
• Readings
  • Sections 2.8 to 2.10
• Assignment
  • Work on your product design. Be prepared to present your design next week in class.

Week 9 (31 Mar 08)

• Activities
  • Spider
• Readings
  • Sections 2.6 to 2.7
• Assignment
  • Write a one page paper on your reactions to Spider. What aspects of the Engineering Design Process did you see there? Did that motivate you to succeed in engineering?

Week 8 (17 Mar 08)

• Activities
  • Career Day
  • The Engineering Process
• Readings
  • Sections 2.3 to 2.5
• Assignment
  • Chapter 2: 6, 7, and 8.
  • Enjoy Spring Break

Week 7 (10 Mar 08)

• Activities
  • Weekly Schedule: how did it go?
  • Prepare for Career Day
• Readings
  • Sections 5.4 and 2.1 to 2.2
• Assignment
  • Chapter 5: problems 8 and 9. We will discuss these next week.
  • Chapter 2: problem 1.
  • Go to Career Day of Friday, 14 Mar from 1-4 pm. Talk to representatives from at least 3 companies. Find out what their company does; what opportunities are available for engineers; what they look for in prospective employees. Come prepared to discuss what you found (and bring any trinkets you collected) next week in class.

Week 6 (3 Mar 08)

• Activities
  • Reading for Comprehension: how did it go?
  • Support Center presentations
• Readings
  • Sections 5.2 and 5.3
• Assignment
  • Chapter 5: problems 3, 5 and 10. We will discuss these next week.

Week 5 (25 Feb 08)

• Activities
  • Support Center presentations
  • Preparing for lectures: how did it go?
• Readings
  • Sections 4.4 to 4.5
  • Section 5.1
• Assignment
  • Chapter 4: problems 5,8 and 14.
  • Chapter 5: problem 2. We will discuss this next week.

Week 4 (11 Feb 08)

• Readings
  • Sections 4.1 to 4.3
• Assignment
  • Chapter 4: problem 4. This is a 2 week assignment. We will discuss what you found in class in 2 weeks.
  • Chapter 4: problems 16 and 17. We will divide up into teams during this session and pick centers for each team to investigate. Each team will prepare a short ppt presentation on what they found out at the week 5 meeting.

Week 3 (4 Feb 08)

• Being an expert learner
• Readings
  • Sections 3.5 to 3.7
• Assignment
  • Chapter 3: problems 5 and 6.

Week 2 (28 Jan 08)

• Getting a good start
• Readings
  • Section 1.5
  • Sections 3.1 to 3.4
• Assignment
  • Chapter 1: problems 6, 11 and 15.
  • Chapter 3: problem 4. For this problem, we will discuss them in class next week.

Week 1 (14 Jan 08)

• Introductions
• Readings
  • Chapter 1 Sections 1.1 to 1.4
• Assignment
  NOTE: The assignments posted here should be completed by the next class meeting.
  • Aquire the textbook
  • Chapter 1: problems 3,4 and 5.