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| Course Instructor: | Sven G. Bilén
Assistant Professor of Engineering Design and Electrical Engineering |
| E-mail: | sbilen@psu.edu |
| Office Hours & Location: | M 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM , W 1:30 to 2:30 PM, and by appointment, 213-N Hammond |
| Phone: | (814) 863-1526 |
| Course Number & Class Times: | ED&G 100 Section 11 (Fall 2002) Meeting times TR 10:10 AM to 12:05 PM, T 1:25 to 3:20 PM |
| ED&G 100 Sec 11 Homepage: | http://www.cede.psu.edu/~sbilen/classes/edg100/fa02 |
| Lab Teaching Assistants: | Computer Lab: Johnathan Briggs,
jdb344@psu.edu Design Lab: Stephanie Rea, slr195@psu.edu |
| Course Overview: |
Welcome to the first-year engineering course: Introduction to Engineering Design! This is a design-driven curriculum with emphasis placed on skills such as: team work, communication skills (graphical, oral, and written), and computer-aided analysis tools. The curriculum will introduce you to the engineering approach to problem solving with strong references to basic science and math skills, as well as testing and evaluating design ideas by building working prototypes. The design projects are the total of at least 30 hours of in-class work (one third of the course). Two design projects will be assigned during the semester. The design projects will require you to work in a team. Your course grade will reflect your ability to function effectively as a team player.
By the end of this course, students will have acquired the following skills:
Computing: Solid Modeling/CAD, MS Excel (spreadsheet), MS PowerPoint (multimedia presentation) Internet Skills: Internet Access, using email, using Access Account, using WWW, creating HTML documents, and archiving design reports on the CEDE servers using ftp & telnet sessions. Graphics: multiview, oblique, isometric, scales, dimensions, sections, working drawings, solid modeling, sketching Lab skills: experimental methods, data acquisition & analysis, basic circuitry, prototype building & testing Design Methods: customer needs assessment, concept generation, design selection matrices, design for assembly-disassembly, safety, cost effectiveness, teamwork, and other constraints as needed by the project
Design Project Database (including sample reports)
Sensors web pages: www.sensorsmag.com, www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/sensors.shtml
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Course inquiries: Sven Bilén, sbilen@psu.edu
Last revised on
09 September 2002