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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: | MR 10:30 to 11:30 AM , W 2:30 to 3:30 PM, and by appointment, 213-N Hammond |
| Phone: | (814) 863-1526 |
| Course Number & Class Times: | ED&G 100H Section 1 (Fall 2003) Meeting times T 9:05 AM to 11:00 PM, TR 1:25 to 3:20 PM |
| ED&G 100H Sec 1 Homepage: | http://www.cede.psu.edu/~sbilen/classes/edg100/fa03 We will be using Angel in this course https://cms.psu.edu |
| Lab Teaching Assistants: | Computer Lab: Brooks Miller,
bdm167@psu.edu Design Lab: Brooks Miller, bdm167@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 design process 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 main 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.
Engineering Design: Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences and mathematics and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective. Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation. The engineering design component of a curriculum must include most of the following features: development of student creativity, use of open-ended problems, development and use of modern design theory and methodology, formulation of design problem statements and specifications, consideration of alternative solutions, feasibility considerations, production processes, concurrent engineering design, and detailed system descriptions. Further, it is essential to include a variety of realistic constraints, such as economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics, and social impact. [ABET 2000]
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 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, prototyping and model development, 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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Last revised on
11 September 2003