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Required Texts

Course Text: Introduction to Engineering Design, edited by Sven G. Bilén, McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing, 2001 (ISBN 0-07-250899-X). If your book is missing an Index, it may be obtained here.
First Design Project Manual: S. Bilén, A. Skraba, E. Kisenwether, and A. Lau, Designing a Temperature Control System Using a Basic Stamp II Microcontroller, 2003. Available at Gnomon Copy.
CAD Workbook: CAD Tutorial will be provided in the computer lab and online.

Equipment Needed

Set of Drawing Instruments: (Available as a kit and includes the following):
30º × 60º × 90º triangle
45° × 45º × 90º triangle
Circle template
Compass and Protractor
12" architect's scale
12" engineer's scale
Metric ruler (or scale)
Dividers
Mechanical pencil (any mechanical pencil will do, e.g., Pentel's "Quicker Clicker")
Drafting (masking) tape
White eraser
Erasing shield
Drawing Paper (required): Available at the Penn State Book Store
Computer Disks: A box (~10 disks) of 3.5" high density disks for CAD projects, spreadsheet data, word processing, HTML files and images. Other disk media as you see fit.

 


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Course inquiries: Sven Bilén, sbilen@psu.edu
Last revised on 12 January 2004