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| Course Instructor: | Sven G. Bilén
Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering |
| E-mail: | sbilen@psu.edu |
| Office Hours & Location: | T F 2:30 to 3:30 PM and by appointment, 213-N Hammond |
| Phone: | (814) 863-1526 |
| Course Number & Class Times: | ED&G 100 Section 7 (Spring 2006) Meeting times M W F 12:20 PM to 2:15 PM |
| ED&G 100 Sec 7 Homepage: | http://www.cede.psu.edu/~sbilen/classes/edg100/sp07 We will be using Angel in this course https://cms.psu.edu |
| Lab Teaching Assistants: | Design and Computer Lab: Tony Tao (tst905@psu.edu) |
| Course Overview: |
Welcome to the first-year engineering course: Introduction to Engineering Design! This is a design-driven curriculum where you will learn the tools of the design process. Other skills--such as team work, communication skills (graphical, oral, and written), and computer-aided analysis tools--will be learned in pursuit of the design process. 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.
| Course Objectives: |
| 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:
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 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 Graphical Communication: multiview, oblique, isometric, scales, dimensions, sections, working drawings, solid modeling, sketching Lab Skills: product dissection and benchmarking, experimental methods, data acquisition & analysis, basic circuitry, prototype building & testing
Design Project Database (including sample reports)
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21 January 2007