This is the web-site for engr1112 Intro to Engineering for the Spring 2006 semester.

Grades are posted here. Have a great summer!

Advisement if you missed your advsiing session contact Donna Freeman the Physics and Engineering Admin. Asst. to schedule an advising session with a faculty member. More information can be found here.

Congrats to Team 5 for winning the Robolab Contest. Team 1 was second with Teams 2, 3, and 4 tieing for third.

Falling Sphere Viscometer Competition will take place on Thursday May 4, 2006. Presentations from 11:00 -11:50 a.m. and competition from noon-12:50 p.m. See the Links section below for a link to the project description.

If you have any questions e-mail elemley@ucok.edu. HW is due soon look below for the latest assignment.

NSPE Code of Ethics.

National Institute for Engineering Ethics. Ethics violations cases.

Find and summarize two engineering ethics cases. Send these to Dr. Lemley (e-mail) by class-time on Mar. 28. The summary should be two paragraphs - the first summarizes the case and the resolution, the second your own analysis and opinion about this cas e. The second paragraph should include how you would have behaved if you were in the situation described in the case yourself.

Be prepared for a short quiz on Engineering Ethics (a little later in the semester)

Use the Chambers Library web-site to find some things:

1. Use one of the engineering or related databases (discussed in library session) to search for articles on a physics or engineering topic that you are interested in. You should find full citations and abstracts for at least four articles on a similar topic .
2. Use the UCO library catalog to find two books on another physics or engineering topic of interest to you. You should make sure the books are available (on shelves) and go to the library to check them out. Another HW assignment given soon which will requ ire you to write a short report about the books.
3. Use the Academic Search database to find one article of your choosing on any topic. You will require the full text of the article.

Make a spreadsheet that covers a time period of a week (like that shown in your Engineering Success book) that shows how you utilizing are using your time. Include class meetings, lab meetings, meals, study time (for specific courses), entertainment, exrecise etc...

Name the spreadsheet uconnectlogin.xls (for example I would call mine elemley.xls).

You can find info on how to use MS Excel here.

Choose an engineering discipline and research it via the Chambers Library. You should have read your Engineering Success book about various disciplines at this point - use that reading and any references as a starting point for the following:

1. The basic areas of study of this discipline.
2. A list of at least five jobs that you might obtain with a Master's degree in this area
3. A list of at least five U.S. companies that engage in work in this area -- you should include the name, location, and basic mission of each.

Visit (in person) two (2) of the locations on the campus resources list (here) and collect the following information: name, location, purpose, hours of operation. You will need to actually speak with someone w ho works there. When you speak to them collect their name. Also please state when you made your visit.
E-mail Dr. Lemley (here) the results of your work by class time next week. Make sure you include your name, the name of the course (Intro to Engr) and "HW#5" in the subject line of your e-mail.

You can find your design team hand-out sheet here.

1. Students should get with their groups and meet and exchange contact information.
2. Groups should spend at least twenty minutes discussing the problem they have been given and brainstorming ideas for solutions.
3. Groups should meet before Feb. 7 and go through the five step design process described in Ch. 3 of their text.
4. As part of this meeting a Gantt chart should be created to show how they would go through the design process if they were really going through all stages of design including testing and implementation. This chart should be made in a spreadsheet like Excel.
5. A memo should be generated in a word processor (like the example in Ch. 3) should be written by the communications person on the team (chosen during their meeting). The memo should explain the basic design(s) they have come up with. Any sketches and the Gantt chart should be attached to the memo and each team needs to e-mail this to me by next week before class.

Please work the following problems from your Ch. 2 of your textbook (Engineering Design and Problem Solving):
2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15.

Please go to the Survey page to complete Homework#2. This is a so-called Academic Biography - a series of questions will be asked to help you recount your academic background. This exercise should help you identify weaknesses (especially math and science) so they can be worked on as soon as possible.

Please go to the Survey page to complete Homework#1.