EGN-1002 - Introduction

By Wilmer Arellano

Overview

• Syllabus• Attrition• Introduce Yourself

Contact Information

• Instructor:– arellano@fiu.edu

• Teaching Assistant– Sadegh Mehdi Aghaei smehd002@fiu.edu

• Course Web Site– Web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano

Syllabus• EGN 1002 Engineering Orientation • Spring 20135• • Instructor: Wilmer Arellano• Office: EC 3834• Office Phone: X-74905 (during office hours only) (305-348-4905)• Office Hours: T, TR: 9:45 AM- 11:00 AM(by appointment)• Classroom: EC 1104• Class Schedule: T, TR: 11:00 – 12:20 PM• Course Website: web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano• Email: arellano@fiu.edu• Department Phone: (305) 348-2807

Syllabus• Text Book: Not Required • References: • Philip Kosky, George Wise, Robert Balmer, William Keat.

(2010). Elsevier. Exploring Engineering. (Second Edition) ISBN: 978-0-12-374723-5

• Kirk D. Hagen. (2009). Prentice Hall. Introduction to Engineering Analysis (Third Edition). eText ISBN-10: 0-13-208484-8 Print ISBN-10: 0-13-601772-X

• William C. Oakes, Les L. Leone and Craig J. (2006). Gunn. Engineering your Future (5th Edition). Michigan: Great Lakes Press, Inc./ Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-881018-86-5

Syllabus• Course Objectives: • After completing this course, students are

expected to have learned the following:1. The specialization areas and professional organizations for engineers2. How an engineer plans and completes a project3. Basic computer tools used by engineers4. How to write a technical report5. How to prepare and give an effective oral presentation6. How to work effectively within a team7. Professional Ethics8. Importance of Lifelong learning

Syllabus Grading Policy

Lab Reports and Classwork. This includes robot building, and

brainstorming sessions. 20%

Robotic Project 35%

Fully Functional Robot 15%

Written Report 10%

Video Report 10%

Engineering Disciplines Report 15%

Engineering Disciplines Presentation 15%

Final Exam 15%

Total 100%

Grading Scale

A 95-100 B+ 86-89 C+ 76-79 D+ 66-69 F 0-59

A- 90-94 B 83-85 C 73-75 D 63-65

B- 80-82 C- 70-72 D- 60-62

All assignments are due at the beginning of class. The following deductions apply.

15 Minutes to end of class After class to 1 day 2 days 3 or more days

10 % 50 % 75 % 100 %

SyllabusMissing Test Policy: 1. Make-up tests will be given only with official written confirmation of reasons. 2. Inform Instructor about the problem to make special arrangements by next class. You

may inform instructor about your problem by: a. Sending an email to arellano@fiu.edu b. Leaving a message at 305-348-4905 c. In Person d. By means of a messenger

Failing to follow notification guidelines will make you non eligible for a make-up exam. All excuses must be submitted in original and include contact . 3. Make-up test will be comprehensive

Homework Policy:

1. See table Exam Policy:

1. Cheating in an examination will result in "F" in the course. Departmental Incomplete Policy: To qualify for an INCOMPLETE, a student: 1. Must contact (e.g., phone, e-mail, etc.) the instructor or secretary before or during missed portion of class. 2. Must be passing the course prior to that part of the course that is not completed. 3. Must have documented circumstances beyond his/her control. 4. Must make up the incomplete work through the instructor of the course. 5. Must see the Instructor. All missed work must be finished before last two weeks of the following term.

Week Activity Type1 Introduction. Assignment 1 (introduce yourself). Lecture1 Students Introductions/Team Formation. Writing your Resume. Lecture available online. Individual2 Lost on the Moon (Exercise on team brainstorming). Students research on teams prior to excersise. Group2 Successful Projects. Lecture and Excersise Group3 Circuits. Lecture3 Circuits. Group4 Field Experience on Solar Cells and Stirling engines Group4 Robotic Project.Hardware and Mechanical Assembly Group5 Robotic Project.Hardware and Mechanical Assembly Group5 Scratch. Lecture Mixed6 Scratch. Group6 Microcontrollers. Mixed7 Microcontrollers. Practice Group8 Robotic Project. Lecture and hands on several sessions Mixed8 Robotic Project. Lecture and hands on several sessions Mixed9 Robotic Project. Lecture and hands on several sessions Group9 Robotic Project. Lecture and hands on several sessions Group

10 Robotic Project. Lecture and hands on several sessions Group10 Robotic project demonstration, video and short report. Does not take class time Group10 Strategy, project planing. Lecture11 Writing Style. Lecture

11Engineering Economics \ Cost of losing one semester. Estimating the cost of losing one semester including lost salaries and interest.

Lecture

12 Ethics. Mixed12 The Power of Persuasion, students association Lecture13 Body Language / Oral Presentation. Mixed13 Vehicles. Vehicles as an example for sustainability Mixed14 Report on the Engineering Disciplines /Students Presentations usually (4 team per day) Takes 1 week. Presentations14 Report on the Engineering Disciplines /Students Presentations usually (4 team per day) Takes 1 week. Presentations15 Exam

Tentative

Hardware Project

All Terrain Robot

The Client’s Need

Verbally presented at class time.

Video Samples

Video 1Video 2

Spring 2015

Introduce Yourself

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Hand in a hard copy of your assignment at the beginning of your EGN-1002 class on the

indicated day. You need to have your document printed when

you come to class. Do not plan on coming late to class and or using

class-time to finish up your assignments.

Your Assignment

Your task for this assignment is to write about yourself:

You need to write a 600-650-word essay and a Resume for a job position in a research lab of a

certain company (The Class).

Your Assignment

Please do not provide actual contact information– Create fake address, e-mail, telephone numbers.

Etc.

Except for contact information, details provided must be true and accurate.

Expectations

The employer will be looking for relevant information about your recent pre-college

achievements, activities, and experiences and for relevant information about your

achievements, activities and experiences at FIU.

Support

The employer will be looking for some statements of your character (hard worker,

excellent team member, leader, software expert)

Claims about your character must be supported by details of your achievements, activities and

experiences both as a high school and engineering student.

Motivations

The employer will be looking for what reasons motivated you to become an engineer:

Family related, Designing objects always interested you,

You know an engineer who motivated you

Engineering Challenges Awareness

The employer will be looking for your position about the greatest challenges that the

engineering disciplines must face in the near future.

Select one topic and present your position. You could use as a reference the link bellow. This

section should be at least half of the essay.– http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/challen

ges.aspx

OutlineResume

1. Prepare a resume similar to the “The Student/Entry-Level Resume”.2. http://web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano/1002/Resume/Writing%20your%20Resume.pdf

Essay3. Contact Information (do not provide actual contact information).4. Relevant information about your recent pre-college achievements, activities, and

experiences and your achievements, activities and experiences at FIU.5. Statements of your character supported by details of your achievements.6. The employer will be looking for what reasons motivated you to become an engineer.7. How you plan to engage in one of the greatest engineering challenges in the near

future.

Presentation– You have 90 seconds to talk about points 2 – 4 of the Essay.

Attrition

• A factor, normally expressed as a percentage, reflecting the degree of losses of personnel or material due to various causes within a specified period of time.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/attrition+rate

Attrition. Study Hours.

• The typical engineering major today spends 18.5 hours per week studying. The typical social sciences major, by contrast, spends about 14.6 hours.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/why-students-leave-the-engineering-track/?_r=0

Attrition. Grade Inflation.

• STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) have also had less grade inflation than the humanities and social sciences have in the last several decades.

Attrition. Leaving the Field.

• Roughly fifty percent of the students who begin in engineering leave the field before receiving their engineering degree.

• Typically half of this attrition occurs during the first year.

Engineering Attrition: Student Characteristics and Educational InitiativesLarry J. Shuman, Cheryl Delaney, Harvey Wolfe, and Alejandro ScaliseUniversity of PittsburghMary Besterfield-SacreUniversity of Texas – El Paso

Attrition. Causes.• Its causes may vary widely from student to student e.g.

– disinterest in the field of engineering, – lack of fundamental preparation, – lack of confidence to succeed.

• A recent study of 113 undergraduates who left engineering in 2004, 2007, and 2008 points to three key reasons: – poor teaching and advising; – the difficulty of the engineering curriculum; – and a lack of “belonging” within engineering.

http://www.asee.org/retention-project/keeping-students-in-engineering-a-research-guide-to-improving-retention

Engineering Attrition: Student Characteristics and Educational InitiativesLarry J. Shuman, Cheryl Delaney, Harvey Wolfe, and Alejandro ScaliseUniversity of PittsburghMary Besterfield-SacreUniversity of Texas – El Paso

ABET Defines Engineering as:• The profession in which knowledge of the

– mathematical and – natural sciences,

• gained by – study, – experience, and – practice,

• is applied with judgment to develop ways to use, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.

Engineering at FIUSchool of Computing and Information Sciences

Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering Construction Management

Electrical EngineeringComputer Engineering

Mechanical EngineeringMaterials Engineering

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