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Syllabus

PURPOSE OF EGR 1310

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the engineering profession. Your professors seek to answer the questions common to new engineering students: What is engineering? What do engineers do in their profession? What are the different types of engineering? What is the difference between science and engineering?

In order to best answer these questions, the student will be immersed in engineering through a multitude of lectures, hands-on laboratories, homework and reading assignments. Furthermore, the important concept of engineering design will be introduced through a semester-long, iterative design project involving group brainstorming, hand calculations, computer analysis, fabrication, and laboratory testing.

To achieve this purpose, students will study:

  • Introduction to solid mechanics to analyze truss structures and predict failure loads and locations;
  • Introduction to fluid mechanics to determine drag coefficients and apply these to engineering problems such as drag on automobiles or submarines;
  • Ethical systems, including respect-for-persons ethics, utilitarian ethics, and Christian ethics and to apply all three to moral dilemmas in the practice of engineering;
  • The binary number system, gates, and combinational logic;
  • The basics of electrical circuits such as voltage, current, power, and charge;
  • The analysis and use of energy in the accomplishment of work in various engineering applicationsincluding a tour of the Baylor University Power Plant;
  • Methods of energy production, storage, and transfer;

On completion of the course, students will alsobe able to:

  • Clearly explain what engineers do and how it differs from what scientists do;
  • Describe the three engineering majors at Baylor: mechanical, electrical & computer, and engineering;
  • Understand the concept of vocation;
  • Clearly picture the engineering profession in order to make an informed vocational decision;
  • Understand time management principles and study strategies and develop these principles into personal habits that will help to succeed in college and life;
  • Understand and apply principles of teaming and team-based creative engineering problem solving;
  • Understand and apply the engineering design process.

Grade Calculation: Your final average will be calculated using the weights below. However, the instructor reserves the right to assign letter grades at their discretion.

Weekly homework assignments (by teams) 15.0 %

Weekly reading quizzes, dropping the lowest (individual)10.0 %

Laboratory exercises (by teams) 12.5 %

Design Projects (by teams)12.5 %

Three major exams (individual) 30.0 %

Final Exam (individual)20.0 %

Total 100%

Lecture Descriptions:

Lecture 1 / Course Introduction
Lecture 2 / Introduction to Engineering at BaylorUniversity
Lecture 3 / The Engineering Method
Lecture 4-6 / Introduction to Statics (3 Lectures)
Lecture 7 / TeamBuilding & Creative Problem Solving
Lecture 8 / Materials Selection in Engineering
Lecture 9 / Manufacturing Processes in Engineering
Lecture 10 / Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
Lecture 11-12 / Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (2 Lectures)
Lecture 13 / Significant Figures, Scientific and Engineering Notation
Lecture 14 / Units Conversion
Lecture 15-17 / Engineering Ethics (3 Lectures)
Lecture 18 / Introduction to Engineering Statistics
Lecture 19 / Engineering Design Video
Lecture 20 / Overview of Electrical Engineering
Lecture 21-29 / Introduction to Electrical Engineering (9 Lectures)
Lecture 30 / Silicon Run Video
Lecture 31-34 / Energy and Work (4 Lectures)
Lecture 35-36 / Alternative Energy (2 Lectures
Lecture 37 / Failure Analysis
Lecture 38 / Appropriate Technology
Lecture 39 / The Engineer of 2020

Reading Assignment Descriptions:

Each question is worth 0.5 points; so, some reading assignments will be worth more points than others. Your reading assignment score will be calculated by dividing your total score by the total possible points times 10 (10 % of grade).

RA 1 / Chapter 1, The Engineer & Blackboard
RA 2 / The Method, by Billy Vaughn Koen
RA 3 / Chapter 15, Statics
RA 4 / Chapter 3, Problem Solving, Plagiarism
RA 5 / Chapter 12, Fluid Mechanics
RA 6 / Chapters 7, 8, Significant Figures, Engineering Notation
RA 7 / Chapters 14, Units Conversions
RA 8 / Chapter 2, Ethics
RA 9 / Chapter 9, Engineering Statistics
RA 10 / Chapter 16, Electrical Engineering
RA 11 / Chapter 11, Thermodynamics
RA 12 / Chapter 22, Energy and Work

Homework Assignment Descriptions:

Each homework assignment is worth 10 points.

HW 1 / Statics Part 1
HW 2 / Statics Part 2
HW 3 / Problem Solving, Team Contract, Plagiarism
HW 4 / Materials Selection and Manufacturing Processes
HW 5 / Fluid Mechanics
HW 6 / Significant Figures, Engineering Notation, Units Conversion
HW 7 / Ethics
HW 8 / Statistics
HW 9 / Electrical Engineering Part 1
HW 10 / Electrical Engineering Part 2
HW 11 / Electrical Engineering Part 3
HW 12 / Electrical Engineering Part 4
HW 13 / Work and Energy Part 1
HW 14 / Work and Energy Part 2

Design Project Components:

DP 1 / Individual Design / 15 %
DP 2 / Group Design / 15 %
DP 3 / Prototype Testing and Report / 20 %
DP 4 / Final Strength-to-Weight Ratio / 50 %

Lab Descriptions:

Lab 1 / Reverse Engineering / 10 points
Lab 2 / Wire Frame Truss Analysis / Building of Prototype Truss / 10 points
Lab 3 / Materials Testing / Intro to ModelSmart / 10 points
Lab 4 / ModelSmart Individual Design
Lab 5 / Trip to Baylor / Wind Tunnel, Truss Testing, Power Plant Tour / 10 points
Lab 6 / Numerical Analysis (of Drag Coefficient) / 10 points
Lab 7 / Electrical Engineering Lab 1 / 10 points
Lab 8 / Electrical Engineering Lab 2 / 10 points
Lab 9 / Electrical Engineering Lab 3 / 10 points
Lab 10 / Electrical Engineering Lab 4 / 10 points
Lab 11 / Testing of FinalBridge Designs / Part of Design Grade