| Course Title: | EE/ME 001: First Year Design Experience |
| Class Information: | Spring 2006 Class time: 1325-1415 F Class location: Votey 105 Labs: M or W 1325-1555 or M or W 1600-1830 Lab location: Perkins 101 |
| Instructor Information: | Dr. Jeff Frolik (Electrical Engineering) 357 Votey jfrolik@uvm.edu Dr. Jeff Marshall (Mechanical Engineering) |
| Office Hours: | email for an appointment |
| Co-requisite: | ENGR 002: Graphical Communication |
| Course Objectives: | |
| Text: | None |
| Grading: | Lecture Attendance: 10% Engineer Interview: 10% Short Essays: 10% WebCT Quizzes/Surveys: 10% Laboratory Assignments: 15% Team Design Project: 45% |
Grade Scale: | A [90, 100] B [80, 90] C [70, 80] D [60, 70] F [0, 60] breaks within above ranges are used to set +/- |
| Topics: | Course introduction Alternative energy sources Wireless sensors and energy harvesting Engineering design process Opportunities while at UVM Opportunities outside UVM EE and ME student organizations and senior projects Local companies working in the energy area |
| General: | The theme for this course will be the interdisciplinary nature of
engineering where we will use the topic of alternative energy systems to
demonstrate how EEs and MEs in practice work together. The course consists
of weekly lectures and lab sessions. The instructor will post all essay questions, lab assignments, solutions, and additional material at the WebCT site for this class. This can be found at: http://webct.uvm.edu/ Throughout the semester, the instructor will give students feedback on how they are progressing in the course. |
| Lecture: | Lecture attendance will count 10% towards the final grade. Students will conduct and present the findings of an interview. The interviewee need not currently be a practicing engineer, but must have received a B.S. in engineering. The interview project will count 10% of the student's final grade and details will be due around the midpoint of the semester. This course will also utilize articles from the Atlantic Monthly throughout the semester. Given that Energy is a timely topic, we expect that the Atlantic Monthly will have pertinent pieces related to the course. Each student will receive three issues of the magazine and we will incorporate relevant content in our lectures and labs. Students will further explore/debate the content of these articles and other lecture material in short essays. These essays will count 10% towards the final grade. Another 10% of your grade will come from quizzes and surveys that will be conducted onlinethrough WebCT. |
| Labs: | Students will also participate in weekly
hands-on laboratory exercises. Some activities will be performed individually,
but most will be team-based exercises. Teams may be assigned or self-selected depending on the activity. Lab assignments will account for 15% of the final grade. In addition, students will work in teams to design their own energy harvesting and monitoring system. They will fabricate, test and demonstrate their working systems and document and present their results. The team design project will be graded based on completion of interim tasks in conjunction with peer evaluation and is worth the remaining 45% of the final grade. |
| Attendance: | Class and lab attendance WILL be checked. Furthermore students are expected to be active participants in this class. |
| Plagiarism: | Any students found giving and/or receiving assistance on Quizzes will receive a failing grade for the course. Any students found signing attendance sheets for another student will face similar discipline. However, students are encouraged to work together and to exchange ideas when working on their lab projects. Students must be sure to reference their work properly, including all web sources. UVM's policy on honesty is clearly defined and can be found at http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmppg/ppg/acad/other/honesty.htm |
| ADA: | Students with disabilities should contact the instructor as soon as possible regarding necessary accommodations. |
| ABET Matrix:
0 – no contribution |
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