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E 10 Introduction to Engineering

Prof. BJ Furman


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Course Administration

·        Course Syllabus (doc)

·        Course Schedule (xls)

·        Blackboard Login Page

Lectures

·        What is Engineering? (ppt)

·        Engineering Success (ppt)

·        Professional Societies (ppt)

·        Industrial and Systems Engineering (ppt)

·        Energy and Power (ppt)

·        Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines (ppt)

·        Ron Swenson on Alternative Energy

·        Structures and Stiffness (ppt)

·        Whipsaw, Inc. – Design Process

·        Effective Design Engineer

·        The Engineering Design Process (ppt)

·        Electrical Power Sources (ppt)

·        Solar Cell Technology (ppt)

·        Fuel Cell Technology (ppt)

·        Engineering as a Profession (ppt)

·        Appropriate Technology (ppt)

·        Programming Concepts Part A - Variables, Decisions, Looping (ppt)

·        Programming Concepts Part B - Functions, Motors, Sensors (ppt)

·        Programming Concepts Part C – Go To Beacon (ppt)

·        Circuits and Signals (ppt)

·        Ethics Lecture 1 – Ethics and Engineering (ppt)

·        Ethics Lecture 2 – Building an Ethical Toolbox (ppt)

·        Ethics Lecture 3 – Ethical Issues for Student Engineers (ppt)

·        Ethics Lecture 4 – Emerging Ethical Issues for Engineers (ppt)

·        Review for the Final Exam (ppt)

·        Final Exam Answer Sheet Information (ppt)

Laboratory

-----------------------------------------Excel Project------------------------------------------------------------------

·        Excel Basics presentation (ppt)

·        Excel Plotting presentation (ppt)

·        Excel Lab 1 exercises (doc)

·        Excel Solver presentation (ppt)

·        Excel Solver exercise (doc)

-----------------------------------------Wind  Turbine Project------------------------------------------------------------------

·        Inventor 2008 – Introduction (ppt)

·        Inventor 2008 – Sketching and Modifying (ppt)

·        Inventor 2008 – Work Features: Planes, Lines, and Points (ppt)

·        Inventor 2008 – Extrude and Revolve (ppt)

·        Inventor 2008 – Sweep and Loft (ppt)

·        CAD Intro Lab – Exercises (doc)

·        Wind Turbine Hub (Inventor 2008 part file)

·        Modeling the Wind Turbine Blade (ppt)

·        How to Import Airfoils into Inventor 2008

·        Hugh Piggott’s web site – Scoraig Wind Electric (see ‘Blade Theory’ – excellent!)

·        Wind Turbine Power Measurement (doc)

·        Wind Turbine Project Guidelines (doc)

·        Wind Turbine Report Scoring Rubric (doc)

·        Wind Turbine Presentation Scoring Rubric (doc)

--------------------------------------------Solar and Fuel Cell Project---------------------------------------------------------

·        Solar Cell Characterization (doc)

·        Fuel Cell Car (doc)

-------------------------------------------------Robot Project------------------------------------------------------------------

·        Robot Project Guidelines (doc)

·        Squarebot Assembly Guide (http://www.vexlabs.com/docs/inventors-guide/main/2-structure.pdf)

·        Robotics Components and Terms (ppt)

·        Go To Beacon Files (zipped)

·        IRB Test files (zipped)

·        EasyC Environment Tutorial

·        Programming (Chapter 8 from the VEX Inventor’s Guide) (pdf) 33.2 MB, be patient!

·        VEX for the Technically Challenged

·        VEX website (http://www.vexlabs.com/)

·        Robot Project Report Guidelines (doc)

·        VEX kit contents (xls)

·        VEX parts log (xls)

Homework

·        HW #1 Energy and Power (doc)

·        HW #2 Wind Turbine and Solid Modeling (doc)

·        HW #3 Programming – Part 1 (doc)

Other Resources

·        Online Unit Conversion (http://www.onlineconversion.com/)

·        Excel Solver Examples (http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/excel-solver-examples.html)

·        Tools for Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) http://www.cpearson.com/excel/mainpage.aspx)

·        How to Solder (http://www.curiousinventor.com/guides/How_To_Solder)

·        Comments on E10 Lab Reports (doc)

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Last updated 12MAY2008 by BJ Furman