|
E 10 Introduction to Engineering
This site may evolve
throughout the semester, so check back frequently.
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)
Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF files can be downloaded
directly from http://www.adobe.com/.
|