ABET COURSE DESCRIPTION

EG 10111 /10112: Introduction to Engineering Systems (Required)

Course Description: EG10111 / 10112. Introduction to Engineering Systems

A two-course sequence intended to introduce First Year intents to the engineering disciplines. Multidisciplinary projects are used to illustrate the application of engineering modeling, analysis and design principles to solve a variety of practical problems. The projects are intended to span areas of interest in all departments of the College of Engineering.

Lecture notes published on the web

Suggested readings based on web links

Faculty-in-charge: The course is directed from the Dean’s office by Dr. Leo McWilliams and Ms. Kerry Meyers.

Pre-requisites: Freshman standing

Co-requisite: Math 10550 or equivalent

Computer Usage
Students use MATLAB models in the first project for plotting and simple statistical computation. The second project is focused on students developing (individually) a significant computing project in MATLAB.  They do simple programming in NQC (not quite C) in the third project (second semester). The fourth project involves allowing the students to develop their own computer model using the computing method of their choice.

Laboratory Usage
In addition to two weekly lectures, each student is assigned to a “learning center” section that meets in the engineering learning center for 75 minutes each week.  Within these sessions, the students work on projects including testing of equipment, design of equipment, analysis of alternative solutions, and testing of final designs.

Contribution of Course to College Objectives
This course sequence was developed in response to the observation that the previous freshman course provided little insight for engineering intents as to the scope of the engineering disciplines or the skill sets used in engineering.  As such, the learning objectives are focused on providing insight, among the engineering intents, into engineering with subjects ranging from discussion of the various engineering disciplines to opportunities for the students to apply basic skill sets to open-ended problems.  As such the course provides students with an initial view of engineering as a career and the diversity of careers possible based on an engineering education.