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ENGR 120 (004) Engineering Problem Solving I Fall, 2003 |
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Class |
Date |
Topics |
Homework Assignments |
Reading Assignments |
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1 |
Monday, 9/8/03 |
Course & Instructor Introduction, Engineering Profession |
Read Eide, Chap 1 |
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2 |
Wednesday, 9/10/03 |
Engineering Profession Lab 1 |
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Read Eide, Chap 4 |
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3 |
Monday, 9/15/03 |
Data Analysis from Lab 1, Learning in Teams |
Eide* 1.5, 1.6, 1.10 |
Read Eide, Chap 6 |
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4 |
Wednesday, 9/17/03 |
Dimensions, Units, & Conversions, Problem Solving Strategies |
Lab Report 1 Due |
Read Eide, Chap 3 |
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5 |
Monday, 9/22/03 |
Engineering Solutions, Engineering Format, Sketching |
Eide 6.14, 6.15, 6.27 |
Review Excel tutorial, Read Excel Ch 1 & 2 |
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6 |
Wednesday, 9/24/03 |
Excel, More Engineering Problems |
Eide 3.8, 3.11, 3.21, 3.27 |
Read Eide, Chap 5 |
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7 |
Monday, 9/29/03 |
Engineering Approximations and Estimations |
Excel † 2.8, 2.14, 2.17 |
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8 |
Wednesday, 10/1/03 |
More Estimation, Excel,Review Session |
Estimation Problem |
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9 |
Monday, 10/6/03 |
Test 1 |
Read Excel, Ch 3 |
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10 |
Wednesday, 10/8/03 |
Test 1 Review, Excel |
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11 |
Monday, 10/13/03 |
Representation of Technical Data, Problem Definition |
Eide 4.9, 4.11 |
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12 |
Wednesday,10/15/03 |
Representation of Technical Data, Sketching, Excel |
Excel 3.4, 3.7, 3.12, 3.20 |
Read Eide, Chap 8 Read Excel, Chap 6 |
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13 |
Monday, 10/20/03 |
Linear Regression , Sketching |
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14 |
Wednesday,10/22/03 |
Descriptive Statistics, Histograms,Sketching |
Eide 8.16, 8.18, 8.25 |
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15 |
Monday, 10/27/03 |
Normal Distribution |
Excel 6.13 |
Read Excel, Chap 8 |
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16 |
Wednesday,10/29/03 |
Trend lines with EXCEL |
Eide 8.7, 8.9 Excel 6.14, 6.15 |
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17 |
Monday, 11/3/03 |
Lab 2 |
Excel 8.3, 8.19, 8.20, 8.25 |
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18 |
Wednesday, 11/5/03 |
Analysis of Lab 2 Data with Excel |
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19 |
Monday, 11/10/03 |
Review Session |
Lab 2 Report Due |
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20 |
Wednesday,11/12/03 |
Test 2 |
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21 |
Monday, 11/17/03 |
Review and Preview |
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Homework assignments will be due at 2:00 on the date shown unless otherwise indicated.
Tutorials are located at http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/tutorials
* Eide refers to Eide, A.R., R.D. Jenison, L.H. Mashaw, and L.L. Northrop. 2002. Engineering Fundamentals and Problem- Solving, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Publishers.
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Excel refers to Gottfried, Byron. 2003. Spreadsheet Tools for Engineers Using Excel. McGraw-Hill.