ME 0843 Technology Transformations
Fall 2013 v.6 10 27 13
Schedule
wk
Dates
1
8/27
& 29
Introduction
Watt, Telford, and the British
Beginnings
2
9/3
&5
Steamboat and the Mississippi,
Drag and Power, Lowell, Francis,
and Water Power as Energy
The Innovators Ch 3,4,5
3
9/10
& 12
The Innovators Ch 6,8,9
4
9/17
& 19
5
9/24
& 26
Steel, Railroads, Bridges, and
Structures. Carnegie, steel,
strength of materials.
Henry, Morse, the Telegraph,
Ohm’s Law, Bell and the
Telephone
Edison, electric light, Joule’s Law,
Tesla, Westinghouse, electric
power, AC & DC, parallel and
series circuits
Review
Mid-term ON BLACKBOARD
10/8: no class; see assignment on
Blackboard; 10/10 LAB
6
7
10/1
&3
10/8
& 10
Topics
Reading (do this BEFORE the first class of
that week)
The Innovators Ch 1&2
The Innovators Ch 7
Power, Speed, and Form, Ch 1 and 3
The Innovators, Ch 10
Power, Speed, and Form, Ch 2;
Lab 1. Conservation of Mass and Energy
Homework
Due by midnight
HW1: Chapter 1:
2,3,4,6,7a&b
Chapter 2: 1a,b,c, 2a&b, 3,
4a&b, 7a,b,c DUE 8/29
HW 2: Chapt 3:
1a,c,d
Chap 4: 3
Chap 5: 1 a&b DUE 9/5
HW 3: Chapter 6,8,9 as
assigned on Blackboard
DUE 9/12
HW 4: Chapter 7,10 as
assigned on Blackboard
DUE 9/26
Labs / Final Report
(homework covers weeks 4
& 5)
HW 5:Patents assignment
DUE 10/10 midnight
Approve project
topics by 10/8
Dates
8
9
10/15
& 17
10/22
& 24
Topics
Rockefeller, oil refining,
10
10/29
& 31
11
11/5 &
7
12
11/12
& 14
13
11/19
& 21
Henry Ford, automobile
assembly line, and mass
production, and the modern
auto
The Wright Brothers, the
airplane, jet airplanes, lift and
drag
Radio, television, and
electronics
11/7 LAB
Computers, the internet, food
engineering, refrigeration, air
conditioning: Engineering
Medical Technology
Presentations – days 1 and 2 of
3
14
11/26
Final presentations day 3 of 3
15 12/3
*Reading (read BEFORE the first class of
that week)
Power, Speed, and Form Ch 4
Homework
LAB Results DUE 10/17
midnight
Power, Speed and Form, Ch 5
Abstract due 10/24
midnight
Power, Speed and Form, Ch 6 AND 10
HW 6: Business plan DUE
10/31 midnight
Power, Speed, and Form, Ch 7
HW 7: Complete summary
chart wks 8 & 9 DUE 11/7
midnight
HW 8: Complete summary
chart wks 10,11,12 DUE
11/14 midnight
Lectures on Blackboard
Labs / Final Report
See presentation schedule posted on
Blackboard
If you are scheduled to present on11/19
then only the presentation part of your
project must be ready before the 21st.
Lab 2. Series and
Parallel Circuits; lab
groups (in class)
All parts of the
project due midnight
11/21
Review for Final
SCHEDULE FOR FINAL EXAM:
FINAL WILL BE ON BLACKBOARD
9:30AM class Th 12/12 8AM;
See Blackboard for supplemental articles that provide additional background and may be assigned
11AM class Tu 12/10 10:30AM