“Creativity to the neXt power”
Gabriel Ituarte
Tim Lee
Monica Leung
Gloria Lo
Ed Robelo
Lupe Segura
Mariana Sierra
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Overview
Design Process Steps:
1. Definition
2. Research
3. Brainstorm
4. Vote
5. Focus
6. Delegate
7. Prototype
8. Test –survey
9. Refine
10. Present
5/5/2003
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Step 1: Define
To create a new undergraduate major that:
•Fosters creativity with applications in today’s world.
•Hands-on and project-oriented
•Meaningful and interesting
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Step 2:
Research
• Internet
• Surveys
• Course Catalogs
• Asking others
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Step 3:
Brainstorm
Step 4:
Vote
After our first brainstorming session we voted on the following top
ten Design ideas:
1. Design Engineering
6. Food/Culinary Eng.
2. Home Engineering
7. Ergonomic Engineering
3. Criminology/Forensic Eng.
8. Music/Acoustic Eng.
4. Game Engineering
9. Energy Resource Eng.
5. Sports Engineering
10. Animation/Graphics Eng.
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Step 5, 6, 7-Focus, Delegate & Prototype
Acoustics
Engineering
Applied Strategic
Game Engineering
Study of sound,
optics, vibration
and noise, how
these are
generated, their
relationship to
music and how
they can be
enhanced and
suppressed.
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Involves Design
and strategic
decision
making. It is the
application of
statistical and
design
principles.
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Forensic and
Criminology
Engineering
The investigation
and analysis of
criminal cases, as
well as the
reconstruction of
failures in buildings,
structures, vehicles,
and other systems
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Step 8: Test
Survey Results
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
One survey designed for each
group:
1. Prospective students
2. Family and friends
3. Employers
0.65 * (Prospective students) + 0.15 * (Family and friends)
+ 0.2 * (Employers)
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Sample Survey Questions
(Scale: 1 – strongly disagree, 7 – strongly agree)
Students:
When accidents or malfunctions happen, I am curious
as to why and how.
Employers:
I believe there exists a sufficiently large market for the
investigation and reconstruction of crimes and
engineering failures.
Family & friends:
Well-designed games are important in a child’s
development, both physically and mentally.
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Cal freshmen
and sophmores
29
Employers
10
Family and
friends
30
High school
students
21
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Survey Results – Round 1
6
5.54
5.33
5
4.57
4
3
2
1
0
ASGE
Define
Research
Brainstorm
AE
Vote
Focus
Delegate
F&CE
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Survey Results – Round 2
(10 more Cal freshmen and sophomores)
5.6
5.56
5.55
5.5
5.45
5.4
5.35
5.31
5.3
5.25
5.2
5.15
ASGE
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
F&CE
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Forensics and Criminology Engineering
The teaching and research activities of the Department of
Forensics and Criminology Engineering (F&CE) concern
the investigation and analysis of criminal cases, as well as
the reconstruction of accidents and failures in machines,
structures, and other systems.
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
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Topics
This agenda covers a broad range of specialized
disciplines, including:
- Genetics, cell physiology, and cell anatomy
- Computer science, networks, and systems
- Statics and dynamics
- Microstructure/physical/ properties of
materials
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
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Specializations
Due to its multidisciplinary nature, F&CE has been
broken down into three specialized paths:
- Option I Failure Analysis
- Option II Bio-Chemical Analysis
- Option III Computer Forensics
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Curriculum
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall
Spring
SENIOR YEAR
Fall
Spring
E190, Technical Communication
3
-
Statistics 134, Concepts of Probability
3
-
F&CE 180, Senior Project
-
4
F&CE 100- Computer Simulation
-
3
F&CE Electives
6
6
IEOR 165, Engineering Statistiscs
3
-
Total
15
15
Civil Eng130, Mechanics of Materials
-
3
F&CE 110, Evaluation of Evidence
3
-
Legal Studies 170 – Crime and Criminal
-
3
F&CE Electives
6
6
Total
15
15
in Forensics Engineering
Justice
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
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Option I- Failure Analysis
The study of determining how and why
entities (such as structures and vehicles)
fail. Students will analyze material
damage, mechanical failures and the
reconstruction of crimes.
Lower Division
Upper Division
•E45-Properties of materials
•Civil Engineering
•E36-Statics
•Mechanical Engineering
•E37-Dynamics
•F&CE 125 Deformation and
Fracture of Materials
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Option II-Bio-Chemical Analysis
The students learn the techniques to
investigate evidence from DNA
sequences, polymorphic proteins and
enzymes and antigenic variants found
in various body fluids and samples.
Lower Division
Upper Division
•Biology 1A
•Chemical Engineering
•Biology 1B
•Toxicology
•Chemistry 3A
•Molecular and Cell Biology
•Bio Engineering
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
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Option III- Computer Forensics
Students will study data identification, recovery,
despoliation, security, and validation.
Graduates can apply these concepts to
computer fraud, hacking, identity theft, and
other electronic crimes
Lower Division
Upper Division
• CS61A-Intro to Programming
and Computer Science
•Electrical Engineering
•CS61B-Fundamental
dynamic data structures
•Computer Science
•CS61C-Operation of Digital
Computers
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
•Information Mgmt. Systems
Focus
•F&CE 121-Information Data
Tracking
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
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Website
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
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Comments of prototype
“In my first year, I don’t feel that I am informed enough to help
me decide on which specific area I want to pursue, so that I
can take the prerequisites that I need to take”.
- Andres (MCB)
“I’m curious to hear from professionals in this field because I
don’t know much about it”.
- Natalie (ME)
“Is Law Enforcement an Engineering practice?”
- Dan (EECS)
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Step 9-Refinements
•A F&CE freshman seminar was added to give students an
opportunity to explore the 3 F&CE options
•The 4 sub-majors were reduced to 3 because investigation and
law enforcement were not considered engineering disciplines
•A course in engineering ethics is now to be taken in the
second year instead of the fourth year.
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Conclusions
Define
1.
Survey: ask questions that a person cannot automatically
say “yes” or “no” to. Creating a survey is not as easy as we
thought.
2.
“Persona” should also be given in the context of the user,
employer and professor
3.
During brainstorming, keep all ideas. After you eliminate an
idea, it may still be used later on, specially after feedback.
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions
“Creativity to the neXt power”
Define
Research
Brainstorm
Vote
Focus
Delegate
Prototype
Test
Refine
Conclusions