Welcome to Engineering!
APSC-100 introduction
National Academy of Engineering:
Grand Challenges for coming decades
Make Solar Energy Economical
Provide Energy from Fusion
Prevent Nuclear Terror
Restore and Improve Urban
Develop Carbon Sequestration
Infrastructure
Methods
Reverse Engineer the Brain
Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
Enhance Virtual Reality
Provide Access to Clean Water
Advance Personalized Learning
Engineer Better Medicines
Engineer the Tools of Scientific
Advance Health Informatics
Discovery
Secure Cyberspace
http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/
National Academy of Engineering:
Grand Challenges for coming decades
Make Solar Energy Economical
Provide Energy from Fusion
Prevent Nuclear Terror
Restore and Improve Urban
Develop Carbon Sequestration
Infrastructure
Methods
Reverse Engineer the Brain
Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
Enhance Virtual Reality
Provide Access to Clean Water
Advance Personalized Learning
Engineer Better Medicines
Engineer the Tools of Scientific
Advance Health Informatics
Discovery
Secure Cyberspace
What skills do engineers need?
Technical knowledge and vocabulary
Experimentation
Data analysis
Effective communication
Independent learning
Design
Project management
Team skills
How first year gets you there...
Basic
science &
math
Year 4
Lab
courses
Employment or further studies!
Design
Tech
Comm
Ethics
Teamwork
Communications
Specialized
Year 3 technical
theory and
skills
Design
Year 2
APSC-190
Measurement
Year 1
APSC-100
Important items as you start your
semester
• Professional behaviour at Queen’s University
• Moodle – student course management system
Professional code of conduct
Engineers have a duty to act with:
• fairness and loyalty to associates, employers,
clients, subordinates and employees,
• fidelity to public needs,
• devotion to high ideals of personal honour and
professional integrity,
and,
• not attempt to gain an advantage over other
practitioners
• give proper credit for engineering work
Professional Engineers Ontario Code of Ethics,
Section 77 of the O. Reg. 941
Expectations for instructors and
students
• You expect instructors to:
– help you develop professional and technical skills
required of engineers
– clearly explain the expectations in the Applied
Science program
– stay current in their fields, and ensure that the
time you spend here helps you develop as an
engineer
• We expect students to:
– Respect rights of other students to learn, in class
and out
– Act with integrity in academic matters
Moodle
Course Management System
What Are we using Moodle for?
•Submitting deliverables
•Calendar
•Course Information
•Tracking grades
What’s expected of you?
•Be aware of the resources on
moodle
•Stay current with information
on moodle
•Submit deliverables according
to moodle instructions
https://moodle.engineering.queensu.ca
Moodle
Weekly
Outline
Calendar –
most due dates
are displayed
here
Course tools
Events
A Typical Week on Moodle
Your courses
Events
Items Due
that week.
Submitting an Assignment
Click on the
assignment
you want to
submit
Assignment 1 submission
Assignment
you are
submitting
Directions
for the
assignment
Due Date
for the
assignment
Where you
upload your
file
Viewing your Grades
Click
on
grades
Your grades will
be shown here.
You can click on an
assignment to see
feedback
APSC-100 Overview
APSC-100 is designed to help YOU
build professional skills
APSC-100 is designed to :
• Foster creativity, and help you appreciate the openended nature of engineering work
• Develop engineering skills
– Design
– Communications
– Teamwork
– Measurement and analysis
– Project management
– Information literacy for independent learning
APSC-100: People
Course coordinator
Module 2 coordinator
Prof. Brian Frank
BMH-305
Prof. Lynann Clapham
brian.frank@queensu.ca
BMH-304
academic@appsci.queensu.ca
Program Associate
Julie Boudreau
Program Assistant:
boudreauj@appsci.queensu.ca
Aphra Rogers
leacha@physics.queensu.ca
BMH-300
APSC-100: Two Modules
Fall 2009
Module 2: Introduction to Experimentation
Winter 2010
Module 1: Team Design Projects
You can ignore all Module 1 information until
January!!!