EGN-1002 - Introduction
By Wilmer Arellano
Syllabus
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EGN 1002 Engineering Orientation
Summer 2013
Instructor: Wilmer Arellano
Office: EC 3834
Office Phone: X-74905 (during office hours only) (305-348-4905)
Office Hours: T, TR: 2:10 PM - 5:30 PM (by appointment)
Classroom: EC 1104
Class Schedule: T, TR: 10:50 AM – 2:10 PM
Course Website: web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano
Email: arellano@fiu.edu
Department Phone: (305) 348-2807
Syllabus
• Text Book: Not Required
• References:
• Philip Kosky, George Wise, Robert Balmer, William
Keat. (2010). Elsevier. Exploring Engineering.
(Second Edition) ISBN: 978-0-12-374723-5
• Kirk D. Hagen. (2009). Prentice Hall. Introduction to
Engineering Analysis (Third Edition). eText ISBN-10:
0-13-208484-8 Print ISBN-10: 0-13-601772-X
• William C. Oakes, Les L. Leone and Craig J. (2006).
Gunn. Engineering your Future (5th Edition).
Michigan: Great Lakes Press, Inc./ Sheridan Books,
Inc. ISBN 978-1-881018-86-5
Syllabus
• Course Objectives:
• After completing this course, students are
expected to have learned the following:
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The specialization areas and professional
organizations for engineers
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How an engineer plans and completes a project
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Basic computer tools used by engineers
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How to write a technical report
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How to prepare and give an effective oral
presentation
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How to work effectively within a team
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Professional Ethics
– 8.
Importance of Lifelong learning
Syllabus
Grading Policy
Class Participation
25%
Presentations
20%
First Project
20%
Notebook
10%
Second Project
25%
Total
100%
Grading Scale
A
95-100
B+
86-89
C+
76-79
D+
66-69
A-
90-94
B
83-85
C
73-75
D
63-65
B-
80-82
C-
70-72
D-
60-62
F
0-59
All assignments are due at the beginning of class. The following deductions apply.
Calendar days
15 Minutes to end of class
After class to 1 day
2 days
3 or more days
10 %
50 %
75 %
100 %
Missing Test Policy:
Syllabus
1. Make-up tests will be given only with official written confirmation of reasons.
2. Inform Instructor about the problem to make special arrangements by next class. You
may inform instructor about your problem by:
a. Sending an email to arellano@fiu.edu
b. Leaving a message at 305-348-4905
c. In Person
d. By means of a messenger
Failing to follow notification guidelines will make you non eligible for a make-up exam.
All excuses must be submitted in original and include contact .
3. Make-up test will be comprehensive
Homework Policy:
1. See table
Exam Policy:
1. Cheating in an examination will result in "F" in the course.
Departmental Incomplete Policy:
To qualify for an INCOMPLETE, a student:
1. Must contact (e.g., phone, e-mail, etc.) the instructor or secretary before or during missed portion of class.
2. Must be passing the course prior to that part of the course that is not completed.
3. Must have documented circumstances beyond his/her control.
4. Must make up the incomplete work through the instructor of the course.
5. Must see the Instructor. All missed work must be finished before last two weeks of the following term.
JUMP START 2013 Summer Opportunity
Program June 24- August 2, 2013
What is Jump Start?
Jump Start is a Summer B Enrichment Program for incoming freshman engineering
students. It consists of attending courses in a cohort of other engineering
students; classes are Freshman Orientation, English 1101, Engineering Orientation
and Math Enrichment. There is a required
non-creditMath course designed to help students evaluate and improve their
math level and skills before the Fall semester. Lastly, on Fridays there will be
workshops, lab tours to learn about research opportunities, and career services
training for resumes, internships and future employment.
STUDENTS MUST ATTEND ALL COURSES AND FUNCTIONS
Who is eligible?
Incoming Freshman Engineering Students Summer B, College Algebra level
When?
The program spans Monday through Friday finishing no later than 2:30 PM
Where?
Courses will be taught on the MMC Campus and at the Engineering Center
JUMP START 2013 Summer Opportunity
Program June 24- August 2, 2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9:30-11:45 AM
ENC 1101
2 sections
U12b-C(50624)
ECS 134
Christine Gregory
U19B-C( 50999)
PCA 165
Manuel Duasso
9:00-10:30 AM
Math
Enrichment
Carlos Smith
EC 1107
9:30-11:45 AM
ENC 1101
2 sections
U12b-C(50624)
ECS 134
Christine Gregory
U19B-C( 50999)
PCA 165
Manuel Duasso
9:00-10:30 AM
Math
Enrichment
Carlos Smith
EC 1107
9:30-11:45 AM
ENC 1101
2 sections
U12b-C(50624)
ECS 134
Christine Gregory
U19B-C( 50999)
PCA 165
Manuel Duasso
10:50-2:10 PM
EGN 1002
U03BC(53321)
EC 1104
WilmerArellano
12:00-1:40 PM
SLS 1501
U14B-C ( 55258)
CBC 142
Walter
Maldonado
U13B-C(50369)
PCA 171
Marco Gomez
10:50-2:10 PM 1:00-2:30 PM
EGN 1002
Friday Workshops
U03BEC 1109
C(53321)
EC 1104
WilmerArellano
12:00-1:40 PM
SLS 1501
U14B-C ( 55258)
CBC 142
Walter
Maldonado
U13B-C(50369)
PCA 171
Marco Gomez
Math Enrichment
with Professor
Emeritus Carlos Smith
from the University of
South Florida
Explore engineering
through math and
improve your math
skills
JUMP START 2013 Summer Opportunity
Program June 24- August 2, 2013
Why?
Jump Start is for incoming students to meet other engineering students to start
building a network, familiarize themselves with college resources and
opportunities, expand their horizons and improve academically
FRIDAY WORJKSHOPS
June 28- Tour Motorola Nano Fabrication Center
July 12- Career Services, Resumes, Jobs, Internships, Interviewing Skills, Dress for
Success
July 19- TBA
July 26- Pizza Party with Engineering
Program Questions? Contact: Stephanie Strange stephanie.strange@fiu.edu
Advising Questions? Contact Walter Maldonado walter.maldonado@fiu.edu
Attrition
• A factor, normally expressed as a
percentage, reflecting the degree of
losses of personnel or material due
to various causes within a specified
period of time.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/attrition+rate
Attrition
• The typical engineering major today
spends 18.5 hours per week
studying. The typical social sciences
major, by contrast, spends about
14.6 hours.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/why-students-leave-the-engineering-track/?_r=0
Attrition
• STEM fields (science, technology,
engineering, mathematics) have also
had less grade inflation than the
humanities and social sciences have
in the last several decades.
Attrition
• Roughly fifty percent of the students who begin in
engineering leave the field before receiving their
engineering degree.
• Typically half of this attrition occurs during the first
year.
• Its causes may vary widely from student to student
e.g.
– disinterest in the field of engineering,
– lack of fundamental preparation,
– lack of confidence to succeed.
Engineering Attrition: Student Characteristics and Educational Initiatives
Larry J. Shuman, Cheryl Delaney, Harvey Wolfe, and Alejandro Scalise
University of Pittsburgh
Mary Besterfield-Sacre
University of Texas – El Paso
Attrition
• A recent study of 113
undergraduates who left engineering
in 2004, 2007, and 2008 points to
three key reasons:
– poor teaching and advising;
– the difficulty of the engineering curriculum;
– and a lack of “belonging” within engineering.
http://www.asee.org/retention-project/keeping-students-in-engineering-a-research-guide-to-improving-retention
ABET Defines Engineering as:
• The profession in which knowledge of the
– mathematical and
– natural sciences,
• gained by
– study,
– experience, and
– practice,
• is applied with judgment to develop ways to
use, economically, the materials and forces
of nature for the benefit of mankind.
Engineering at FIU
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School of Computing and Information Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Construction Management
Electrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Keeping a Notebook
Why is it important to keep a
notebook?
• Some times instructors follow many different
books and finding all the sources the instructor
used may be difficult
• It is useful as a guideline for studying
• As you are using your handwriting and listening
simultaneously memory improves
• It helps to keep you awake
• My exams are open notebook, the notebook is
the only document you can use in the tests
How strict is the Notebook
evaluation?
• I will check that you keep the Notebook orderly
• I will check the notebooks during the second
exam
– No late reviews will be allowed
• You need to keep it regularly
• Notebooks have to be hand written, no
photocopies or printed material will be allowed
• Do not bring photocopies or printed material to
the test you will get an “F” in the test.
Table of Contents
• Get a numbered notebook or
number the pages by hand
• Use the first or second page as a
table of contents
• Table of contents entries must
include date, topic and page #
General Analysis Procedure and
Calculator Policy
Calculator Policy
General Analysis Procedure
• The following procedure is
recommended for exams and
homework
General Analysis Procedure
• The general analysis procedure consists of the
following seven steps.
1. Problem Statement The problem statement is a written
description of the analytical problem to be solved. It
should be written clearly, concisely. and logically.
2. Diagram The diagram is a sketch. drawing. or schematic of
the system being analyzed. Typically. it is a simplified
pictorial representation of the actual system, showing only
those aspects of the system that are necessary to perform
the analysis.
General Analysis Procedure
3. Assumptions Engineering analysis almost always
involves some assumptions. Assumptions are
special assertions about the physical
characteristics of the problem that simplify or
refine the analysis.
4. Governing Equation. All physical systems may be
described by mathematical relations. Governing
equations are those mathematical relations that
specifically pertain to the physical system being
analyzed.
General Analysis Procedure
5. Calculations In this step. the solution is generated
• First, the solution is developed algebraically as far as
possible.
• Then numerical values of known physical quantities
are substituted for the corresponding algebraic
variables.
6. Solution Check This step is crucial. Immediately
after obtaining the result, examine it carefully.
Using established knowledge of similar analytical
solutions and common sense, try to ascertain
whether the result is reasonable.
General Analysis Procedure
7. Discussion After the solution has been
thoroughly checked and corrected, discuss the
result.
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The discussion may include an assessment of the
assumptions
Introduce Yourself
Outline
• Relevant information about your recent pre-college
achievements, activities, and experiences.
• Statements of your character supported by details of your
achievements.
• The employer will be looking for what reasons motivated you
to become an engineer.
• Your position about the greatest engineering challenges in the
near future.
Support
• Claims about your character must be
supported by details of your
achievements, activities and
experiences as a high school and
time as engineering student.
Motivations
• The employer will be looking for what
reasons motivated you to become an
engineer
• Family related,
• Designing objects always interested you,
• You know an engineer who motivated
you
Awareness
• The employer will be looking for your
position about the greatest challenges that
the engineering disciplines must face in the
near future.
• Select one topic and present your position.
You could use as a reference the links
bellow. This section should be at least half
of the essay.
– http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/challenges.as
px
Body Language
Kinesics
Kinesics: The study of nonlinguistic bodily
movements, such as gestures and facial
expressions, as a systematic mode of
communication.
The non verbal aspects of communication have
been broadly studied only since 1960.
The principle of serviceable associated
Habits
The principle of Antithesis
Gesture Clusters
• The verbal channel conveys information.
• The non verbal channel is used for negotiating
interpersonal attitudes.
• The non verbal channel can be up to 5 times greater
• When the verbal and non-verbal channels are
incongruent; the verbal channel may be disregarded.
The Zones
The Zones
Elevators Rule
• You are not permitted to speak to anyone, including a person
you know.
• You must avoid eye contact with others at all times.
• You are to maintain a ‘poker face’, no emotion is permitted to
be displayed.
• If you have a book or newspaper, you must appear to be
deeply engrossed in it.
• The bigger the crowd, the less the body movement you are
permitted to make.
• In elevators, you are compelled to watch the floor numbers
above your head.
The Basics and the Origins
Some gestures can be traced
to our primitive animal past.
As in the case of hostile
gesture of baring the teeth.
Most of the basic
communications gestures
are the same all over the
world the as the shoulder
shrug to show that a person
does not know or does not
understand what you are
talking about
The Basics and the Origins
As verbal language differs
from culture to culture,
so the non verbal
language may also
some differences.
Some Positive & Negative
Expressions
Some Positive & Negative Expression
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Body Posture
Eyes
Arms, Hands and Legs
Hand to Face Gestures
Other Positive Signs
Body Posture
Relaxed posture and
breathing, no visible signs
of stiffness or abrupt
movements.
Salesmanship. "Do not turn
your upper body away from
the prospect. It doesn't
make you look casual; it
makes you look afraid,
uninterested, or even
unfriendly“
Eyes
Gazing at another's eyes
arouses strong emotions.
Thus, eye contact rarely
lasts longer than three
seconds.
Looking to all parts of the
audience and not staring at
just one particular person.
Not looking back at your visual
aid when talking about it.
Or reading too much from
your notes.
Palms
Whenever cavemen met, their
palms exposed to show that
no weapons were held or
concealed.
When someone begins to
open up or be truthful,
he/she will expose all or
part of his/her palms.
Most people find it difficult to
lie with their palms
exposed.
Positive Sign.
Negative sign.
Palms
Arms, Hands and Legs
Positive Language
Uncrossed arms, hands
and legs, palms up or
otherwise visible to the
other person. This is a
sign of openness.
Negative Language
Arms folded in the front
or hands on your hips.
This can indicate
dominance of the
speaker over the
audience, which can
hinder the audience
from listening to you.
Arms, Hands and Legs
Positive Language
Negative Language
Negative Language
Negative Language
Negative Language
Other Positive Signs
Negative Language
Positive Language
Talking in a monotonous tone
Smiling to the audience and/or
and with a lack of facial
adding humor to your speech.
expression.
Reducing the distance between
you and your audience Staying as far away as possible
from the audience.
indicates an interest in your
audience. Not using your hands is a sign
Talking with your hands, and of stiffness, which can create
particularly with palms open
boundaries in
show sincerity.
communication.
Hand to Face Gestures
In general, during your
presentation, avoid
touching your face,
head and neck. It can
be interpreted as a
negative sign or as a lie
indicator.
Speak no Evil
See no Evil
Hear no Evil