Fall 2008

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Wed 4:00 - 4:50 pm, Kim 1110, 1 credit
Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering
 GOAL – to provide an overview of engineering
 Its role in addressing challenges of our society and economy
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The diversity of engineering fields
How different portions of engineering, science, and social science interact
How engineers think and work
What’s exciting about engineering practice
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Gary W. Rubloff
Director, Maryland Nanocenter
Minta Martin Professor of Engineering
Dept of Materials Science & Engineering
Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fischell Dept of Bioengineering
Institute for Systems Research
Institute for Research in Electronics &
Applied Physics
Gary W. Rubloff
2145 AV Williams x52949 rubloff@umd.edu
www.rubloffgroup.umd.edu
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Registration: ENES 182, 1 credit
Wed 4:00 – 4:50 pm, Kim 1110
Office hours: email exchange and by appointment
Instructors
 Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering
 Exciting, entertaining lectures posted to Blackboard by or soon after class
Requirements for course, basis for grading
 (1/3) Attendance – check-in sheet (mark for yourself only)
 (1/3) Participation – submit comments & questions to Blackboard
Discussion Board, at least for ½ of the lectures
 (1/3) Short report (6 pages double spaced):
(a) Summarize challenging engineering challenges in the field from one of the lectures you heard
(b) Describe how the lectures influenced your thinking about choice of major and career interest
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Concept
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Explained in words and simple pictures
Little if any math or graphs
Applications
 Show where concept matters in our lives and careers
“Come to my lab”
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Experience the research and lab through pictures, videos, and lab tours
See what students do in experiments
 Learn about a few major advances and their impact
Pointers for further interest
 Simpler professional magazines useful for your reports
Questions and discussion
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 https://bb.eng.umd.edu
bb-help@umd.edu
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