EGR 105 Foundations of Engineering I

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EGR 105 Foundations of Engineering I

• Fall 2007 Week 1
• Introduction

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EGR105 Week 1 Topics

• Syllabus
• Comments on engineering
• Project concept
• Assignment 1

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Syllabus

• Goals
• Instructor, website
• Class format, schedule
• Kirk Auditorium Lectures
• Grading
• Computer accounts
• Project

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Engineering Quad
EGR105 classroom
Kelley Hall
Gilbreth Hall
My office
Engineering Computer center
Crawford Hall
Wales Hall
Kirk Center
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Bliss Hall
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EGR105 Week 1 Topics

• Syllabus
• Comments on engineering
• Project concept
• Assignment 1

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What is engineering?
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Engineering is

• turning ideas into reality
• the art of applying scientific and mathematical
  principles, experience, judgment, and common
  sense to make things that benefit people.

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What do engineers do?
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Engineers work in

• Analysis modeling of physical systems
• Design solving a problem
• Testing showing that design meets requirements
• Sales liaison to the customer
• Management project oversight
• Development reusing existing principles
• Research asking and solving new problems
• more

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Why study engineering?
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A career in engineering can bring

• Job satisfaction
• A variety of career opportunities
• Challenging work
• The potential to benefit society
• Financial security
• An avenue for expressing your creativity

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Is engineering a popular majorin college?
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Not really, 1998 college graduates
Major Number Percentage
Business 249,960 20.8
Social Science 110,806 9.2
Education 111,010 9.3
Applied Science 107,256 8.9
Humanities 86,887 7.2
Engineering 60,914 5.1
Totals 1,199,579 100
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Is there a most popular engineering major?
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Ocean Engineering is very small nationally
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More Recent Data
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EGR105 Week 1 Topics

• Syllabus
• Comments on engineering
• Project concept
• Assignment 1

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EGR105 Week 1 Topics

• Syllabus
• Comments on engineering
• Project concept
• Assignment 1

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General Goal of the Project

• Show by designing and analyzing a demonstration
  that math and science allow us to predict the
  bungee jump

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Bungee Jumping

• History
• General goal of the
• project

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General Goal of the Project

• Bungee jumping is thrilling, yet scary !!
• Some deaths have occurred
• Show by designing and analyzing a demonstration
  that it can be
• safe
• predictable

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EGR105 Week 1 Topics

• Syllabus
• Comments on engineering
• Project concept
• Assignment 1

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Assignment 1

• Team formation
• Identify an hour once per week outside of class
  for meetings
• Exchange e-mail addresses
• Team roster to me today before you leave
• Individual homework
• Web research on bungees
• Find an interesting site
• Write a 2-3 sentence summary of whats there
• E-mail your summary and the link to me

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Budget your time Fill out this form
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Grades
Attendance/participation 25 Reports 25 Homewo
rk 25 Team project 25
Attendance includes the 13 weeks of class and
the Kirk Auditorium lectures, Participation
includes class discussions. Reports are a one
paragraph summary of the Cherry Auditorium
Lectures. Your best 5 grades on the reports are
used to calculate your reports grade. Homework
is graded on a 10-point scale with points lost
for late submission. (homework due the following
week.)
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Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity The following quote from
Prof. Taggart's Egr106 web site applies.
According to URI's policy on academic integrity,
"cheating is the claiming of credit for
work not done independently." While
students are encouraged to help each other in
completing homework assignments, each student
is expected to submit work that they have
developed on their own. Submission of
duplicate copies is not acceptable.

If you use someone else's work, you have to
get their permission and acknowledge it on the
work and in the your report and presentation.