IntroEngineering.org is a wiki community for instructors of first-year engineering courses. Originally developed as a support site for a textbook, both the author and publisher have decided to make it open to the community.
1. IntroEngineering.org:
A Structured Wiki Community for
Instructors of First‐Year Engineering Courses
Jay Brockman
Associate Dean of Engineering
University of Notre Dame
8. Learning Objectives for EG 111/112 at ND
• Understand what engineering is and how it is practiced.
– societal context
– relationships and differences between disciplines
– relationships to mathematics and the sciences
• Develop and apply fundamental engineering skills.
– problem solving;
– communications;
– computer skills.
• Gain practical design experience.
– as part of a multidisciplinary team
9. EG 111/112 Project Modules
• Four half‐semester project modules
– Introduce the project specifications and
show how the system can be decomposed.
– Introduce background required to model
system behavior.
– Use the engineering models to make
design decisions.
– Build, test, and demonstrate the design,
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12. Introduction to Engineering: Modeling and Problem Solving
by Jay Brockman, published by John Wiley & Sons
• Part 1: The Engineering Mindset
– 3 chapters
• Part 2: Model‐Based Design
– 5 chapters
• Part 3: Engineering Modeling with
MATLAB
– 4 chapters
IntroEngineering.org originally developed as support site
for book, but the author and publisher have decided to
open it to the community
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Discussion
Discussion
Book Chapter Discussion
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ABET Program Learning
ABET Program Learning Solution
ABET Program Learning Solution
Outcome Objective Problem
Outcome Objective Problem
Outcome Objective Problem
Project Rubric
Project
Project
Course Module
Module Module
Module Module
MATLAB
MATLAB
MATLAB
Model
Model
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