Schedule
Date | Topic | Due | i | S |
15-May | An introduction to engineering | |||
17-May | Introduction to Technical Communication | |||
22-May | “Solving” differential equations | |||
24-May | Audience; Writing a Proposal | |||
29-May | Actual circuits and why they work that way | |||
31-May | Writing the Heading, Foreword, and Summary | Homework I | 5 | 5 |
5-Jun | Electricity | |||
7-Jun | Writing the Project Proposal | |||
12-Jun | Creating Figures and Tables | Quiz 1 & 2 | 15 | 20 |
14-Jun | Project Part A | Project Demo 1 | 10 | 30 |
19-Jun | Interfaces and materials | |||
21-Jun | Writing Experimental Procedures | Homework II | 5 | 35 |
25-Jun | Writing the Findings and Conclusions | Quiz 3 | 5 | 40 |
26-Jun | Mechanics | |||
28-Jun | Technical Arguments | Progress Report 1 | 5 | 45 |
2-Jul | An exercise with intellectual property | |||
3-Jul | Chemistry | |||
5-Jul | Presenting Technical Information | Homework III | 5 | 50 |
9-Jul | Sentence and Idea Combining | |||
10-Jul | A “murder board” | |||
12-Jul | Presentations | Presentation 1; Progress Report 2 | 10 | 60 |
16-Jul | Presentations | |||
17-Jul | Manufacturing | |||
19-Jul | Peer Review of Progress Reports | Homework IV | 5 | 65 |
23-Jul | Sustainability | |||
24-Jul | Infrastructure | |||
26-Jul | Presentations | Presentation 2 | 5 | 70 |
31-Jul | Presentations | Progress Report 3 | 10 | 80 |
2-Aug | Ethics in Engineering | |||
7-Aug | A philosophy of engineering | Participation | 5 | 85 |
8-Aug | Design Expo; Project Part B | Project Demo 2 | 15 | 100 |
The Design Expo
Class playlist
- “This is America” by Childish Gambuno
- “Wait For It” by Lin Manuel Miranda
- “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Beat Circus
- “The Hands That Thieve” by Streetlight Manifesto
- “Viva La Persistence” by Kimya Dawson
- “Legend” by The Score
- “Lost in the World” by Kanye West
- “Knucklehugs (Arm Yourself With Love)” by Diablo Swing Orchestra
- “Nevada City Serenade” by Mischief Brew
- “Belmont” by Blackbird Raum
- “Seneca Falls” by The Distillers
- “Your Country” by Gogol Bordello
- “Things That Stop You Dreaming” by Passenger
- “Lean-To” by O’Death