E4: Introduction to Engineering Design
Design problems are, typically, open-ended and ill-structured.
Students work in small teams applying techniques for solving
design problems that are, normally, posed by not-for-profit
clients. The project work is enhanced with lectures and reading
on design theory and methods, project management techniques,
and engineering ethics. Enrollment limited to first-year
students and sophomores, or by permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: first-year students and sophomores,
or by permission of the instructor
E80: Experimental Engineering
A laboratory course designed to acquaint the student with
the basic techniques of instrumentation and measurement in both the
laboratory and in engineering field measurements. Emphasis on
experimental problem solving in real systems.
Prerequisites: Engineering 59 or permission of instructor
E119: Preliminary Design
This course examines the general principles
associated with functional analysis and preliminary design,
and applies these principles to a particular design problem.
Students in the course will be expected to demonstrate
competency in the application of functional analysis
techniques and setting of performance specifications,
design of artifacts to meet the functional specifications,
and documentation of successful designs. Students will be
offered a choice of several design problems, which may come
from one of the traditional engineering disciplines
(chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, etc.) or may cut
across several boundaries.
Prerequisites: None
E111-114: Clinic
Participation in engineering projects through
the Engineering Clinic. Emphasis is on design of solutions
for real problems, involving problem definition, synthesis
of concepts, analysis, and evaluation. Prerequisite: junior
standing in engineering or permission of clinic director.
Prerequisites: junior standing in engineering or
permission of clinic director


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