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ENGR 100.200: Design in the Real World (ADUE)
Faculty:
Ken Alfano (ADUE),
Annah Macha (TechComm),
Becky Roberson (TechComm)
Fall Term
Winter Term
“It spans a wide range of subject matter due to the interdisciplinary nature of the class. Oftentimes, we see students do projects relating to things that they’ve experienced in their lives.”
Ken Alfano, Faculty
Course Description:
In this multidisciplinary section, students learn how engineers combine a passion to improve people’s quality of life with the skills needed to do so effectively. This course centers the engineering design process – the “heart” of engineering – in a manner that assumes no specialized knowledge and is largely applicable to most engineering disciplines. Key aspects of the course include:
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The major stages of the engineering design process (from problem definition, through ideation, prototyping and evaluation)
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Additional considerations increasingly critical to engineering (sustainability, accessibility, intellectual property)
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Relevant principles and skills for written and oral communication
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Term Project:
Developing a first-generation prototype, applying class concepts to experience the nuances of real situations and cultivate the judgment for open-ended tasks
Labs:
Virtual modeling (CAD) and engineering simulation (CAE) activities
Additional Information:
Certain materials for CAD and CAE/simulation instruction using Discovery, by Ansys, were developed and revised for this course over 2020-2023 by Prof. Alfano and his GSI/IAs. Those materials have been adapted and published by Ansys, and made freely available for download via their educational website.
