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ENGR 100.200: Design in the Real World (ADUE)
Faculty:
Ken Alfano (ADUE),
Annah Machas (TechComm),
Becky Roberson (TechComm)
Fall Term
Winter Term
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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
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