Lecture Section 1 – Monday    9 to 10:50, Room 144 Russ Engineering
     Lecture Section 2 – Friday       9 to 10:50, Room 144 Russ Engineering
     Lab Sections as scheduled

This is the first course of two that serves as an introduction to various aspects of engineering and computer science. It is intended for the beginning E&CS student and those interested but undecided. Students with 45 or more college credit hours are not permitted in this course.

There are four goals for this course: to introduce students to engineering principles through hands-on experience, foster collaboration among students through cooperative team project activities, establish a sense of community among the students, and develop an understanding of how to be successful in studying engineering.

The course consists of one weekly lecture and two weekly labs, a computer based lab and an instrumentation based lab. The student will learn about basic engineering tools such as data acquisition, test equipment, computer aided drafting,  mathlab, and gain computer skills in web searching, web page design, and communications. They will also learn about themselves as a person and as a student, and actually design and build things.

This is a graded A - F course. 
   A = 4 points
   B = 3 points
   C = 2 points
   D = 1 point
   F =  0 points

A Passing grade  means that you have attended the lectures, preformed the lab assignments,  completed homework and projects and actively participated in the course. 

You are expected to participate actively in lecture, labs and with your classmates on design projects. Active participation is judged through timely attendance and observation by the course professor, teaching assistants and your team members. 

You may ask your professor or teaching assistant how you are doing at any time and check your progress via the Web.

Labs and projects will be graded. Expectations for each lab will be provided at the time of the lab. Work beyond expectations will receive an A or B, work that meets expectations will receive a C, work below expectations will receive a D or F. 

Participation will be graded through 50% observation by the course professor and teaching assistants and 50% feedback from team members on the performance of each other.

Homework will be graded.

Total grade consists of:
  Labs                  20%
  Projects             20%
  Participation      10%
  Homework        20%
  Exam 1             10%
  Exam 2             10%
  Exam 3             10%

Attendance: 
To get the most benefit from this course 100% attendance is desirable.
You will not pass this course if you have more than 2 unexcused absences in lecture.
You may have excused absences but the total for excused and unexcused may not exceed three (3). An excused absence, as determined by the course professor, may be for documented cause or medical necessity. In unusual circumstances, such as a death in the family or an accident that puts one in the hospital the course professor may make an exception for one more absence.

     1. "Studying Engineering A Road Map to a Rewarding Career" by Raymond B. Landis,
          Discovery Press, ISBN 0-9646969-5-9

     2. Lecture notes and Lab assignments on the EGR190 web site.

Course Instructor:
     Blair A. Rowley, Ph.D., P.E., Office 247 Russ, 775-5073, egr190@cs.wright.edu

Teaching Assistants:
     Office 251 Russ, no phone
          Kim Fischer, kfischer@cs.wright.edu
          Sripriya Gopalakrishnan, sgopalak@cs.wright.edu
          Leigh Mahoney, mahoney.9@wright.edu
          Shankar Murugan, murugan.2@wright.edu

Drop dates:
     October      2    Last day to drop a class without a record of "W"
     October    16    Last day for all but freshman to drop a class with a record of "W"
     November  6    Last day for freshmen to drop a class with a record of "W"

Course Outline:
     Week   1     Sept 10       Bridge Building Competition
     Week   2     Sept 17       Engineering Art, E-mail and the Web
     Week   3     Sept 24       3D Art  and How Things Work
     Week   4     Oct    1       3D Art and Web Design
     Week   5     Oct    8       Exam 1 and Introduction to Computer Science
     Week   6     Oct  15       Instrumentation, Web Design  and  Final Project Assigned
     Week   7     Oct  22       Circuits and Web Design
     Week   8     Oct  29       Timers, Flip-Flops and Engineering Math
     Week   9     Nov   5       Exam 2 and Introduction to Electrical Engineering  
     Week 10     Nov 12       Exam 3 and Introduction to Materials Engineering
     Week 11     Nov 19       Presentation of Final Projects

Important Notice:
     Lecture Section 1 will not meet on Monday, November 12 due to a holiday (Veteran's Day).