Engineering Design & Presentation I M

• Unit 1 - Engineering Huh?

◦ Introduction to Engineering

▪ Covers what engineering is, and is not, and the various fields of engineering.

▪ Core engineering disciplines and subdisciplines

• Unit 2 - Statics - General Engineering Principles

◦ Introduction to Statics

◦ How does Statics fit into Engineering?

◦ SI vs US Customary

◦ SI Prefixes

◦ Conversions

◦ Multiplying/Dividing/Adding/Subtracting Exponents of 10

• Unit 3 - Statics - Force Vectors Module 1

◦ What are vectors?

◦ What are Force Vectors?

◦ Triangle Rule / Parallelogram Rule

◦ Right Triangle Trig, Law of Sines, and Law of Cosines

• Unit 4 - Statics - Force Vectors Module 2

◦ 3D Forces Vectors

◦ Scalar Notation

◦ Cartesian Notation

• Unit 5 - Group Problem Solving (Using problems in Unit 4)

◦ Working within a group to solve technical problems.

◦ Using the Whiteboard to present solutions.

◦ Peer Reviews

◦ After Action Reports

• Unit 6 - Statics - Force Vectors Module 3

◦ Position Vectors in 2D and 3D

◦ Dot product

▪ Dot product formula derived

▪ Laws of Operation

▪ How it is used to find a force perpendicular to two other forces

• Unit 7 - Group Presentations/Technical Presentations (Using problems in Unit 6)

◦ Introduction/Content/Summary

◦ Grabbing the audience's attention

◦ Keeping the audience's attention

◦ Techniques for handling questions.

◦ Supporting materials

▪ PowerPoint

▪ Handouts

▪ Flip Charts

◦ How to transition between topics and/or presenters.

• Unit 8 - Projects

◦ Brainstorming

◦ Stakeholder buy-in

◦ LEAN Project Planning with Post-it notes

◦ SMART tasks

◦ CoConstruct Project Management software

◦ Virtual Prototypes (ACAD)

◦ Scale modules

◦ Project Tracking

◦ After Action Reports

• Unit 8 - Projects (continued)

• Unit 9 -  - Statics - Equilibrium of a Particle

◦ Introduce the concept of the free-body diagram for a particle.

◦ Show how to solve particle equilibrium problems using the equations of equilibrium.

• Unit 10 - Excel/Google Sheets

◦ Introduction, general concepts, possible uses.

◦ Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying and Dividing

◦ Budgeting

◦ GPA Tracking 

◦ Graphing

◦ Data manipulation

◦ Complex equations

◦ Creating formulas

Required Project:

Build Project starts 3rd Quarter

Required Project:

Build Project starts 3rd Quarter

Required Project:

Trebuchet

Tools and Safety Testing as Needed

Required Project:

Trebuchet continued

Tools and Safety Testing as Needed

Additional Activities:

• Daily Journal Entries for Engineering Notebook

• AutoCAD Tutorials

Additional Activities: 

• Daily Journal Entries for Engineering Notebook

• AutoCAD Tutorials

Additional Activities:

• Daily Journal Entries for Engineering Notebook

• AutoCAD Tutorials

• Career Engineers Guest Speakers

Additional Activities: 

• Daily Journal Entries for Engineering Notebook

• AutoCAD Tutorials

• Career Engineers Guest Speakers

Cycle 1: 

-Professionalism

-Ethics

127.15(1)(A)

127.15(1)(E)

127.15(1)(F)

127.15(1)(G)

127.15(1)(H)

127.15(1)(I)

127.15(1)(K)

127.15(1)(L)

127.15(1)(M)

Cycle 2: 

-Teamwork

-Problem Solving

127.15(1)(B)

127.15(1)(I)

Cycle 3:

-Self Management Skill

-Conflict Resolution

-Leadership

127.15(1)(B)

127.15(1)(D)

127.15(1)(E)

127.15(1)(F)

127.15(1)(G)

127.15(1)(H)

127.15(1)(I)

127.15(1)(J)

127.15(1)(M)

Cycle 4:

Communication Skills

127.15(1)(C)