ESC-100
Introduction to Engineering and the Design Process
Assignments
Fall 2009






Week1
Lecture Assignment
Read and understand Chapters 1 and 2 in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Complete chapter 2 Exercises: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 at the end of chapter 2, starting on page 31, in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Prepare for a quiz on chapter 2.

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Week2
Lecture Assignment
Read and understand Chapter 3 in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Complete chapter 3 Exercises: 2, 3, 7, and 8 at the end of chapter 3, starting on page 50, in the course text (Exploring Engineering).

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Week3
Lecture Assignment
Read and understand Chapter 4 in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Complete chapter 4 Exercises: 2, 3, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 18 at the end of chapter 4, starting on page 71, in the course text (Exploring Engineering).

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Week 4
Lecture Assignment
Complete the assignment handed out in class. A link to the assignment is given below:
HW4.pdf

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Week 5
Midterm exam

Week 6
Lecture Assignment
Read and understand Chapter 7 in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Complete chapter 7 Exercises: 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 at the end of chapter 7, starting on page 134, in the course text (Exploring Engineering).

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Week 7
Lecture Assignment
Read and understand Chapter 8 in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Complete chapter 8 Exercises: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 at the end of chapter 8, starting on page 154, in the course text (Exploring Engineering).

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Week 8
Lecture Assignment
Read and understand Chapter 5 in the course text (Exploring Engineering).
Complete chapter 5 Exercises: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16, 19, and 20 at the end of chapter 5, starting on page 88, in the course text (Exploring Engineering).

Design Studio Assignment
The assignment will be handed out in class

Beakman Motor Construction Instructions

Useful Programs

Parallax editor for Windows
Parallax editor for the MAC
For the Mac you will also need one of the following USB drivers:
For Mac (Intel) OS X 10.4 (tiger) or later
Mac OS X

OpenOffice Suite
Convert program (in zip format)
Convert program (in exe format)
Convert README file

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