Required Course Learning Outcomes:

 STANDARD COMPETENCIES

 1. Analyze real-world technical problems in teams through interpreting prints and drawings

 2. Analyze design constraints using a human-centered perspective to produce a feasible solution through design charrettes and building 2-D graphics

 3. Generate a visual solution by using computer-aided drafting tools

 4. Demonstrate the ability to function as a member of a design team and collaborate on interdisciplinary teams

 5. Use CAD effectively as a communication tool among team members

 6. Describe how mathematics and science are used to solve engineering problems

 7. Demonstrate an understanding of economics by producing capital, operational, and maintenance budgets

 8. Demonstrate awareness of ethics and sustainability in design

 9. Apply technical writing to develop a design proposal

 10. Apply professional communication through project design presentations using CAD tools and software

 TOPICAL OUTLINE

 

 I. Role of the engineer

     A. Practice the role of an engineer in society

     B. Identify how engineers relate to each other and their clients

 II. Human-Centered Design

     A. Apply human-centered design process to practice assessing users’ needs and generating rapid prototype

     B. Use sketches and CAD to communicate design ideas

     C. Discover why empathy is important to engineering design

 III. Hand sketching

     A. Apply effective communication through pictures

     B. Sketch existing system layouts and new ideas for potential designs

 IV. Computer-Aided Drafting

     A. Combine design dimensions from hand sketches

     B. Generate preliminary design layouts and evaluate their effectiveness against design requirements

 V. Engineering math and science

     A. Explain the importance of math and science to engineers

     B. Apply math and science to design projects

 VI. Ethics and sustainability

     A. Discover how ethics and sustainability can impact designs

     B. Identify the users’ needs and assess the economic, social, and environmental impacts of a design

     C. Defend design decisions using an ethical approach

 VII. Teamwork

     A. Develop ability to function as a member of an interdisciplinary team

     B. Develop ability to collaborate with team members to produce a final design for client

 VIII. Technical writing

     A. Apply effective communication through technical writing

     B. Write a letter of understanding, design proposal, and preliminary engineering report

     C. Prepare a design schedule

 IX. Energy, Circuits, Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Chemistry, and Thermodynamics

     A. Identify and practice the sciences needed to create a design

     B. Analyze how energy changes forms as it moves through a design system

 X. Professional communication

     A. Produce a preliminary engineering report that addresses the client’s/user’s specific needs, using CAD tools and software

     B. Justify and explain a design to the client/user through a project presentation

     C. Collect feedback from the client/user and evaluate the proposed design