EGR 105 Foundations of Engineering I Fall 2007 – Week 2 Excel part 1

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics Engineering numbers Class activity – transcript and GPA Excel basics Assignment # 2

How many engineers are there in the US?

Some have degrees and some don’t 1,300,000 1,500, ,000 1,700,000 people work in engineering jobs 2,800,000 people have an engineering degree

Where are they employed?

Most work in the private sector Employment sectorPercentage Industry68% Self-employed12% Government13% Education and other9%

Do they stay in engineering?

Percentage by age still in engineering

What else can you do with an engineering degree?

Lots of careers: Neil Armstrong – astronaut Jimmy Carter – president Alfred Hitchcock – movie director Lee Iacocca – Ford and Chrysler executive Tom Landry – Dallas Cowboys coach John Sununu – politician Scott Adams – Dilbert cartoonist

Is the BS degree enough?

Advanced degrees are popular BS degree only1,637,000 BS + MS396,000 BS + PhD80,000 Eng + Business226,000 Eng + Science162,000 Eng + Other114,000

Is an MBA or another masters degree key for getting into upper management?

Percentage in ‘senior’ management with advanced degrees

Can I get by without the BS?

Percentage by job description with a BS degree

Finally, how about starting salaries?

Starting salaries for 2006 grads Chem Eng$56,335Comp Sci$51,305 Comp Eng$54,200Accounting$45,656 Elect Eng$53,552Finance$45,112 Mech Eng$51,732Business$42,048 Indust Eng.$49,567Nursing$38,775 Civil/Env Eng$46,023Marketing$37,832 Liberal Arts$30,958

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics Engineering numbers Class activity – transcript and GPA Excel basics Assignment # 2

How does URI compute GPA? Fall: Spring: EGR105 – AEGR106 – B+ PHY 203 – B PHY 204 – A- Fall GPA = ? Spring GPA = ? Overall GPA = ?

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics Engineering numbers Class activity – transcript and GPA Excel basics Assignment # 2

Excel Basics Worksheet organization Entering and formatting data Copy, etc., autofill Simple math ( +, –, *, /, ^, autosum ) –Cell entry starts with = –Relative copy for math operations “autosum” button: 

Built-in Functions in Excel Syntax: –Entry always starts with an equal sign (=) –Next is the name of the function followed by parentheses containing parameters or values to be operated on (arguments) –Examples: = SUM ( A10:C20 ) = SQRT ( B17 ) Many types available

Some work on single arguments, some on groups of arguments, some on none Composition of functions works: = SQRT ( SUM ( A10:B17 ) ) How to invoke: –Know the name of the function –Function wizard button: f x

Elementary Math = SQRT (x) = ABS (x) = FACT (x) = SUM (x1,x2,…) = GCD (x1,x2,…) = LCM (x1,x2,…) = CEILING (x1,x2,…) = ROUND (x) = SUM (x1,x2,…) = COUNT (x1,x2,…) = EXP (x) = LOG (x) = LOG10 (x) = POWER (x,y) = RAND ( ) …

Trigonometry = PI ( ) = DEGREES (x) = RADIANS (x) = SIN (x) = COS (x) = TAN (x) = ACOS (x) = SINH (x) = ATAN2 (x,y) …

Logical Functions If test: = IF ( logical test, value if true, value if false ) Example: = IF (A10 >= B20,A10,0) Others: AND, NOT, OR More in week 10………….

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics Engineering numbers Excel basics Assignment # 2

Create a simple spreadsheet of a transcript, including GPA calculation; see the handout for details Save your workbook as lastname_2.xls your result to me Beware plagiarism