1. Principles of engineering Bi-weekly Instructions and course objectives

2. List of UNIT/Term 1 Assignments/Work required for Assessment
Assignment Number
Name/Description
Deadline
Completion
1.1.0
Part 1-Career Research Project (YLP-Part 1)
1.1.0a
Resume and Personal Introductory Letter(Cover)
1.1.0b
Comic Strip About Me
1.1.1
Act Simple Machines Investigation (VEX)
1.1.2
Act Simple Machines
Practice Problems
1.1.3
Act Gears (VEX)
1.1.4
Act Pulley Drives & Sprockets
1.1.5
Act Gears, Pulley, Drives & Sprockets Practice Problems
1.1.6
PROJECT Compound Machine Design (VEX)
Assignment Number
Name/Description
Deadline
Completion
1.2.1
Act Energy Sources
1.2.2
Act Energy Distribution
1.2.3a
Act Electrical Circuits Simulation
1.2.4
Act Circuits Calculations
1.2.5
Act Mechanical Systems Efficiency (Simulation)
1.2.6
Act Maximizing Motor Power
1.3.1
Act Solar Hydrogen Sys
1.3.2
Project Fuel Cell Technology
1.3.3
Project Thermodynamics
1.3.4
Project Renewable Insulation
1.4.1
PROBLEM – Renewable Electrical Energy Design (VEX)

3. Week 1-2 : Aug 22, 2016 – Sep. 5, Introductions, Expectations, Engineering Notebook, Electronic Portfolio, Design Process Review, Technical Writing, Technical Report, and Research Assignment-Part I.
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
Consistently follow the engineering notebook and electronic portfolio formats when writing daily reflections or when adding new entries to their notebook or electronic portfolio.
Differentiate between engineering and engineering technology.
Identify and differentiate among different engineering disciplines.
Be able to properly communicate ideas in a technical format.
Identify the basic parts of a technical report and proper format.
be able to Conduct a research on three different fields of interest and reflect on it in writing in a technical report.

4. Week 1 : Introductions, Expectations, Engineering Notebook, Electronic Portfolio, and Design Process Review.
Outline:
Introductions and Expectations
Syllabus
Grading system
Rules and Expectations
Dress Code
Online Behavior/LMS Contract
Electronic Devices
Plagiarism/Copyright
Activities, Unit Project and Long Time Projects
Engineering Team Building/Problem Solving Activities (ice breakers)
Engineering Notebook
Refer to Power Point on LMS for further details.
All Entries on ink
Dates
Daily Reflections
Table of content
Papers at same direction and importance on being consistent.
Electronic Portfolio
Good and Bad Samples
Minimum requirements (Cover, Table of Content, Descriptions, Folders and Files)
Creating a comic Strip at
Design Process Review:
6 step Design Process PowerPoint
The Design Brief
The Design Matrix

5. Week 2 : Technical Writing, Technical Report, and Research Assignment-Part I, Creating their Own e-Portfolio
Outline
Creating the Electronic Portfolio
Basic Folders and descriptions
Cover Page
Customization
Introduction to technical Writing: Introduction to Technical Report
Power Point PowerPoint
Descriptive Paragraph Rubric
Research Assignment I – Career Field Research
Technical Report rubric
Background/Research
Identification, description and justification of research criteria.
Total career cost, number of school years, affinity, salaries, projected growth, prospect employment, etc.
Summary of the three fields of choice using the same criteria .
Results:
Design brief with defined research criteria
Decision Matrix with scale, highlighted results and interpretation.
Conclusion
Whether or not the results were as expected
Describe whether or not you agree with the best choice from your .
Differentiating between Engineering and the Engineering Technology pathways
Homework
Resume
Letter of Introduction
Letters of recommendation

6. Weeks 1-2 : Introductions & Problem Solving.
Assignments:
Use the discussion board on the left side of the LMS page to introduce yourself. Title your posting "intro" and in a paragraph or two introduce yourself and the expectations you have for yourself and this course during the school year. Read other students entries and reply to at least 5 postings (see on-line discussions/blog rules and online-posting rubric) upon completion, send me a message letting me know that your assignment "Wk 1-2: A1" is ready for grading.
Be sure to read, complete and sign the course syllabus, the class behavior and expectations contract and submit it to your instructor for grading "Wk 1-2: A2".(Beware, that not signing the contract does not mean that you are exempt from abiding to the rules and expectations outlined in the contract).
Review the Engineering Notebook PowerPoint, summarize in one page of your engineering notebook the importance of keeping an engineering notebook, describe an scenario on what can go wrong if the notebook is not properly documented: when there are no dates, the table of content is not updated and if the entries were written on pencil. Wk 1-2: A3.
Engineering Team – About You and your Personal Contributions to a team: visit the site , create your own comic strip with 4 panels/frames. In the first one describe your self, in the second describe your strengths/abilities, expertise and any positive contributions to a team, on the third negative contributions, in the last describe how you or team mates can help you overcome your deficiencies to keep you in the right track or succeed as a team. Once completed, print your comic as a PDF, upload it to your instructor, added to your electronic portfolio and attach it to the discussion blog of the site. Review peers work and following the posting guidelines reply to at least 3 postings. Once completed send me a message letting me know that your assignment "Wk 1-2: A4" is ready for grading.
In your engineering notebook, reflect on the success/failure of your team building and Problem Solving activities and elaborate describing whether or not your personal contributions: positive and negatives may had any effect on the success/failure of your team. Wk 1-2: A5

7. Week 3-4 : Sep. 8, 2016 – Sep 19, 2016 Simple Machines, Gears, Pulley Sprockets, Work and Power Calculations
LESSON 1.1 OBJECTIVES:
Measure forces and distances related to mechanisms.
Distinguish between the six simple machines, their attributes, and components.
Calculate mechanical advantage and drive ratios of mechanisms.
Design, create, and test gear, pulley, and sprocket systems.
Calculate work and power in mechanical systems.
Determine efficiency in a mechanical system.
Design, create, test, and evaluate a compound machine design.