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Penn Engineering Research Collaboration Hub (PERCH)
ESE 290/291 Introduction to Electrical & Systems Engineering Research Methodology & Design Lecture 0: Administrative Details D. E. Koditschek Penn Engineering Research Collaboration Hub (PERCH) 3rd Floor Pennovation Center (Bldg 6176) 3401 Grays Ferry Ave, PA 19146
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Outline Motivation & Philosophy Course overview
content; organization sponsored projects timeline Logistics (workload; credit) Summary
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Motivation Student Interest (Chair’s UG Advisory Board) Student Need
learning “how to learn” literature search in unfamiliar technical domains taking the pulse of current state-of-art addressing gaps in personal knowledge base extracting more complete value from Penn assessing career options (full spectrum) Departmental Need students do not really know us intellectual culture
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Philosophy Need for Lifelong Education: Independent Learner
Human knowledge continues to explode Technology changes too quickly to teach much specifics Independent Learner ) Critical Thinker Motivated: curiosity-driven inquiry Skeptical: evidence-driven “cross-checks” Social: diverse-group-driven progress Critical Thinker ) Scientific Researcher social creation of a never-ending web of technical hypotheses Scientific Researcher ) Effective Citizen ability to determine facts opens up the hope of establishing truth
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Course overview: workload; goals
Workload: 1.5 CU ¼ 10 – 15 hr/wk effort ESE 290: ~ min/wk lecture; ~ 2-4 hr/wk exercises ESE 291: ~ 5-10 hr/wk lecture lab work (more as research progresses) Students gain critical thinking skills: relevant to any technical/engineering career research experience: what it’s like; what ESE faculty “do” potential longer term match: summer internship; papers; …
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A Bit More Detailed Overview
ESE 290, 0.5 CU: scaffolded introduction to research process (2 – 4 hr/wk) Lectures (Towne 305): ~ 40 – 60 min (remainder of class time for group check-in) Exercises: finding, interpreting, using source articles Design: planning, organizing, executing, recording research Communications: mid-term & final presentations and papers Instructor’s Office hours (358 GRW) : Tue, 10:30-11:30 pm; Fri, 9:00- 11:00 pm TA’s Office hours (tba) ESE 291, 1.0 CU: mentored lab experience (5 – 10+ hr/wk) individually arranged student/faculty pairing: students apply; sponsor chooses research project guided by mentor as directed by sponsor Prequisites: MATH 240, PHYS 150, ESE 215 and 218, or ESE 204 and 210, or ESE 215 and CIS 240 Selection process via repository majority of class (16/22) now matched with sponsor/mentor/project remaining cases should be readily matchable (apply online – or propose your own) selection by some faculty sponsor required for continued permission to remain in course final date for sponsor selection: Jan. 30 (end of course selection period) Impact on ESE Program Requirements fulfill’s EE, SSE, NETS 1.5 CU lab requirement does not fulfill CMPE concurrency lab requirement
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Spring 17 Semester Timeline
Week Day Topic 1 17-Jan Lecture 0: Intro & Administration 2 24-Jan Lecture 1: Source acquisition – database/citation index (Assignment C.1 due Jan. 30 at 11:59 pm) 3 31-Jan Lecture 2: Source acquisition – annotated literature review (Assignment C.2 due Feb. 13 at 11:59 pm) 4 7-Feb Lecture 3: Problem formulation – needs, gaps, means (Assignment C.3 due Feb. 20 at 11:59 pm) 5 14-Feb Lecture 4: Oral project proposal development – concepts, hypotheses (Assignment C.4 Group 1 due Feb. 27 at 11:59 pm, Group 2 due Mar. 13 at 11:59 pm) 6 21-Feb Informal check-in and updates 7 28-Feb In Class Oral Project Proposal Presentations, First Group 9 14-Mar In Class Oral Project Proposal Presentations, Second Group 10 21-Mar Lecture 5: Project methods and setup including formal experiment design (Assignment C.5 due Mar. 27 at 11:59 pm) 11 28-Mar Lecture 6: Technical Report Writing (Assignment C.6 due Apr. 10 at 11:59 pm) 12 4-Apr Lecture 7: Oral Project Presentation (Assignment C.7 Group 1 due Apr. 18 at 11:59 pm and Group 2 due Apr. 24 at 11:59 pm) 13 11-Apr 14 18-Apr In Class Oral Final Project Reports, First Group 15 25-Apr In Class Oral Final Project Reports, Second Group 9-May Final Papers (Assignment C.8) Due at 11:59pm
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Workload Details Scaffold Component (290)
8 bi-weekly (roughly) pdf submissions via Canvas portal only no credit for late submissions Research Component (291) – highly variable Ethics ( Collaboration discuss work freely with others (in class; out) submitted exercises must reflect individual effort (generated by you working with mentor & sponsor) when in doubt: cite your sources web, informal, e.g., “personal communication”, etc.
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Credit Weekly exercises Credit only as recorded on Canvas spreadsheet
broken out into rubrics point values posted at portal scored by combination of 290 & 291 staff graders‘ comments via Canvas (pdf stickies & sheet) Credit only as recorded on Canvas spreadsheet Final numerical score: accumulated sum of points Grade assignment: strictly by numerical range posted on web course description document
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Summary Have Fun! 1.5 CU: apply for project via repository
ESE 290 : 0.5 CU structured exercises ESE 291: 1.0 CU individually mentored project Try out a world class research experience connection : may lead to independent study projects or lab positions life skills: critical thinking; problem solving; self-directed University of Pennsylvania: don’t miss out/regret Have Fun!
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