1. ENES 182 Engineering the Future
Fall 2008

2. ENES 182 Engineering the Future
Wed 4:00 - 4:50 pm, Kim 1110, 1 credit
Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering
GOAL – to provide an overview of engineering
Its role in addressing challenges of our society and economy
The diversity of engineering fields
How different portions of engineering, science, and social science interact
How engineers think and work
What’s exciting about engineering practice
Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future

3. Instructor Gary W. Rubloff Gary W. Rubloff
Director, Maryland Nanocenter
Minta Martin Professor of Engineering
Dept of Materials Science & Engineering
Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fischell Dept of Bioengineering
Institute for Systems Research
Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
Gary W. Rubloff
2145 AV Williams
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Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future

4. Specifics Registration: ENES 182, 1 credit
Wed 4:00 – 4:50 pm, Kim 1110
Office hours: exchange and by appointment
Instructors
Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering
Exciting, entertaining lectures posted to Blackboard by or soon after class
Requirements for course, basis for grading
(1/3) Attendance – check-in sheet (mark for yourself only)
(1/3) Participation – submit comments & questions to Blackboard Discussion Board, at least for ½ of the lectures
(1/3) Short report (6 pages double spaced):
(a) Summarize challenging engineering challenges in the field from one of the lectures you heard
(b) Describe how the lectures influenced your thinking about choice of major and career interest
Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future

5. Lectures – Style and Content
Concept
Explained in words and simple pictures
Little if any math or graphs
Applications
Show where concept matters in our lives and careers
“Come to my lab”
Experience the research and lab through pictures, videos, and lab tours
See what students do in experiments
Learn about a few major advances and their impact
Pointers for further interest
Simpler professional magazines useful for your reports
Questions and discussion
Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future

6. Blackboard Site – Class Participation
Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future