Course Instructor:	Sven G. Bilén Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering
E-mail:	sbilen@psu.edu
Office Hours & Location:	M 10:30 to 11:30 AM, R 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and by appointment, 213-N Hammond
Phone:	(814) 863-1526
Course Number & Class Times:	EDSGN 100H (Fall 2007) Meeting times TR 8:00 to 9:55 AM, R 1:25 to 3:20 PM
EDSGN 100H Homepage:	http://www.cede.psu.edu/~sbilen/classes/edsgn100/fa07 We will be using Angel in this course https://cms.psu.edu
Lab Teaching Assistants:	Computer Lab:  Jillian Haldaman (jmh5045@psu.edu)

Course Overview:

Welcome to the first-year engineering course: Introduction to Engineering Design! This is a design-driven curriculum where you will learn the tools of the design process.  Other skills--such as team work, communication skills (graphical, oral, and written), and computer-aided analysis tools--will be learned in pursuit of the design process.  The design projects are the total of at least 30 hours of in-class work (one third of the course). Two main design projects will be assigned during the semester. The design projects will require you to work in a team. Your course grade will reflect your ability to function effectively as a team player.

Course Objectives:

• Use the engineering design process well in all course projects, be able to extend the design process to general problem solving, and recognize the value of creativity and innovation in the engineering design process
• Acquire 3d visualization skills to draw and communicate design ideas and concepts
• Operate well within a team, solve team-related problems, and develop communications skills

Engineering Design:

Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences and mathematics and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective. Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation. The engineering design component of a curriculum must include most of the following features: development of student creativity, use of open-ended problems, development and use of modern design theory and methodology, formulation of design problem statements and specifications, consideration of alternative solutions, feasibility considerations, production processes, concurrent engineering design, and detailed system descriptions. Further, it is essential to include a variety of realistic constraints, such as economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics, and social impact. [ABET 2000]

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By the end of this course, students will have acquired the following skills:

Design Methods:	customer needs assessment, concept generation, design selection matrices, prototyping and model development, safety, cost effectiveness, teamwork, and other constraints as needed by the project
Computing:	Solid Modeling/CAD, MS Excel (spreadsheet), MS PowerPoint (multimedia presentation)
Internet Skills:	internet Access, using email, using WWW, creating HTML documents, and archiving design reports on the CEDE servers
Graphical Communication:	multiview, oblique, isometric, scales, dimensions, sections, working drawings, solid modeling, sketching
Lab Skills:	product dissection and benchmarking, experimental methods, data acquisition & analysis, basic circuitry, prototype building & testing

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Design Project Database (including sample reports)

Last revised on 07 October 2007