59:005 Engineering Problem Solving-I Sections 9 and 10

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Classroom/schedule:

Textbook:

Engineering Fundamentals and Problem Solving, Eide, Jenison, Mashaw, and Northup, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2002.

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Project:

A design project that applies the 10-step design process is developed by student teams and gives an opportunity for limited hands-on experience. The student will submit a proposal, progress reviews, written final report that describes the objectives, approach, equipment, software and other relevant important information, and give a presentation to the other students in the class.

Grades:

Grades are determined from scores for assignments, the project, class participation and attendance. Final grades are based on a combination of the lecture section work (50%) and the design section work (50%).

Academic Misconduct (click here to read College policy):

Remember that the University has strict regulations on academic misconduct. DO YOUR OWN WORK!! Plagiarism will not be tolerated. You can learn more about what is and what isn't plagiarism at the website: http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~ctc/docs/ctc_guides/ctc_guide_avoiding_plagiarism.html.
You may want to confer with another classmate from time to time and you will gather information from various sources in the literature, but make sure that what you hand in is your own work, and that your citations give appropriate credit to the sources you draw from. Engineers may be the last professional holdout for integrity and honesty in our society.