ESG 100

Professor Gary Halada

Outcomes:  After successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

-  Understand how engineers and engineering play key roles in solving problems facing society.

-  Understand the requirements of the Engineering Science program

-  Understand the important factors for becoming a successful professional engineer

-  Learn how engineers use mathematical relations, physical laws, standards, and a logical, informed approach to formulate and solve engineering problems

-  Work as part of an effective team to create an engineered device

-  Understand how engineers learn from failure and ethical considerations apply to engineering decision making

Outline for ESG 100:

1.  Introductory material

• Engineering education and research at SBU
• Objectives/Outcomes of Engineering Science program
• Important factors for Engineering Science majors
• Other engineering disciplines
• An introduction to building and using electronic portfolios
• The “Grand Challenges of Engineering”
• Research how engineers respond to particular challenges (design, research, emerging technologies)
• Case studies
• Reading:  Chapters 1-2 of Moaveni
• Assignment 1: Profile of an engineer

2.  How engineers respond to challenges

• The “Grand Challenges of Engineering”
• Research how engineers respond to particular challenges (design, research, emerging technologies)
• Case studies
• Reading:  Chapters 1-2 of Moaveni
• Assignment 1: Profile of an engineer

3. Professional engineering societies and ethics

• Reading:  Chapters 3, 4 and 5 of Moaveni
• Assignment 2: The professional engineer

4.  The engineer as designer

• Case studies
• Reading:  Chapter 3,4 (review); Chapter 6 and 7 of Moaveni
• Assignment 3: Design all around us

5. Mathematics, science and engineering in context

• Reading:  Chapters 8-10 of Moaveni
• Assignment 4: Engineering problems and calculations: the Gulf spill

6.  Multidisciplinary Engineering: Building a Junkbot

• Reading:  Chapters 11-12 of Moaveni
• Reading: Selection from “Junkbots, Bugbots and Bots on Wheels” by Hrynkiw and Tilden (handed out in class)
  • Identifying electronic parts and how they work
  • Safety issues
  • Assembly techniques (soldering)
• Lab project:  Design of Mousey the Junkbot
  • Computer mouse “autopsy” and using a dremel
  • Assembly and testing
  • Preparing the design report

7.  Multidisciplinary Engineering: Wind Energy

• Reading:  Chapter 13 of Moaveni
• Assignment 6: Design of a wind turbine

8.  Introduction to materials engineering

• Reading:  Chapter 17 of Moaveni
• Assignment 7: Materials analysis

9. Summing it all up

• Assignment 8: Reflections on the course
• Post-survey