·
General Information (last
update September 15, 2011)
1. The Lab Facility in the
Library (MC 1.204) will be open starting Wednesday 9/14/2011 9 a.m.
2. The MC 1.204 facility will operate
as an “open lab” where ECS 1200 students can meet in study groups, work on
their projects (they will do a team project in ECS 1200), get help from the
mentors. In terms of ECS 1200 specific help, students may seek advice on
the project they are doing or class assignments or general questions about the
major. Mentors will be available in the Facility to assist students and let me
know if they come up with things that are not suitable for the Lab Facility, or
other issues that arise. The Mentor’s main role is to help ECS 1200
students with the other major-related classes they are taking (e.g., Calculus,
programming).
3. The Lab Facility is open with
mentors 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday – Friday, 12 noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and 12
noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
4. ECS 1200 Students must sign
in and out when using the Lab Facility. ECS students are encouraged to
visit the Lab Facility and get familiar with it.
·
Student Teams
1. 10 teams of 7 students each
will be formed to conduct assigned team-projects.
2. If you would like to create
your own team, please, form the team with 7 members and send the name list of
the team by e-mail by September 16 to andreaf@utdallas.edu. All team
members must be copied in the e-mail to be aware that they part of the team. By
not responding to the e-mail in a timely manner, all members are agreeing to be
part of a team.
3. Students who are not part of
a team by September 16 will be assigned to a team by the instructor.
4. Every team will be assigned
an official name (Team 1, Team 2, etc.). However, the members of a team are
encouraged to identity an additional “unique” name for their team
5. Members in a team will work
together to achieve a common objective (Logo design, Big Egg project). Project
scores will be given to the team as a whole.
6. Conflict of interest: if a
member of a team is offering substandard performance to the team, all team
members must first try to resolve the conflict internally. If the problem
cannot be resolved by the team independently, the instructor must be notified
by e-mail (andreaf@utdallas.edu) in a
timely manner. All team members must be copied in the e-mail to the instructor,
including the member who is providing substandard performance. The e-mail must
explain (1) what the conflict problem
is about, (2) what actions were taken
to solve the problem by the team, (3) why
such actions did not resolve the problem.
7. Projects assigned: see below.
Assigned Projects:
1. Car logo design: TBD
2. Big Egg project: description
Graders/Helpers:
1.
Ms.
Heeeun Choi, hxc106120@utdallas.edu, MW 12:30 p.m.
– 2:30 p.m., Room: ECSN 3.326
2. TBD
3. TBD
· Lecture Notes due: notes
taken in class during a lecture must be turned in on or before 7 days after the
note. For example, for a lecture given on August 24 notes are due by August 31.
Notes can be turned in directly to the instructor at the end of a lecture, or
sent by e-mail to the e-mail address indicated in the table below. Due dates
are also reported in the table below.
|
Lecture Number |
Topic |
Due Date |
Submit by e-mail to |
|
1 |
Introduction
and “Taking Notes” assignment |
August
31, 2011 |
andreaf@utdallas.edu |
|
2 |
Numbers
in Engineering |
September
7, 2011 |
andreaf@utdallas.edu |
|
3 |
Significant
Figures |
September
7, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
4 |
Solving
problems using decibel unit (dB) |
September
12, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
5 |
Team
of engineers and teamwork |
September
14, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
6 |
Engineering
communications |
September
21, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
7 |
Project
requirements specification |
September
28, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
8 |
Project
management |
October
3, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
9 |
Network
Diagrams |
October
5, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
10 |
Concept
generation: creativity |
October
12, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
11 |
Different
thinking modes and the SCAMPER guide |
October
17, 2011 |
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
12 |
Concept
Generation |
|
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
13 |
Decision
Matrix - Example |
|
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
14 |
Ethical
and legal issues |
|
hxc106120@utdallas.edu |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
· Quiz Schedule
|
Quiz Number |
Date |
Topics Covered by lecture number |
|
Quiz 1 |
September 19, 2011 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
|
Quiz 2 |
October 12, 2011 |
6,7,8,9 |
|
Quiz 3 |
November 30, 2011 |
10,11,12,13,14 |
|
Quiz 4 |
Not required |
|
Students are allowed to use
their own notes during quiz. The topics covered in each are reported in the rightmost
column, by indicating the lecture number. The content of each lecture is
reported in the previous table.
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