EGN-1002 - Introduction

EGN-1002 - Introduction By Wilmer Arellano

Syllabus EGN 1002 Engineering Orientation Summer 2014 Prerequisite: Corequisite: Instructor: Wilmer Arellano Office: EC 3834 Office Phone: X-74905 (during office hours only) (305-348-4905) Office Hours: T, TR: 9:00 AM - 10:50 PM (by appointment) Classroom: EC 1116 Class Schedule: T, TR: 10:50 AM – 2:10 PM Course Website: web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano Email: arellano@fiu.edu Department Phone: (305) 348-2807

Syllabus • Text Book: Not Required • References: • Philip Kosky, George Wise, Robert Balmer, William Keat. (2010). Elsevier. Exploring Engineering. (Second Edition) ISBN: 978-0-12-374723-5 • Kirk D. Hagen. (2009). Prentice Hall. Introduction to Engineering Analysis (Third Edition). eText ISBN-10: 0-13-208484-8 Print ISBN-10: 0-13-601772-X • William C. Oakes, Les L. Leone and Craig J. (2006). Gunn. Engineering your Future (5th Edition). Michigan: Great Lakes Press, Inc./ Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-881018-86-5

Syllabus • Course Objectives: • After completing this course, students are expected to have learned the following: • 1. The specialization areas and professional organizations for engineers • 2. How an engineer plans and completes a project • 3. Basic computer tools used by engineers • 4. How to write a technical report • 5. How to prepare and give an effective oral presentation • 6. How to work effectively within a team • 7. Professional Ethics • 8. Importance of Lifelong learning

Syllabus

Hardware Project Autonomous Car

The Client’s Need • Verbally presented at class time.

Team 1

Team 2

Team 4

Team 5

Video Samples • Video 1 • Video 2 • Video 3

Attrition • A factor, normally expressed as a percentage, reflecting the degree of losses of personnel or material due to various causes within a specified period of time. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/attrition+rate

Attrition • The typical engineering major today spends 18.5 hours per week studying. The typical social sciences major, by contrast, spends about 14.6 hours. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/why-students-leave-the-engineering-track/?_r=0

Attrition • STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) have also had less grade inflation than the humanities and social sciences have in the last several decades.

Attrition • Roughly fifty percent of the students who begin in engineering leave the field before receiving their engineering degree. • Typically half of this attrition occurs during the first year. • Its causes may vary widely from student to student e.g. • disinterest in the field of engineering, • lack of fundamental preparation, • lack of confidence to succeed. Engineering Attrition: Student Characteristics and Educational Initiatives Larry J. Shuman, Cheryl Delaney, Harvey Wolfe, and Alejandro Scalise University of Pittsburgh Mary Besterfield-Sacre University of Texas – El Paso

Attrition • A recent study of 113 undergraduates who left engineering in 2004, 2007, and 2008 points to three key reasons: • poor teaching and advising; • the difficulty of the engineering curriculum; • and a lack of “belonging” within engineering. http://www.asee.org/retention-project/keeping-students-in-engineering-a-research-guide-to-improving-retention

ABET Defines Engineering as: • The profession in which knowledge of the • mathematical and • natural sciences, • gained by • study, • experience, and • practice, • is applied with judgment to develop ways to use, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.

Engineering at FIU • School of Computing and Information Sciences • Biomedical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Construction Management • Electrical Engineering • Computer Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Materials Engineering

Keeping a Notebook

Why is it important to keep a notebook? • Some times instructors follow many different books and finding all the sources the instructor used may be difficult • It is useful as a guideline for studying • As you are using your handwriting and listening simultaneously memory improves • It helps to keep you awake • My exams are open notebook, the notebook is the only document you can use in the tests

Table of Contents • Get a numbered notebook or number the pages by hand • Use the first or second page as a table of contents • Table of contents entries must include date, topic and page #

Body Language

Hardware Project Your body language shapes who you are 18,235,008 Views

Kinesics • Kinesics: The study of nonlinguistic bodily movements, such as gestures and facial expressions, as a systematic mode of communication. • The non verbal aspects of communication have been broadly studied only since 1960.

The principle of serviceable associated Habits

The principle of Antithesis

Gesture Clusters • The verbal channel conveys information. • The non verbal channel is used for negotiating interpersonal attitudes. • The non verbal channel can be up to 5 times greater • When the verbal and non-verbal channels are incongruent; the verbal channel may be disregarded.

The Zones

Elevators Rule • You are not permitted to speak to anyone, including a person you know. • You must avoid eye contact with others at all times. • You are to maintain a ‘poker face’, no emotion is permitted to be displayed. • If you have a book or newspaper, you must appear to be deeply engrossed in it. • The bigger the crowd, the less the body movement you are permitted to make. • In elevators, you are compelled to watch the floor numbers above your head.

The Basics and the Origins • Some gestures can be traced to our primitive animal past. As in the case of hostile gesture of baring the teeth. • Most of the basic communications gestures are the same all over the world the as the shoulder shrug to show that a person does not know or does not understand what you are talking about

The Basics and the Origins • As verbal language differs from culture to culture, so the non verbal language may also some differences.

Some Positive & Negative Expressions

Some Positive & Negative Expression • Body Posture • Eyes • Arms, Hands and Legs • Hand to Face Gestures • Other Positive Signs

Body Posture • Relaxed posture and breathing, no visible signs of stiffness or abrupt movements. • Salesmanship. "Do not turn your upper body away from the prospect. It doesn't make you look casual; it makes you look afraid, uninterested, or even unfriendly“

Eyes • Gazing at another's eyes arouses strong emotions. Thus, eye contact rarely lasts longer than three seconds. • Looking to all parts of the audience and not staring at just one particular person. • Not looking back at your visual aid when talking about it. Or reading too much from your notes.

Whenever cavemen met, their palms exposed to show that no weapons were held or concealed. When someone begins to open up or be truthful, he/she will expose all or part of his/her palms. Most people find it difficult to lie with their palms exposed. Positive Sign. Negative sign. Palms

Palms

Positive Language Uncrossed arms, hands and legs, palms up or otherwise visible to the other person. This is a sign of openness. Negative Language Arms folded in the front or hands on your hips. This can indicate dominance of the speaker over the audience, which can hinder the audience from listening to you. Arms, Hands and Legs

Positive Language Negative Language Arms, Hands and Legs

Negative Language

Positive Language Smiling to the audience and/or adding humor to your speech. Reducing the distance between you and your audience indicates an interest in your audience. Talking with your hands, and particularly with palms open show sincerity. Negative Language Talking in a monotonous tone and with a lack of facial expression. Staying as far away as possible from the audience. Not using your hands is a sign of stiffness, which can create boundaries in communication. Other Positive Signs

EGN-1002 - Introduction