ENGR 381 Engineering Design Introduction

Introduction to the design process. Topics include system engineering, team dynamics, design specifications, conceptual design, scheduling, developing a business plan, market survey, and budgeting.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Project Management Assignments (3)

This is series of assignments will demonstrate the students’ ability to use Microsoft Project. The assignments are the Project Initiation and Planning Assignment, Project Execution Assignment, and the Project Monitoring and Control Assignment. The student will select an Engineering course and create a WBS Table for all key elements of the course (i.e. Learn items, Apply items, etc.). The student will then use the project plan to establish a baseline schedule in Microsoft Project and begin project execution. Finally, the student will update the WBS Task status for items completed and create reports reflecting the progress being made on the project.

This is a series of assignments that will demonstrate the students’ ability to perform Model Based Systems Engineering (MBE) using Microsoft Visio, the Wasson MBSE modeling method, and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). The assignments are the System Requirements Assignment, System Behaviors Assignment, and System Architectures Assignment.

The student will complete a five (5) part Reverse Engineering Project. The project consists of the Product Acquisition, the Product Disassembly, the Problem Statement, the System Analysis, and the Final Presentation.

The student will use Project Optimization techniques to complete six (6) Problem Set homework assignments. The student will use the provided templates to complete the problems for each assignment and then upload the completed template.

Quizzes (7)

The student will complete seven (7) quizzes. Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned module. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10-20 short answer questions, and have a 20-40 minute time limit.