Week by Week Schedule for the EEE101 Class

Week 1

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 08/21/06	Class Syllabus What is Engineering? Electrical and Computer Engineering Specializations
Wednesday 08/23/06	The University Structure; Introduction to Engineering Ethics; Understanding Ethical Problems.

No Lab the first week.

Week 2

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 08/28/06		Technical Report Writing; Example of Technical Report.
Wednesday 08/30/06	Engineering Design – Part 1

Lab 1: Getting familiar with LABVIEW and NI Speedy-33.

Week 3

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 09/04/06	Labor Day Observed.
Wednesday 09/06/06	Engineering Design Example: IDEO			Homework #2

Lab 2: Applications using LEDs and Switches using the Speedy-33 Audio Level Meter.

Week 4

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 09/11/06	Engineering Design – Part 2
Wednesday 09/13/06	Coin Sorter Example

Lab 3: Introduction to Robotics.

Week 5

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 09/18/06	Preparing for the customer needs survey.			Homework #3
Wednesday 09/20/06	Performing the customer needs survey in class.

Lab 4: Noise removal using digital filters.

Week 6

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 09/25/06		Writing letters, memos etc.
Wednesday 09/27/06	Project Management			Homework #4

Lab 5: Music Equalizer.

Week 7

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 10/02/06		Writing Abstracts, Introductions, Summaries, etc.
Wednesday 10/04/06	Engineering Tools

Lab 6: Music Composer.

Week 8

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 10/09/06			Why Bother? Getting Started.	Homework #5
Wednesday 10/11/06	Computing Tools in Engineering

Lab 7: Telephone.

Week 9

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 10/16/06			Problem Definition
Wednesday 10/18/06			Problem Definition, Cont’d	Homework #6

Lab 8: AM Radio.

Week 10

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 10/23/06	Engineering Models
Wednesday 10/25/06		Presentations I

Week 11

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 10/30/06			Generating Solutions
Wednesday 11/01/06			Generating Solutions, Cont’d	Homework #7

Lab 9: Modem.

Week 12

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 11/06/06		Presentations II Sample Presentation
Wednesday 11/08/06			Deciding The Course of Action

Lab 10: Digital Image Processing Fundamentals.

Week 13

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 11/13/06			Implementing the Solution	Homework #8
Wednesday 11/15/06		Proposals Sample Proposal

Lab 11: Noise removal using analog filters.

Week 14

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 11/20/06		Technical Reports Example
Wednesday 11/22/06			Implementing the Solution, Cont’d

Lab 12: Music equalizer using op-amps.

Week 15

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 11/27/06			Evaluating	Homework #9
Wednesday 11/29/06			Putting it All Together

Lab 13: AM radio. AM Modulator.

Week 16

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Problem Solving Skills	Homework Assignments
Monday 12/04/06			Putting it All Together, Cont’d
Wednesday 12/06/06			End of the semester No class

Lab 14: Audio level meter using LED’s.