EGR 105 Foundations of Engineering I

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EGR 105 Foundations of Engineering I

• Fall 2005 week 1
• Introduction

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EGR105 Week 1 topics

• Syllabus
• Comments on engineering, etc.
• Project concept
• Assignment 1

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Syllabus

• Goals/Objectives
• Instructor, website
• Class format, schedule, seminars
• Grading
• Computer accounts
• Project

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University of Rhode Island
University College
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business Administration
College of Human Sciences and Services
College of Engineering
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University of Rhode Island
College of Engineering
DeanBahram Nassersharif
Associate Dean Mercedes Rivero-Hudec
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Ocean Engineering
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Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity
Mercedes Rivero-Hudec, 102 Bliss Hall
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College of Engineering Quadrangle
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Narragansett Bay Campus
16 Middleton Building/South Laboratory 24
Sheets Building/Ocean Engineering Department
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Chemical Engineering
Chairman Arijit Bose
ADMINISTRATION/FISCAL Senior Word Processing
Typist Meredith Leach
LABORATORIES Lab Machinist R. Ansay
BIOCHEMICAL/BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
PROCESS ENGINEERING
RI Process Engineering Center
Corrosion Lab
Product Innovation Center
RI Pollution Prevention Center
Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena Center
RI Thin Film Center, URI Surface/Sensor
Partnership
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Civil Engineering
Chairman K. Wayne Lee
LABORATORIES Tech Staff Asst Kevin Broccolo
Manager Brian Gray
ADMINISTRATION/FISCAL Principal Clerk Typist
Kimberly Boisclair
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Electrical Computer Engineering
Chairman G. F. Bouidreaux-Bartels
ADMINISTRATION/FISCAL Fiscal Clerk Phyllis Golden
LABORATORIES Michael Platek, Timothy Toolan,
James Vincent
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES IN Biomedical
Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical
Engineering Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS Signal Processing and System
Theory High Performance Computing Advanced
Distributed Computing Lasers, Fibers, and
Materials VLSI and Electronics Biomedical
Engineering
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Industrial Manufacturing
Engineering
ChairmanJyh-Hone Wang
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY
ENGINEERING STATISTICS/QUALITY CONTROL
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS/OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics
Chairman Arun Shukla
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Ocean Engineering
Chairman Stephan Grilli
DEPARTMENT EXPERTISE Ocean Instrumentation and
Seafloor Mapping Underwater Acoustics and Data
Analysis Marine Hydrodynamics and Water Wave
Mechanics Coastal and Sea Shore Modeling Marine
Geomechanics Coastal and Offshore Structures
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SURVIVING THE FIRST SEMESTER

• Keep up with the course assignments
• Plan to study between two and three hours for
  each hour in class
• Prepare and follow a schedule
• Find some study partners
• Use e-mail to communicate with study partners
• Use e-mail to communicate with team members on
  projects
• Pass your homework in on time

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SURVIVING THE FIRST SEMESTER
(cont.)

• Be prompt to class
• Attend every class
• Talk to your teacher as soon as you are having
  difficulty with assignments
• Talk to the lab teaching assistant if you are
  having trouble with your labs
• If you must miss class, have your study partner
  pick up handouts
• Take notes in class

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University of Rhode Island College of
Engineering EGR 105 Weekly Time Report
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University of Rhode Island College of
Engineering EGR 105 Weekly Time Report
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Bungee Jumping

• History
• General goal of the
• project

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History of Bungee Jumping

• 1978 Oxford Dangerous Sports Club
• 1988 Commercial offerings in the US and New
  Zealand
• Recent price 69 per jump (near LA)
• Variations include bungee rocket
• (upward flight)

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General Goal of the Project

• Bungee jumping is thrilling, yet scary !!
• Some deaths have occurred
• Show by designing and analyzing a demonstration
  that it can be
• safe
• predictable

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Assignment 1

• Web research on bungee jumping
• Find an interesting site
• Write a 2-3 sentence summary of whats there
• E-mail your summary and the link to me
  (taggart_at_uri.edu). Include the phrase EGR105 in
  the Subject of your e-mail.