1st week

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Course Prolegomena

Course introduction

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Syllabus

Form Project Teams

Pico Turbine kit

Engineering Journal setup and value

What is engineering and technology?

Word Processing: Create a resume from template

Chapter 1: Everyday Engineering

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2nd week

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Business and Engineering Ethics

Corruption Index

Competitor and inter-corporate meeting scenario.

Introduction to Presentation

Competitive analysis

Spreadsheet: calculations

Chapter 2: Ethics

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3rd week

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Laboratory safety and demonstrations

Determine coil area

Build Picoturbine Kit procedures

Laboratory for building Picoturbine Kit

Chapter 3: Design and Teamwork

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4th week

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Examination 1

Team-Instructor-Journal Meeting

Project sketching

Instrumentation demonstration

Laboratory for project performance testing

Chapter 4: Engineering Communication

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5th week

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Spreadsheet calculations versus tested results

Introduction to critical thinking

Critical thinking discussion

Laboratory for project performance testing

Chapter 5: Estimation

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6th week

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15th week

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1. Title

2. Review of the field

3. Short description of the process, method, techniques

4. Figures, photographs that describe the process

5. Description of other processes

6. Advantages of the method

7. Disadvantages of the method

8. Conclusions

9. Further work

10. References

Prepare an electronic presentation

Prepare hand outs for your audiences

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17th week

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Final Examination