Engineering Discovery 1

Catalog description

Introduces students to engineering and engineers, engineering system investigation and modeling, and engineering graphics fundamentals and computer-aided design (CAD). The lecture and laboratory topics, contents and activities include engineering essentials and Fermi’s questions/problems, scientific and engineering dimensions and units, introduction to spreadsheet computing, engineering graphics fundamentals and computer-aided design (CAD), utilizing solid modeling software, and engineering system investigation through various department modules. Professionalism, teamwork and technical communication are stressed. Students participate in a team-based computer graphics design project at the end of the term.