Syllabus

EG 10112: Introduction to Engineering Systems II

Spring Semester 2018
Catalog Description: EG 10112 “Introduction to Engineering Systems II”
This is the second of a two-part sequence to introduce engineering to First Year intents and to establish a
foundation for their studies in any of the engineering disciplines. Group-orientated design projects are
used to provide a multidisciplinary view of engineering systems and to present the engineering method.
Computing skills are developed for engineering analysis, synthesis, and technical communication.

Meeting Times and Location

Classes are held in 212, 108, and 109/110 Stinson-Remick on Tuesday and Thursday. There are multiple
sections held throughout the day. Pay special attention to the section and room number that you are
official enrolled in and attend the appropriate section.

110 Stinson-Remick 108 Stinson-Remick 212 Stinson-Remick

Course Time Section Instructor Section Instructor Section Instructor
9:30 – 10:45 AM 1 K. Meyers 7 V. Goodrich
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM 2 K. Meyers 8 V. Goodrich
12:30 – 1:45 PM 3 S. Kumar 9 L. McWilliams 6 M. Summe
2:00 – 3:15 PM 4 S. Kumar 10 B. Smith
3:30 – 4:45 PM 5 R. Alberdi 11 B. Smith

Course Staff:
There are multiple instructors involved with the execution of this course, but students are welcome to seek
help from any instructor during office hours or by scheduling an outside appointment.

Instructor E-mail Office Office Hours

Ryan Alberdi
Civil Engineering
Victoria Goodrich
Chemical Engineering
Shreya Kumar Shreya.kumar@nd.edu
Computer Science
Leo McWilliams
Electrical Engineering
Kerry Meyers
Mechanical Engineering
Brian Smith
Civil Engineering
Mark Summe
Chemical Engineering
ralberdi@nd.edu 155 Fitzpatrick Monday 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Hall
v.goodrich@nd.edu 208 Cushing Monday 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Hall
378 Fitzpatrick Wednesday and Friday
Hall 12:40 – 2:00 pm
lmcwilli@nd.edu 208 Cushing Held in 111 Stinson-Remick
Hall Tues 11:00 – 12:00
kmeyers1@nd.edu 208 Cushing Held in 111 Stinson-Remick
Hall Tues 12:30 – 2:00 pm
bsmith24@nd.edu 201 Cushing Wednesday 9:30 – 11:00 am
Hall
msumme@nd.edu 111 Stinson- Held in 112 Stinson-Remick
Remick Tuesday 2:00 – 3:00
Student Assistants – Eleven undergraduate student assistants are assigned to assist in the class sessions.
Student assistants also staff 108 Stinson-Remick during evening office hours from 7:00 – 11:00 pm,
Monday – Wednesday.

Section Student Assistant Email Major

1 Annie Nagel anagel1@nd.edu Civil Engineering
2 Taylor Rongaus trongaus@nd.edu Computer Science
3 Ryan Fielder rfielder@nd.edu Aerospace Eng
4 Melina Valencia mvalenc2@nd.edu Computer Science
5 Zachary Kowalczyk zkowalcz@nd.edu Electrical Eng
6 Daniel Hopkinson dhopkin1@nd.edu Chemical Eng
7 Riley Mullen rmullen3@nd.edu Aerospace Eng
8 Shannon Meyer smeyer4@nd.edu Aerospace Eng
9 Grace Schippers gschippe@nd.edu Mechanical Eng
10 Edward Yuan eyuan1@nd.edu Computer Science
11 Teresa Simunich tsimunic@nd.edu Chemical Eng

Materials:
We will use one textbook throughout the semester. This book provides additional information to what is
presented in lecture and is a required book. Weekly homework problems will be assigned from the
textbook.

Lent, Craig S. Learning to Program with MATLAB: Building GUI Tools

Published by Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-93644-3

Supplemental Lecture Notes and videos will be released in Sakai.

Grading
Final course grades will be based on the following categories:

% of Final
Category
Grade
Midterm Exam 20%
Exams In Class Exam 15%
Final Exam 20%
Participation 10%
Regular Assignments
Homework 15%
Group Project Project Grade 20%

You are expected to participate fully in the class to earn points in each of these categories. In the sections
below, the course schedule is outlined. The sections following will outline more detail about each of these
sections.
Course Schedule
A schedule for delivery of course content is available below. Note that this schedule may change.
Week Date Class # Class Title
16-Jan 1 Introduction to Class and MATLAB
1
18-Jan 2 Programming Basics
23-Jan 3 Strings and Vectors
2 25-Jan 4 Vector and Matrix Math
30-Jan 5 Project Intro, Plotting
3 1-Feb 6 IF Statements
6-Feb 7 FOR Loops
8-Feb 8 More FOR Loops
13-Feb 9 While Statements
5 15-Feb 10 Animating using Loops
20-Feb 11 Loops Applications – Euler Method
6 22-Feb 12 Exam Review
27-Feb Exam 1
27-Feb 13 Functions
7 1-Mar 14 Applying Functions
6-Mar 15 Other Data Classes
8 8-Mar 16 Initial Project Presentations
SPRING BREAK
20-Mar 17 In Class Exam Review Session
9 22-Mar 18 In Class Exam
27-Mar 19 GUI Introduction
10 29-Mar 20 GUI Continued
EASTER BREAK
3-Apr 21 Collecting Data/Basic Statistics
11 5-Apr 22 Additional MATLAB functions/tools
10-Apr 23 Other Programming Languages
12 12-Apr 24 Compiled Language Basics
17-Apr 25 Translating between Programs
13 19-Apr 26 Translating between Programs
24-Apr 27 Technical Writing/Project Close Out
14 26-Apr 28 Project Demonstrations
15 1-May 29 Final Exam Review
7-May Final Exam – 1:45 – 3:45

Exams:
Two exams a midterm exam, each worth 20% of your final grade, will be administered.
Midterm Exam Final Exam
th
Date: February 27 Date: May 7th
Time: 8:00 - 9:15 am Time: 1:45 – 3:45 pm
Room: TBA Room: TBA

One practical MATLAB programming exams will also be held during class(In class Exam). It is worth
15% of your final grade. They will be held in class on March 22nd.
Homework
Weekly homework sets will be assigned and are in total worth 15% of the final course grade. These
assignments will be made available through Sakai (sakai.nd.edu) each week and are due at the beginning
of class on the date indicated on the homework assignment. Homework assignments will be graded by the
student assistant and returned the following week in class. Homework solutions are posted electronically
on Sakai after they are due.

Homework Policy
1. Homework assignments will be available weekly on Sakai (sakai.nd.edu).
2. Homework assignments are due at the start of class on the date listed on the assignment.
a. Your name and section number must be on the first page of your solutions.
b. When you come to class, your homework should be given to the student assistant or
handed in to the indicated spot.
c. Homework is considered late, once your class session starts. Late homework will be
assessed a 10 point penalty if received within 24 hours of your class start time.
d. Homework should follow all guidelines for formatting set forth by the class – these will be
provided for code in a separate document.
3. We encourage group study and group discussion of class material and homework. However;
unless otherwise indicated, homework solutions must be individual work – WHAT YOU TURN IN
MUST BE YOUR WORK OR A CITATION MUST BE PROVIDED. Indicate those that collaborated on the
solution. Full details of what constitutes appropriate collaboration will be provided in lecture.
4. The Student Assistant evaluates both your answer to a problem and the approach that you used
to arrive at that answer. You must organize your homework to allow the Student Assistant to follow
and understand the steps you took to arrive at the answer. Your Student Assistant has the authority
to deduct points (up to the full point value) if they determine that your homework is not neat or
organized.

Participation
10% of the final grade will be determined by your participation in class and in out of class preparation
activities. Factors that may affect this component of the grade are participation in class activities, pre-
class readings and quizzes, project deliverables, attendance, and performance in the group activities. Note
that this is not an exhaustive list. Your full participation and attendance in class is required to earn many
of the participation points.
Engineering Exploration
As part of the “Participation” grade in the course, you are required to complete 2 interest events over the
before spring break which are intended to allow you to explore engineering disciplines and working
within engineering. In a separate document (called: Engineering Exploration Guidelines), you will be
provided with a list of events as well as the requirements for earning credit in the engineering exploration.
Each engineering exploration activity will be worth a grade in the “Participation” portion of your
engineering grade.
Attendance Policy
Attendance is required. You are responsible for the information presented during class meeting times.
You should attend every class, even if the material seems “obvious” in advance – it is often the details,
side-stories, and classroom explanations that provide the keys to deeper understanding of the course
material. Attendance will be assessed through the “Participation” portion of the grade or through any
assignments, exams, or project components that are due on that date.
Full details of the University attendance policy can be found in the Undergraduate Academic Code,
Section 3.1: Class Attendance and Conduct.
Honor Code
Entering Notre Dame you were required to study the on-line edition of the Academic Code of Honor, to
pass a quiz on it, and to sign a pledge to abide by it. The full code and a Student Guide to the Academic
code of Honor are available at: honorcode.nd.edu. Perhaps the most fundamental sentence is the
beginning of section IV-B:
The pledge to uphold the Academic Code of Honor includes an understanding that a student’s submitted
work, graded or ungraded – examinations, draft copies, papers, homework assignments, extra credit
work, etc. – must be his or her own.
The honor code is strictly enforced by EG10112 Course Personnel. For questions regarding the honor
code, please see the Student Guide to the Academic Code of Honor and additional notes provided in
lecture.

Students with Disabilities

Any student having a documented disability and anticipates needing accommodations in this course must
make arrangements to meet with their instructor or Dr. Goodrich as soon as possible. Prior to this meeting
the student must contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to obtain an “Arrangements for
Reasonable Accommodations” form. This form verifies their disability and specifies the
accommodation(s) needed. The process needs to be complete, meaning the form has been signed by the
student and returned to the Office for Students with Disabilities one week or seven days before the test
that they are requesting accommodations.