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 * Engineering Innovation Section B **

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 **__Teaching Fellow:__** Mr. Whitney bill_whitney@alumni.williams.edu =====

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 **__Course website:__** [] ===== 

**Course Objectives ** This course gives an insight into the engineering problem solving method. Students learn through lectures, laboratories, speakers, and outside assignments. The capstone project of the course will be the building of a 250-gram spaghetti bridge that will be tested on the final day of the class.

The class notes and laboratory readings can be found at [] You are expected to read the laboratory instructions and learn sheets before the laboratories and lectures.
 * Course Materials **

**Grading Policy ** Assignments are to be emailed to EngineeringInnovationB@gmail.comby 9:00AM on the due date. Assignments that are late will lose 10% of the possible points for each day the assignment is late. If you do not have internet access at your home, there are computer labs on campus that you can use before the start of class. If you need an extension, see us before the assignment is due so that we can talk about your circumstances. ** Attendance ** Class will be from 9 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday. Students should be in the designated classroom every morning by 9 AM. Attendance will be taken at 9:00 AM, if you are going to be late or miss class, inform Mr. Whitney. Tardiness will be factored into the class participation grades.

If you have any questions on lectures, laboratories, computer exercises, etc... please ask the instructor, teaching assistant, or teaching fellow. I can be reached by cell phone or email and I can meet before and after class hours.
 * Outside Assistance **

Don’t cheat. Cheating consists of taking someone else’s work, words or thoughts without giving credit to the source. On research essays you must cite your sources if you used their ideas. If you directly copy their words then you must give credit with quotations.
 * Academic Honesty **

On laboratory reports if you use other people data you must cite them in your report. The penalty for plagiarism can be a 0 for the assignment for the first occurrence. The second offense can lead to automatic failure in the course.

This is a college course; you will have to spend your time wisely to finish the course work. You are in charge of your time and if you waste your time then I will be less likely to help you after class hours.
 * Time Management **

To receive credit in the class you will need to perform well on both your class work grade and receiving a passing grade on the Final Exam**.**
 * Grades **

The final exam will be an open book, open notes, weeklong take home exam. Concepts tested on the final exam are taken from the student learn sheets and from the laboratory reports. You must pass the final exam to receive college credit for the class.
 * Final Exam **

Mat. Lab Reading/ Intro Essay ||
 * ~  ||~   ||~ __ Schedule: Section B __ ||~   ||~   ||
 * **Date** || **Morning (9AM - 11:30AM)** || **Afternoon (12:30PM - 3PM)** || **What's Due (@ 9AM)** || **What's Assigned** ||
 * June 29th || Introduction || College Ranking Lab || ||^  ||
 * June 30th || Materials Lab || Materials || Spaghetti Samples || Mouse Trap Design ||
 * July 1st || Materials Lab Write Up || Estimation || College Ranking/Intro Essay || ||
 * July 2nd || Statics || Bridge Designer || Mouse Trap Instructions || Mouse Trap Build ||
 * July 3rd || || || || ||
 * July 6th || BB || Dimensional Reasoning || Bridge Design || Research Essay ||
 * July 7th || Mouse Trap Evaluation || Materials Lab Write Up || Built Mouse Trap || Chem Process Reading ||
 * July 8th || Chemical Processes Lab || Chemical Processes || Materials Lab || ||
 * July 9th || Chem Lab Write Up || BB || Bridge Sketch || ||
 * July 10th || BB || Graphing/Data Analysis || || Oral Presentations ||
 * July 13th || Binary || Logic Circuits || || Finish Circuits ||
 * July 14th || Chem Write Up || BB || Sources for Res. Essay || ||
 * July 15th || Career Connections || Ethics || || Rem Measure Reading ||
 * July 16th || Error Analysis/Statistics || Remote Measure Lab || Circuit Assignment || ||
 * July 17th || Robotics || Circuit Build || Research Essay || Final Exam ||
 * July 20th || BB || Finance || Chem Lab/Remote Lab || Finance Problems ||
 * July 21st || BB || BB || Robotic Car Writeup || ||
 * July 22nd || Oral Presentations || BB || Oral Presentation || ||
 * July 23rd || BB || BB || || ||
 * July 24th || Bridge Breaking || || Completed Bridge/ Final Exam || ||
 * July 22nd || Oral Presentations || BB || Oral Presentation || ||
 * July 23rd || BB || BB || || ||
 * July 24th || Bridge Breaking || || Completed Bridge/ Final Exam || ||