Overview

While attending this class Hope learned advance physics as well as become certified in Robot-C. 

 

  • Computational and Analytical Skills
    • Sketch a free body diagram with more than one pair of forces
    • Justify the validity of entries in a given decision matrix
    • Solve for unknown variables in a combination circuit given other components
    • Calculate the location of a shape’s centroid
    • Solve for the magnitude of a vector
    • Solve for external and internal forces in a given truss
    • Determine the modulus of elasticity and elastic limit from tensile test data
    • Determine the yield, tensile, and ultimate strengths from tensile test data
    • Analyze graphical data from beam deflection
    • Use Kirchhoff’s Law to calculate current, resistance, and voltage in a circuit
    • Write programming code for a project involving a sequence or system of tasks
    • Use a variety of methods for identifying and correcting bugs in a program code
    • Calculate the unknown variable for a system that has been subject to a change of state using the gas laws
    • Use Bayes’ theorem to calculate the probability of an event based on past events
    • Calculate the initial velocity of a projectile and the angle it is launched
    • Determine an unknown quantity in a formula when most of the other variable values are provided and one
      value requires an additional calculation such as addition, unit conversion, or rearrangement of the formula
  • Engineering Design Experience
    • Exhibit professional skills needed to successfully contribute to work in a team
    • Determine how to proceed through possible alternate routes of a design process
    • Improve a system design that converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
    • Modify the design of a fuel cell project to increase the efficiency of the system
    • Defend an insulation design considering the three modes of heat transfer
    • Interpret data to make conclusions about insulation design effectiveness
    • Justify material choice in the design of a solution
    • Improve the efficiency of a solution by modifying hardware and software
    • Justify the use of either a hydraulic or pneumatic system in a problem
  • Tools and Software
    •  VEX Robotics platform
    • Logger Pro- Data collection and analysis software
    • ROBOTC- Robot programming language
  • Professional Skills
    • Team collaboration
    • Project management
    • Problem-solving
    • Communication skills
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  •  Engineering Principles of Engineering | Course Resume
    •  Presentation skills
    • Technical writing
      Course Knowledge
    • Careers
    • Engineering disciplines
    • STEM careers related to engineering
    • Professional ethics
    • Energy and Power
    • Mechanisms and simple machines
    • Mechanical advantage
    • Energy sources and applications
    • Materials and Structures
    • Vectors, forces, and statics
    • Trusses
    • Material properties
    • Centroids
    • Tensile testing
    • Control Systems
    • Machine control
    • Programming
    • Sensors and motors
    • Fluid Power – hydraulics and pneumatics
    • Statistics and Kinematics
    • Statistics
    • Kinematics