Lectures -

• Week 1 (8/24/09):
  • Lecture: introduction of the course, instructor, and coaches.
  • In-class activity: interviews and presentation of students.

• Week 2 (8/31/09):
  • Lecture: video - An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning
  • In-class activity: N/A
  • Homework #1: create (or update) your resume (due 9/14/09)

• Week 3 (9/7/09):
  • Labor Day Holiday

• Week 4 (9/14/09):
  • Lecture: guest lecture - career services overview and writing effective resumes - Kristen Todd.
  • In-class activity: project discussion/team formation
  • Homework #2: write-up (1 page) project proposal and presentation (due 9/28/09)

• Week 5 (9/21/09):
  • Lecture: guest lecture - technical writing and academic integrity - Steve Bucher.
  • In-class activity: discussion.
  • Homework #3: (a) revise your resume and (b) write a few sentences on what you learned about resume writing that you did not know before (due 10/26/09).

• Week 6 (9/28/09):
  • Lecture: guest lecture on intellectual property, entrepreneurial activities - Alex Leshnick
  • In-class activity: brief presentations (and discussion) of project proposals (part 1).

• Week 7 (10/5/09):
  • Lecture: what is engineering and what do engineers do?
  • In-class activity: brief presentations (and discussion) of project proposals (part 2).

• Week 8 (10/12/09):
  • Lecture: guest lecture on engineering ethics - Marc Aubertin
  • In-class activity: discussion.

• Week 9 (10/19/09):
  • Lecture: N/A
  • In-class activity: puzzle contest.

• Week 10 (10/26/09):
  • Lecture: activity with coaches (surprise).
  • In-class activity: N/A

• Week 11 (11/2/09):
  • Lecture: discussion - graduate school, to go or not to go?
  • In-class activity: time to work on project.

• Week 12 (11/9/09):
  • Lecture: problem solving and computational thinking.
  • In-class activity: time to work on project.

• Week 13 (11/16/09):
  • Lecture: N/A.
  • In-class activity: bridge building contest

• Week 14 (11/23/09):
  • Lecture: N/A
  • In-class activity: groups present projects (part 1).

• Week 15 (11/30/09):
  • Lecture: N/A
  • In-class activity: groups present projects (part 2).

• Project description: (PDF)
• Project milestones:
  • Project proposals: written part (1-2 pages) due in class on 9/28/09; brief presentations (10 min each) done in class on 9/28/09 (with continuation the following week as needed).
  • Final project presentation and report: written report (5-7 page) due in class on 11/30/09; presentations (20 min each) done in class on 11/23/09 and 11/30/09.
• Things to cover in your project proposal:
  • Team/Company Name
  • Roles/responsibilities of all team members
  • Product Name
  • Main idea behind your product (what is it suppose to do, you don't need to necessarily know how, at this point)
  • How does your product address some aspect of sustainability
  • What is your target market/product users
  • Motivation for why some people might be interested in buying/using your product
  • Timeline (set of milestones that you've set for your team, and who takens main responsibility for those milestones)
• Project final report outline: (PDF) and example (note that the example is just a sample of an executive summary and your reports are not intended to be exactly like this).
• Resume presentation: (PDF)
• Material for ethics lecture: An Ancient Dilemma, Philosophical Ethics, NSPE Code 2007 July,