Lecture Notes


Lecture materials will be posted here on a periodic basis.

Lecture 1 (8/29) - Review of course expectations; discussion of available senior projects. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 17.5 MB)

Lecture 2 (8/31) - Brian Gray, Kelvin Smith Library: using electronic research tools. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 9.8 MB

Lecture 3 (9/7) - First lecture of teamwork. SORRY: No Audio file of this lecture.

Lecture 4 (9/12) - Second teamwork lecture: NASA and Apollo 13 example. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 41.6 MB)

Lecture 5 (9/14) - Project management; GANTT charts. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 8.3 MB)

Lecture 6 (9/19) - What is engineering design? Design tools including brainstorming. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 15.9 MB)

Lecture 7 (9/21) - Project management, leadership. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 16.7 MB)

Lecture 8 (9/26) - Dan Howe, Designing for Manufacturability. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 17.8 MB)

Lecture 9 (9/28) - Bob Gura, Project Management II. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 9.4 MB)

Lecture 10 (10/3) - Oral Status Reports I. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 8.5 MB)

Lecture 11 (10/5) - Oral Status Reports II. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 5.9 MB)

Lecture 12 (10/17) - Mehran Mehregany - Entrepreneurship. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 7.8 MB)

Lecture 13 (10/19) - Nick Frollini - Intellectual Property & Patents. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 7.8 MB)

Lecture 14(10/31) - Second progress report presentations.

Lecture 15(11/2) - Second progress report presentations (continued)

Lecture 16(11/7) - Second progress report presentations (conclusion). Introduction to professional ethics.

Lecture 17(11/9) - Professional ethics continued: Challenger diaster summarized; ACM,IEEE and SPIE codes of ethics; examples of ethical dilemmas.

Lecture 18(11/14) - Karen Oye (Kelvin Smith Library) - copyrights, intellectual property, the Digital MilleniumCopyright Act. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 8.7 MB)

Lecture 19(11/16) - Brian Gray (Kelvin Smith Library) - How to use the patent search engines, international patents, patent classifications and more about patents. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 7.8 MB)

Lecture 20(11/21) - Steve Belovich, CEO of IQWare- Entrepreneurship, sales & marketing, and what you need to know to be successful that engineering classes don't tell you. EXPERIMENTAL: Audio file of this lecture. (MP3, 8.9 MB)


Created: 2005-9-12. Last Modified: 2005-11-24.