Take Home Assessment–Comments

Take-Home Assessment – Comments

Some of you may wish to know how the class performed on the final Take Home Assessment. Here are some comments

The Process

• I graded all the essay questions myself – almost everyone was careful and received full credit.
• I reviewed the “item analysis” provided by BbLearn.  It looks at the performance on each question to see if there problems because they were poorly written or possibly required material that was not presented in class.
  • As a result of that review I decided to add 7.2 points to each person’s raw score to make allowance for possible lack of clarity, although I found no questions that I felt were wrongly stated.
  • The result of this increase in the exam is reflected in the column –CAEE-201 TakeHomeAdj

Some comments on questions where there were difficulties.

• Learning after Graduation – It’s almost certain that you’re going to need to go on learning throughout your career as an engineer.  Many of you chose answers that indicated your thought there wouldn’t be much later learning.
• Heat Transfer Calculation – this was the same basic question as in Lab #1
• Nested IF Function – This was admittedly a difficult question, but it was directly based on the hydrology lab.  Learning to use this kind of logic will almost certainly be beneficial in your engineering career.
• Gas Concentrations – A key result of the IAQ lab was that you cannot have all things – low ozone and low CO2 merely by ventilating.
• Revit Type – Revit is BIM software, not a sketching or drafting tool.  When I Googled the word Revit the first entry stated that as I did in class.
• EER – EER is a ratio of BTU/Watt-Hour – It’s a measure of efficiency of an air conditioning system.  it is NOT dimensionless as it is used. 
• Member Weight Calculation – It’s surprising that a number had difficulty with this one.  You needed to calculate the volume and multiply by the density, being sure to watch the units of volume to work in either in^3 or ft^3.

Best/Worst of CAEE-201–Analyzing Your Essays

I’ve completed grading the essays on the final assessment and thought you’d like to have some statistics about what you said – and what I learned.  While grading them I kept track of your comments in a variety of categories suggested by what you wrote (see below) to get a sense of what worked and what needs to be improved.

I’ll use these results to try and improve what we do when next we offer CAEE-201 in the spring.

What Worked

Overall you were very positive about CAEE-201.  You liked the variety of speakers, the exposure to what the CAEE majors consist of, and especially the site visits.

The breakdown of the comments overall was

• 87 Students completed the essay – 3 did not
• 50 wrote only positive comments
• 37 wrote both positive and negative comments
• No one wrote only a negative comment
• 259 Positive/Best comments
• 48 Negative/Worst/Needs Improvement comments

 

What Needs Improvement

As you’ll see in looking at the details the biggest area you felt needs improvement is the instructions for the labs (16 comments).  There were 37 “worst” comments addressing some aspect of the labs (please note that there were 25 positive comments as well).  There’s considerable variety in the specifics of what you felt was problematic.

 

Detailed Comment Breakdown

• The groups of comments are organized alphabetically within “Best” or “Worst”
• In some cases I included specific issues as well

Category    Count    Group    Issue    Comments   
Best    39    Admin    Variety of topics        
Best    12    Admin    Variety of Labs     Need outside lab access   
Best    11    Admin    Course Organization    Introduction to field; balance   
Best    4    Admin    Variety of Lectures       
Best    2    Admin    Work Required appropriate        
Best    68    Admin Total           

Best    27    Career    Major Choice - Helps       
Best    4    Career    Career Path Clarification    FE & PE   
Best    31    Career Total           

Best    21    Discussion    Discussion        
Best    21    Discussion Total           

Best    10    Labs    Revit Lab        
Best    4    Labs    HVAC Lab       
Best    3    Labs    Excel Skills        
Best    3    Labs    LCA Lab       
Best    2    Labs    Senior Design presentation        
Best    1    Labs    Graduated Difficulty of Labs       
Best    1    Labs    Lab Instructions Good        
Best    1    Labs    Water Budget - Rec Center       
Best    25    Labs Total           

Best    15    Lecture    Lectures (especially variety)        
Best    11    Lecture    Lecturers Expert and Passionate       
Best    1    Lecture    Graduate Studies Panel        
Best    1    Lecture    JEM lecture delivery       
Best    1    Lecture    JEM Opening Google Earth Lecture       
Best    1    Lecture    Mullin Lecture       
Best    30    Lecture Total           

Best    47    Site Visits    Bridge Visit       
Best    32    Site Visits    Rec Center Visit       
Best    1    Site Visits    Site Visits        
Best    80    Site Visits Total           

Best    4    TAs    Helpful TAs        
Best    4    TAs Total           

Worst    1    Admin    Not Interested in all topics       

Worst    1    Admin Total           
Worst    4    Discussion    Discussions        
Worst    4    Discussion Total           

Worst    16    Labs    Lab Instructions Confusing     Want handout like HVAC; Became clear OR Became more difficult   
Worst    9    Labs    TA Explanations inadequate    Want TA Schedule   
Worst    2    Labs    Lab Feedback inadequate    Lack of rubrics   
Worst    2    Labs    Labs boring       
Worst    2    Labs    Labs too repetitive    Too much Excel.   
Worst    1    Labs    Bridge Lab Instructions Confusing       
Worst    1    Labs    Delayed Feedback        
Worst    1    Labs    Due date too soon    Make on Weekend   
Worst    1    Labs    Labs too structured    Want more freeform   
Worst    1    Labs    Labs too varied    No connections   
Worst    1    Labs    OpenOffice Didn't work       
Worst    37    Labs Total           

Worst    2    Students    Discussions not taken seriously       
Worst    1    Students    Student disrespect in lecture    Exchange Student: Arriving late, leaving early   
Worst    3    Students Total           

Worst    3    Time    Time Required - Labs + Discussion       
Worst    3    Time Total           

No Written Exam During Exam Week

Question

What I want to ask is that will there be an in-class final exam in the exam week? Because I found that there is a 2-hr exam at 3.30pm next Thursday on the weekly schedule on my DrexelOne. And could you please kindly tell me what that exam will include? 

Response

As I said in class there is NO sit-down exam in CAEE-201.  You can ignore that Thursday date.

Memo Format–Senior Design Lab

Question

I was wondering if there is a specific Memo format to follow. I saw many different types and templates online but I did not know which specific Memo format to follow.

Response

We are not fussy.  If you have MS Word you can choose one of the Memo templates.  Here are the usual ingredients. Just be sure to include all the required information.  the identifying information can readily be in bullet format.

To:	[Recipient Name]
From:	[Your Name]
Subject:	[Subject]
Date:	[Click to Select Date]

[Type your memo text here]

 

Question

After reviewing several styles of memo's including analysis style, I was wondering how I should structure the memo? Is it a recap of the presentation addressing the specific questions?  OR

Should i address it to the group as an analysis of their presentation and how well they conveyed the points asked in the senior presentation guide.

Response

Either approach is acceptable so long as you address all the questions raised in the lab.  My own preference would be to address the group, but that is NOT required.

LCA Lab Questions

Question 1

On question 2.C it says to reference table 3.

The unit on table 3 is unclear, however.

"dry Mg^2", what do you mean by that? Mg of Switchgrass? 

And why is Mg squared?

Response

If you’ll look at the bottom of the page you’ll see that the “2” is actually a footnote, not a squared symbol – I agree it’s initially confusing.

Yes it’s referring to dry switchgrass.

Question 2

For herbicide there are two units. Which one do you want me to use?

Response

Both are appropriate since both are required.

 

Question 3

It says, "(grams/dry ton transported)" but it is still category of "(grams of nutrient/dry Mg transported)" 

Response

You’ll have to make a conversion.

 

Question 4

On Labintro file page 9 the instruction is not clear. 

"Table 2 net GHG emissions [gCO2e/L] for extraction, refining, delivery, storage"

Response

This is a slide set by a previous TA included as possibly being helpful.  Refer back to Mr. Long’s info and the main instructions by Dr. Spatari or the Table-2 info in the excel file.

About the Final Lab–Senior Design Presentation

Follow the instructions in the Week-11 Assignment.

Notes:

• The lab is due by Saturday 12/6 at 11:59PM. 
  • This is NOT a full week after you attend the presentation.  It’s the same week.
• You may attend a Senior Design presentation in another department if you wish, but you need to submit by the same due date.
• The schedule for presentations in this calendar is NOT official.  It may change
• The CAEE conference room is located on the 2nd floor of AEL – see this map for help.

12/8/2014 Updated due date to 12/6 (incorrectly showed 12/16).  I had announced the correct date in class and BbL showed that as well.

About the Online Final Assessment

Where Do I Find It?

• Click on the “Quizzes and Exams” menu item in the course website in BbLearn

When It’s Available – LAST WEEK OF CLASSES – NOT EXAM PERIOD

• Opens – Midnight Thursday Morning  12/4 
• Closes – 11:59PM Sunday Evening 12/7

How Much Does It Count?

• 18% of the total grade

What is on it?

• 75% Multiple Choice + True/False + Multiple Answers (more than one answer per question possible)
  • These are drawn from the lectures and the labs in the course.
  • A few require you to be careful in your thinking, but most are straightforward.
• 15% – Calculation Questions based on the labs
  • The description and logic for calculating the answer are the same, but each student will see different numbers
• 10% – 200 words or more on the Best or Worst (or Both) Aspects of CAEE-201 – graded on being specific, not on your opinions.

May I take It More than Once?

• Yes, you may take it up to three times – each time you have 3 hours
• You will not receive your score after taking the assessment– not until I have graded the essays after the assessment closes
• You may not save and resume during one instance of the test.
• Each time you take it the numbers for the calculations and the order of the questions will probably be different.
• You should assume that we will use the grade from the last instance that you take the assessment.

IAQ and HVAC Energy Lab–Questions

Question

1.) In the lab for week 8, we are given the formula E(airflow) = m*[0.24T+W(.045T+1061)].

     What are T and W in this equation?

 

Response

T & W are the Temperature and Humidity of the air being considered

 

Question

2.) Next were supposed to calculate electricity consumed by the chiller to provide cooling energy (Ele) and utility cost. How exactly do you do this?

 

Response

See the this post.

IAQ and Energy Lab–Conditions and Units

 

Questions

• For the calculations for mass flow rate of both ventilation air and exhaust air, I’m assuming that the exhaust air uses indoor air temperature and indoor air humidity ratio for calculations because its going from in to out. And I would assume thats the other way for ventilation air, is that correct?
• Also a clarification for the total heating gain, we were given the parameter of 280 kBtu/hr and the Excel file asks for units of Btu/hr, is it meant to be converted to that unit?

Response

• If the room is assumed to be thoroughly mixed then what’s leaving would be at the same conditions as what’s in the room.
• What’s coming in from outside almost certainly has the same conditions as outside.
• If you’re given quantities in different units, then converting between them is highly desirable.

EER Use In Calculations

Question

When I am calculating the energy consumed by the chiller from the cooling energy provided by the cooling coil, should I use the EER value to make that conversion or the basic unit conversion given? 

Response

EER (or SEER) is a mixed units efficiency rating that allows you to know how many watt-hours of energy will be consumed to produce/move a given number of BTUs.  The Wikipedia definition is worthwhile.

Knowing this definition should help you to address the question posed in the assignment.

Printing Revit to PDF

If you are working in the CAEE CadLab printing your Revit Sheet to a PDF.  Is simple.

• Display the sheet on the screen in Revit
• Tell Revit to Print - (Cntrl-P) or From the Revit menu in the upper left corner
• Choose Adobe PDF as your printer from the dropdown in the dialog box that that opens.
• Save the PDF to the desktop so you can access it.

If you’re working at home you’ll need to install a PDF printer.  There are many available.

• TechsupportAlert.com, is an excellent site that lists many free Windows programs.  Here’s their page for free PDF Writer Software
• For what it’s worth, I’ve used Bullzip successfully.
• Once it’s installed than you’ll use the same process as in the lab.

Week-8 - Rec Center Tour - Lab Locations and Times

This coming week we’ll be touring the Rec Center AND having time in the lab to address the calculation assignment of the week.  You should plan to be involved the whole two hours of your lab period.  The sessions in GL-48 are to help you with the lab calculations.

Note that we will meet outside the East entrance to the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (inside if raining).  Here’s a map showing where we’ll meet and where we’ll go.

Wear flat shoes (NOT heels) – we’ll walk on sensitive surfaces.

As was the case last week, if a few of you from section #61  wish to come in the morning during the #60 times there should be space since the afternoon lab is bigger than the morning lab.  If too many show up we'll have to turn away extras.

Time & Location

Time & Location

Lab	Last Name	Time	Location	2nd Hour
060	A-L	10:00	Papadakis ISB	GL-48
060	M-Z	10:00	GL-48	Papadakis ISB
061	A-K	12:00	Papadakis ISB	GL-48
061	L-Z	12:00	GL-48	Papadakis ISB

Revit Lab - Alternate Assignment

Unfortunately we had technical difficulties in the CadLab this morning so some of the students were unable to undertake the Lab using Revit in CAT-167.  We have fixed the problem and will post how to complete the lab using the CadLab machines.

For those students here are your alternatives.  Other students should complete the lab as assigned following the instructions issued in the CadLab.

1. Complete the lab on your own windows machine by downloading Revit 2015 from students.autodesk.com.
2. Use the lab machines later in the week once we have Revit working on them.
1. We'll announce when it is working
2. The videos and instructions for doing it on your own have been found adequate by most students in past.
3. Perform the assignment described below as an alternate. 
1. Be sure to note in your BbLearn submission that Revit wasn't working when you were in the lab so you're performing the Alternate.

Alternate Assignment

You will create a 1,000 word (2pp single spaced) document that addresses the following questions:

1. What is a BIM program?  (20%)
1. Revit is one example of a BIM program
2. How does it differ from a drafting program such as Autocad (20%)
3. What are the advantages of a BIM program (20%)
4. What are the disadvantages of a BIM (20%)
5. Grammar and Spelling and organization (20%)

1. Cite professional level sources (as with the discussions)
2. Be specific in your answers
3. Address all the questions
4. Provide examples for each questions using the literature you've researched.

We suggest that you can complete this assignment effecitvely by writing about 1/2 page single spaced on each of these questions.

Lab-7– Revit –Times and Locations

Location

This week’s lab will again be located in the CAEE CadLab in CAT-167.  It’s on the ground floor in the Southeast corner of the building.  CAT is the building to the North of Ludlow (where the food trucks are located)  - Link to Google Maps

 

Familiarity – Email to Skip Lab Session

If you are already competent with Revit you may send me an email (James.Mitchell@Drexel.edu) BEFORE the lab time saying you know Revit and don’t need to attend the lab.  I’ll mark you present for the lab.

Times

Because there are only a limited number of computers in the lab we’re splitting each section in half, so each comes for only 1 hour.  You may exchange with a student from another section, but except as noted below please do not come at a time different than the one to which you’re assigned.

Note that section 061 is much bigger than Section 060 so some students from 061 may come to the 060 times with a reasonable chance of finding a place.  Those officially in the section will have priority if we exceed the capacity of the room.

Section 060 10:00-12:00

• A-L  10:00
• M-Z  11:00

Section 061 12:00-2:00

• A-K  12:00
• L-Z 1:00

 

Revit

We’ll be using the program Revit in the lab.  You’re welcome to download it for your laptop for free from http://students.autodesk.com.

• It’s a 3GB download and a 5GB Install
• You’ll need to register with Autodesk
• It’s for Windows Machines only
• Be aware you’ll need to copy the files you create in the lab to yourself via thumbdrive, email, DropBox or something similar.  Your files will probably be erased from the machines.
• Also be aware that files created in a newer version of Revit are NOT openable in older versions.

Grading Notes–Attendance and Calculation Method

I’ve brought the attendance grades up to date through week-6.  You should check the attendance score and other grades now rather than at the end of the term.

Notes on the grading:

• Attendance scores are “raw”.  At the end of the term I will make an allowance for one missed lab and two missed lectures – a total of three.  This will improve your attendance score in the final grade calculation.
• Discussion and Lab scores are already adjusted to drop the lowest score in calculating the running total. 
  • HOWEVER.  If you didn’t turn in a lab or discussion that one is not included in the calculation during the term.  IT WILL be included as a “0” at the end of the term so your overall grade could decrease

River Pollution Lab–Questions

Question

One of the questions for the lab memo asks "How should the treatment plant be operated?" What exactly are you looking for with this question?

Response

You are to take everything you know about the purpose of a treatment plant and how it operates into consideration in making recommendations about what steps must be taken to address the spill.  They would certainly include closing the water intake at some point as well as reopening it later.  There may well be other steps that would be helpful.

Bridge Lab–Strain Gage Location

Question

I’ve found the location of the strain gauge where we were looking at but I am not sure what numbered sensor it was in terms of the sensor data we were provided. I am assuming it was sensor #1?

Response

The file READ ME – Data description 20121018.docs describes the gauge locations.  We could see the one on the sidewalk side, so it’s the “identified” one.  That file asks you to pick the best one or an average of some or all of them.  You’d describe in your memo on why you made the selection.

T-P Bridge Questions

Question 1

I'm a little unsure of where to get the data to find the strain gage cross sectional area. I used the measurements from page 19 of the "Tacony-Palymra Drawings" PDF provided on BB Learn. However, there is a space in the excel lab for additional plate measurements, but I didn't see any additional plates on the page 19 drawing, so I'm not sure if I'm using the right data.

Response 1

You’ll find full information on the construction of the truss chords on p.12.  What you have to do there is figure out where along the truss to interpret the construction of the chord.  To do that you have to know where the strain gage is located (you’re told 82’ from the support).  In order to determine where that is on these drawings note that the Tacony and Palmyra sides are symmetrical and that the support point is at the end of the bascule span on the Palmyra side.  The dimensions on the drawing should help you figure out between which Uxx points the chord information is provided.  As a hint I think you’ll find that there are plates.

Question 2

for question 3, which direction is the diagram in the lab description facing? Which side of the bridge is the strain gage pointed out in the diagram on?

Response 2

We were walking towards Palmyra on the south side of the bridge and passed the strain gage on that side.  You can use the shadows in the truck image as well as Google Maps to determine which direction the truck had to be heading and thus determine the correct orientation of the diagram.

Question 3

For question 4, which asks us to estimate the weight of the truck using moment equilibrium by estimating the distance from the support of the truss to the location of the strain gage and the distance between chords, (again) I'm unsure if I'm using the right data. I used page 19 from the bridge drawings again for this question, and estimated the distance between chords to be 134.75 inches and the distance from support to strain gage to be about 714 inches. Am I looking at the correct truss? I'm using the lower image of the truss on page 19. 

 

Response 3

Look at the title on p.19.  I think you’ll find that it doesn’t address the truss span.

On earlier sheets addressing the truss spans you’ll find the dimension from chord to chord given explicitly.

T-P Bridge Visit–Required Work

Question

I am a little confused as to which problems I should be doing.  I am going off of the Excel spreadsheet, but noticing that there are also questions in the word document titled "T-P Lab Description", also on the blog it says to use a certain length for question 7 but on the ecel sheet there is no question 7, only on the word document. 

Response

You are to complete the Excel spreadsheet as in prior labs. A separate Word document is not necessary.  The tabs in that spreadsheet correspond to the questions in the ‘instructions’ document, but some questions in the ‘instructions’ document aren’t necessary since we’ve addressed them or provided the information. 

Be sure to complete the memo in the spreadsheet,

T-P Bridge Lab–Information Sources

Question

I am having difficulty finding in the plans the relevant information for making the needed calculations (the sketches needed to solve questions 1 and 4). Could you assist me with this?

 

Response

The document Tacony-Palmyra Drawings.pdf contains the necessary information on the construction of the top chord as illustrated in T-P Lab Description.docx.

• You’ll find it in about the middle of the drawings
• Note that the PA and NJ sides are symmetrical so detailed info is provided for one side only

A separate post provides the location of the strain gage.

T-P Bridge Visit–Additional Information

Mr. DeVitis provided us the following information after the visit.
The sensors were installed on the top chord of the first truss span 82' away from the support. So in the figure in question 7 of the assignment, L = 82''

Note that the support point mentioned is where the first truss on the Palmyra side abuts the bascule span.

10/18/2014 2PM - Corrected typo from 82" to 82'.  Also added note about support point.

Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Visit–Thursday 10/16

Next Thursday we’ll visit the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. 

• The visit will take the entire lab period for each lab section
• We’ll be traveling by Drexel bus, walking across the bridge making observations and then returning to Drexel, all within the two hour lab period. 
• Below are the key facts for this visit.

Timing

• We will leave PMOMPTLY on the hour at the start of each lab - 10:00 and 12:00.  We really will leave on time.
• To ensure that the bus has sufficient capacity stick with your assigned lab section.
• We expect to be back by 11:50 and 1:50 respectively.  If there’s a traffic problem we could be delayed, but at that time of day it should be OK.

Location

• The bus will leave from in front of the main building on Chestnut street, probably on the south side of the street.
  • Sometimes for traffic reasons the bus goes to Market street.  If that’s the case we’ll alert you by having someone on Chestnut to direct you.  That person will leave Chestnut at 10:00 or 12:00
• If you’re a commuter you can meet us at the Tacony Palmyra bridge.
  • The easiest parking lot is on the NJ side
  • We’ll be starting our walk from the PA side so you’ll want to walk across the bridge to meet us.
  • We’ll probably start walking from the PA side about 10:25 or 12:25

Wearing Apparel

• Wear a windbreaker (raingear if the weather threatens)
  • The bridge is always markedly cooler and windier than on the ground
• Wear flat shoes – heels will be a problem on some of the sidewalks.

Safety

• The bridge is a dangerous place, particularly if you lean into the traffic lanes – it’s extraordinarily tight.
• LISTEN TO THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WHEN WE’RE THERE

Tanker Collision with Bridge Lab–Questions

Question – About Q8 – Maximum Weight of Oil Tanker

A student visited me today perplexed about the method of calculating the maximum weight of the oil tanker in order not to exceed the allowable stress in the bridge pier – Question 8.

Response

A key thing to note is that in calculating the bending moment (Step 6 – slide 26,27) we’re pushing on the wall with Pyield.  Pyield is the point at the top of the linear elastic range (slide-16).  In essence, we’re ignoring what happens in the “plastic” region when addressing bending.

To work backwards to the allowable tanker mass/weight you need to check whether the maximum stress specified in the question occurs in the elastic range.  You can do this by comparing the moment that occurs with this stress in each pier leg to the maximum moment calculated in step 6.  If that moment is less then you can proceed assuming that you’re working exclusively in the elastic range – which simplifies the calculations.

Week-2 Lab–Geotech–Questions

Question

I am having trouble finding where the fill material is for the Geotechnical Engineering lab. I can clearly see the mud, gravel, and clay but I am not too sure where and what the fill material is.

 

Response

If you look on both sides of the drawing (Geotech Info) I believe you’ll find the labels for all the fill material.

Geotech Lab Questions

Question

If I am reading the new bridge diagram pdf correctly, question 1 relates to TP10 and questions 2 relates to PP6.  Question one asks us to calculate the pressure to -35 feet which is the extent of the support at TP10.  But question 2 asks us to calculate the force down to -65 feet when the support at that location only goes to roughly -20.  Am I interpreting this wrong?  Does the depth of the support not matter in terms of the vertical pressure at the point and depth?   And are approximate estimations for where one layer begins and the other ends acceptable?

Response

You are interpreting the locations correctly.

We ask you to calculate the pressure at a particular depth, not necessarily at the bottom of the support pier.

I’d note that at Location 2 we’re slightly below the bottom layer at –65’. 

• A reasonable way to interpret that last few feet is that it’s boring into rock, which would not add to the total pressure.  Only the water would act. 
• Another way is to assume that the drill rig stops at that layer and say that it cannot get to 65’

We’ll be lenient in how we evaluate student interpretions of those last few feet.

New Announcement Posted on Blackboard Learn

Please review the announcement posted on the course website regarding the procedure for discussion posts.

Alternative to CAEE-201 for Students with Prior Experience

If you have prior experience that you believe makes CAEE-201 redundant for you please contact Prof. Mitchell with a proposed substitute (technical) course.

Your Work in CAEE-201–Requirements

Your Work in CAEE-201–Requirements

The requirements for your work in this course spelled out in detail in the BbLearn pages addressing each.element.  This page summarizes that work.

Weekly Work

• Attendance

  • We will take attendance at all lectures and lab sessions.  You will have a total of three “free” misses to account for illness or other reasons for missing the class.

• Discussions

  • Post a “discussion” in BbLearn each Monday by the start of class addressing the week’s topic.

  • Note that you’re to have read other student’s work and commented on it.

• Labs

  • Go to the Thursday lab each week

    • Download the lab from BbLearn and review it before the start of the lab session.  That lab session will be your only regular opportunity to meet with a TA to ask questions about the lab.

    • The location and duration of the labs will vary through the term.  We’ll announce that week’s requirements in class. Some weeks we’ll have site visits.

  • Submit your completed lab by the 10:00AM the following Thursday

    • The final lab will be due at the end of the last full week of classes.

End-Of-Term Work

• Take-Home Assessment

  • At the end of the final full week of classes there will be an on-line assessment to be completed over the period of several days.  It will consist of questions drawn from the full term’s worth of work as well as short essay on the best or worst aspect of CAEE-201

Memo Writing for Lab Reports

Here’s a blog entry from Fall AY2013-14 on writing memos for Lab reports.  It contains advice on what to include and how to structure the report.

About You

Here are some statistics about this the membership of CAEE-201 this fall.  As expected most of you are from the CAEE department and most are Sophomores, but we have a scattering from inside and outside the College of Engineering.  All the seniors are from the Business and Engineering program.

I’ll say this in the class, but if you’re required to take CAEE-201 and have significant experience in the field please talk to me.  We may be able to allow you to take another class as a substitute that will be more helpful.

About This Blog

We'll use this blog to post announcements and answer questions that are raised throughout this term related to CAEE-201.  We advise you to subscribe to it via an RSS reader – I use Feedly.  That way you won't have to go into BbLearn to see any changes.  There are many many blogs available on interesting topics.  A good place to search for others that may interest you is Technorati.

Here's the course blog from Spring of AY13-14.   You may find interesting things in it.  Remember that we may change the content and the details of assignments from one term to the next.