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Fall 2008. ENES 182 Engineering the Future. ENES 182 Engineering the Future. Wed 4:00 - 4:50 pm, Kim 1110, 1 credit Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering GOAL – to provide an overview of engineering Its role in addressing challenges of our society and economy
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Fall 2008 ENES 182Engineering the Future
ENES 182 Engineering the Future • Wed 4:00 - 4:50 pm, Kim 1110, 1 credit • Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering • GOAL – to provide an overview of engineering • Its role in addressing challenges of our society and economy • The diversity of engineering fields • How different portions of engineering, science, and social science interact • How engineers think and work • What’s exciting about engineering practice Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future
Instructor Gary W. Rubloff Director, Maryland Nanocenter Minta Martin Professor of Engineering Dept of Materials Science & Engineering Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering Fischell Dept of Bioengineering Institute for Systems Research Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics Gary W. Rubloff 2145 AV Williams x52949 rubloff@umd.edu www.rubloffgroup.umd.edu Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future
Specifics • Registration: ENES 182, 1 credit • Wed 4:00 – 4:50 pm, Kim 1110 • Office hours: email exchange and by appointment • Instructors • Selected lecturers from across the Clark School of Engineering • Exciting, entertaining lectures posted to Blackboard by or soon after class • Requirements for course, basis for grading • (1/3) Attendance – check-in sheet (mark for yourself only) • (1/3) Participation – submit comments & questions to Blackboard Discussion Board, at least for ½ of the lectures • (1/3) Short report (6 pages double spaced): (a) Summarize challenging engineering challenges in the field from one of the lectures you heard (b) Describe how the lectures influenced your thinking about choice of major and career interest Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future
Lectures – Style and Content • Concept • Explained in words and simple pictures • Little if any math or graphs • Applications • Show where concept matters in our lives and careers • “Come to my lab” • Experience the research and lab through pictures, videos, and lab tours • See what students do in experiments • Learn about a few major advances and their impact • Pointers for further interest • Simpler professional magazines useful for your reports • Questions and discussion Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future
Blackboard Site – Class Participation • https://bb.eng.umd.edu • bb-help@umd.edu Rubloff: ENES 182 Engineering the Future