Welcome to the Department of Engineering

1. Welcome to the Department of Engineering College of Technology and Computer Science East Carolina University

2. Engineering – the Career for the 21st Century • Congratulations on your choice of a professional career. • Over the next four years you will develop skills to make the world a better place: • Improve health care performance • Solve environmental challenges • Improve energy efficiency • Develop transportation innovations

3. Department of Engineering • Engineering Program began in Fall 2004 • Department was formed one year later • First graduating class was in May 2008 • Accreditation by ABET, Inc. awarded in August 2009 (retroactive to first class) • Now over 400 students, 19 faculty • In planning stages for offering MS degree in Biomedical Engineering • Plans to grow to about 700 students

4. Characteristics of ECU Engineering • Focus on Excellence in Undergraduate Engineering Education • Broad curriculum • All graduates receive BS in Engineering • Small class sizes • Most class sizes are 24 or less, freshman class sizes are typically less than 20 • High degree of student-faculty integration • All classes and labs taught by a faculty member (no TA’s)

5. Characteristics of ECU Engineering • Laboratory-intensive curriculum • Many more labs than most engineering programs • Active partnerships with industry • Engineering Advisory Board made up of 40+ members of local and regional industry representatives • Industry sponsorship of capstone projects • Many internships available with local companies

6. ECU Engineering Curriculum • All students complete an engineering “core” • Students select a concentration for specialized study during junior and senior years • Industrial and Systems Engineering • Bioprocess Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Electrical Engineering

7. ECU Engineering Curriculum • All students complete a year-long capstone design project during senior year • All students complete the equivalent of a full year of basic math and science courses • All students complete the University’s Foundations Curriculum requirements (English, Social Sciences, and Humanities courses)

8. Industrial and Systems Engineering • Analysis of the relationships of “systems.” • Improve the entire system- not one small part. • Directed at the human interface • Transportation Systems: • Analyze relationships, customer needs and required system capabilities

9. Mechanical Engineering • One of the oldest engineering disciplines, usually associated with machinery and manufacturing • ME’s are also involved in new materials, energy solutions, and design of all types of products

10. Bioprocess Engineering • A growing segment of the economy involves the engineering and operation of food, pharmaceutical, and environmental processing systems.  • Bioengineers have the skills to support, operate, and improve these processing systems Produce 100,000 pills per hour - all identical and perfect!

11. Biomedical Engineering • Prepares future engineers for work in medical device design, clinical / laboratory research, and graduate and medical school. • Skills in medical sensors, optics, medical imaging, biomaterials, physiological systems and modeling.

12. Electrical Engineering • A broad field involved in the development of electrical technology from the nanoscale to large scale power transmission system. • Skills in electronic circuit design, logic development, controls, communications, and power generation and transmission.

14. Student Success: ELC, ENGR 1000, SEA and Tutoring • Engineering Learning Community • Located in Umstead Hall • ENGR 1000 • Making the transition to ECU from high school • How to succeed at ECU • Focused specifically on engineering (COAD 1000 is equivalent for rest of ECU) • Summer Engineering Academy • Preparation to get you ready for the start of classes • Tutoring • For all engineering math classes

15. Student Responsibilities Take advantage of the resources provided to you including tutoring, professors’ office hours, and library study areas. Each student is solely responsible for his or her own success. Perform to the best of his or her abilities in each course to ensure that graduation is not delayed. Maintain good study habits Attendance and turning in homework are key to doing well in class!

16. Student Responsibilities Track personal progress through the courses on the flowchart to ensure that graduation occurs by goal date. Understand which courses are prerequisites for other courses While the advisor will help the student develop a reasonable plan, it is the responsibility of the student to keep up with courses and to know when to take each class Realize that the engineering program is sequenced in such a way that dropping or failing a single course may delay graduation a full year

17. Advisor Assignment For students who have applied and been accepted into the engineering program: A – L Karen De Urquidi M – Z Ricky Castles For students not yet admitted into the program: Mary Gabrielsen If you have not applied to the engineering program, please fill out the online application. You will not have an assigned advisor until that is completed.

18. Summer Engineering Academy Academy takes place on Monday, August 20 Classes start on Tuesday, August 21 Sessions to set up computer, tour the library, sign up for student organizations, meet faculty, get to know campus, and meet other engineering students! Sessions start at 9 am Location TBA- check your e-mail!

19. Student Handbook • This should be your primary reference along with the university catalog. • Please review and become familiar with both. • May be found in your packet and on our web site: • www.ecu.edu/engineering

20. Computers and Software • Laptops required for all engineers • ECU ACE Program: purchase at ECU Student Store with on site support (http://www.ecu.edu/ace/) • If buying elsewhere, pay attention to the ACE specification: “Graphic Design PC” • Microsoft Office required: Sold at the student store (or may be able to be downloaded on OneStop) • Calculators: keep it simple per FE test • www.ncees.org/Exams/Exam-day_policies/Calculator_policy.php

21. Student Organizations Engineering Student Council Engineering Ambassadors American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Biomedical Engineering Society (BIMES) ECU Robotics Club Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Professional Engineers of North Carolina Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

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23. FERPA • What is FERPA? • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act • What does it mean to you? • Protects confidentiality of personally identifiable information in student records. • What does it mean to your parents? • No access to your records until a Buckley Form is filled out. (Under ‘Academic Planning’ on OneStop)

24. Math Placement • Based on ALEKS placement test • Start in: • MATH 2151 - Calc 1 • 4 years, no summer courses • MATH 1083 - Pre-calculus • 4 years, 1 summer course • MATH 1065 - College Algebra • 5 years

25. New Math 1065 Format Class meets only ONE hour a week Student required to log in for additional 3 hours each week – at the Computer Lab in Joyner Library! Student must sign up to complete their exams in the Computer Lab in Joyner Library Student MUST ATTEND the first day of class or they will be dropped!

26. Registration • Many of you should be registered for classes already • Block Schedule includes • ENGR 1000 • ENGR 1012 (lecture and lab) • MATH • BIOL 1050/1051 or CHEM 1150/1151 • ENGL 1100

27. What you need to do… Add an elective from the Social Sciences, Humanities or Fine Arts Drop/Add classes through OneStop PIN number is 082112 Pick up your ECU 1Card after this session.

28. No Schedule? If you do not have a schedule, you must complete the engineering admission application online Register for basic classes until admission from the Engineering Department is received.

29. Things to Remember – Technical Degrees Are Not Equal • Engineering is a respected profession. • We will help you succeed. The rewards are substantial.

30. Contact Information • Keep up with your ECU e-mail over the summer! Karen De Urquidi 252-737-1033 Slay 212 deurquidik@ecu.edu • Ricky Castles • 252-737-1188 • Slay 220 • castlesr@ecu.edu

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