Lecture: Introduction Prof. Wing-Kin Ma Department of Electronic Engineering

1. ENGG 1100 Introduction to Engineering Design I Lecture: Introduction Prof. Wing-Kin Ma Department of Electronic Engineering

2. Course Information Lectures: Class C: Mon 8:30am-9:15am ERB LT Class D: Mon 11:30am-12:15pm LSB LT6 Laboratories: All except for Week 1 (this week) Course website: in eLearn, check https://elearn.cuhk.edu.hk/ Note: 1) important announcements are made in eLearn; check regularly! 2) check your mailserv mailbox regularly. Sometimes we need to find you in the event of missing assignments.

3. Course Coordinators & Lecturers Course Coordinator: Lecturers : Mentors & Technicians & Teaching assistants: many. Course Inquiry: Please send all your inquiries to engg1100@erg.cuhk.edu.hk

4. Overview This is a hands-on project-based course. You will work in group of 2 on a hardware project. Each group will propose their design, and implement it. We will teach you basic concepts for the project. You will also have a mentor (a professor) to guide you. We intend to show you and let you experience • Basic engineering principles and concepts • Experimental skills • Design methodology for design & construction of a system We also hope that by the end of the term, you would demonstrate innovations, teamwork, and good communication skills.

5. History of Design • People have been designing things for a long time • Examples of great designs from the past • Great Pyramids in Egypt • Mayan Cities and Temples • Great Wall of China • Basic design method in the past > Trial and Error

6. 1976: Apple I 1980: Apple III 1989: Mac Portable 2000: PowerMac G4 Cube 2004: iMac G5 2003: iMac G4 1998: iMac 2004: PowerBook G4 The Design Process

7. Cell Phone Evolution 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

8. The Design Process • Scientists see things as they are and ask, WHY? • Engineers see things as they could be and ask, WHY NOT? • Essence of new design • Less expensive • Faster • Better

9. Engineering design addresses hard problems • Design problems are ill structured— their solutions cannot normally be found by applying math. formulas, methods, and procedures in a routine way. • Design problems are open-ended— they typically have several acceptable solutions.

10. The Project Your task is to design and build an intelligent car… Mars Rover Curiosity (source: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl)

11. The Project Your task is to design and build an intelligent car…… like these, or something smarter than that. To be specific, you are going to design an automatic vehicle with pick-and-place ability. See http://youtu.be/dy_u7lxMkTY

12. The Project You are going to design an automatic vehicle with pick-and-place ability. Designing an intelligent model car, and implementing a practically working one, takes some amount of effort. You will have to learn engineering basics that lead to sensing, control logics for decision making, and motor driving.

13. An Overview of your Schedule First 8 weeks: Learn basic engineering skills • Attend lectures to learn concepts behind designs and electronics; • Attend lab sessions to get hands-on experience with engineering; • Help you understand how to draw mechanical drawings, to build sensing, digital logics and motoring driving circuitries; • Having your mid term test run to construct your very first design. Note: don’t just receive the contents. Think how they help you design the car! Weeks 10-13: design and build your car • Complete your design by the end of the term; • You will be assigned a tutor and a mentor (a professor) to guide you. Weeks 14: project demonstration • 1 demonstration at reading room

14. Course Schedule

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17. Plagiarism CUHK has clear definitions and guidelines on academic honesty; for the details • http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/ • We adopt a policy of zero tolerance on plagiarism, simply stated. • Disciplinary actions, usually involving severe penalties, will be taken for detected plagiarism cases. • Simply put, don’t copy, don’t buy solution, just honestly do your work, and credit others’ contribution.

18. Student/Faculty Expectations on Teaching & Learning The Faculty has clearly established a set of expectations for the students and faculty members of our Faculty • With a view to building up an atmosphere of mutual respect, acknowledgement, and responsibility between our students and faculty members as well as to enhancing teaching and learning in the Faculty. • “Student/Faculty Expectations on Teaching and Learning,” Faculty of Engineering, CUHK, 29 August 2011, http://www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/erg-intra/upload/documents/StaffStudentExpectations.pdf

19. Laboratory You will probably spend much of your time in lab. The lab. provides you with test instruments, and components for the project. Attendance will be checked. Bring your student ID card. • Late with 15 minutes buffer. • More than 30 minutes late = absence. Use of lab. other than assigned lab. hours may be allowed subject to discretion of technicians. Log in eLearn for Lab Manuals.

20. Laboratory Rules Laboratory preparation is vital for you to conduct the lab works. Prior to each lab, please • Read the lab manual, • Prepare lab sheet according to the lab manual, and • Bring the lab sheet to the lab with you. Laboratory safety is very important! Strict observation of the Laboratory Safety Instructions listed in the homepage (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/useo/) of the University Safety & Environment Office on the handling of Electrical and Electronic instruments and power sources is mandatory. Please don’t eat or drink in the laboratory. Be punctual. Attendance will be checked, and 1 mark will be deducted for those who are late for more than 15 minutes.

21. Action Notes Group Forming Find a peer to form a group with you by 17/1 5:30pm through Elearn • You may search for a partner during your workshop 1. Make sure your partner is with the same lab session as yours. Students without group will be randomly assigned to a partner. No Lab for this week Check eLearn for the venue of your lab