ENGR 100: Introduction to Engineering: Design in the Real World

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Term:
Fall 2014
Published:
January 13, 2016
Revised:
January 13, 2016

Currently offered in Fall and Winter semesters at the University of Michigan College of Engineering (Ann Arbor, MI), this survey course provides a general introduction to the engineering design process – spanning core topics from problem definition through prototyping and testing, as well as other important considerations such as sustainability, failure analysis, and engineering economics. In some semesters, select lectures have been delivered via screencast prior to class, with corresponding lecture times then involving a complementary or a reinforcing activity. This particular Section of Engineering 100 emphasizes multidisciplinary design, entrepreneurship, and benefitting people's quality of life.

About the Creators

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Kenneth Alfano is a licensed Professional Engineer in Michigan, with expertise in designing electromechanical technologies for biochemical analysis. He has taught engineering design at UM College of Engineering since 2006, principally in the program in Engineering Undergraduate Education, prior to which he was a staff Research Engineer at the College. He has been lead instructor for ENGR 100 (Intro to Engineering: Design in the Real World) since 2012. He also teaches regularly in the program in Technical Communication, and intermittently in the Biomedical Engineering Department.

Female student giving lecture with overhead screen
Term:
Fall 2014
Published:
January 13, 2016
Revised:
January 13, 2016

Lectures

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Complete course lectures available on YouTube

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