EGGG101 Intro to Engineering (Fall 2009)

Mechanical Engineering Module (Dr. Prasad)

 

Instructor:      Ajay K. Prasad

                        Professor

                        Department of Mechanical Engineering

                        Office: 302 Spencer Lab

                        Phone: 302 831 2960

                        prasad@udel.edu

                        http://research.me.udel.edu/prasad

 

TA’s
Jenn Iskra, Leah Putman, Becky Buxbaum, Peter Bocchini, Bryan Hennigan

Schedule

Drs. Prasad and Higginson will co-teach the Mechanical Engineering Module of EGGG101.

 

Dr. Prasad will conduct the first three lectures for each rotation (T/R/T) as indicated below.  Dr. Higginson will conduct the next three lectures (R/T/R) of the rotation.  Please refer to Dr. Higginson’s website for details on her three lectures.

 

The schedule for Dr. Prasad’s three lectures per rotation is shown in the table below:

Note the color coding on the sections and class dates.

 

Lecture #

Time/Location

Topics/Activity

1. Tuesday

Sept 8

Sept 29

Oct 20

Nov 10

8:15 am—204 Gore Hall

9:30 am—315 Gore hall

12:30 pm—315 Gore Hall

Overview of ME section

What is Mechanical Engineering?

What career paths can an ME take?

2. Thursday

Sept 10

Oct 1

Oct 22

Nov 12

8:15 am—204 Gore Hall

9:30 am—315 Gore hall

12:30 pm—315 Gore Hall

Introduction to Wind Turbines

Wind Turbine Components

Review of Wind Turbine Lab

3. Tuesday

Sept 15

Oct 6

Oct 27

Nov 17

Same time as Lectures 1 and 2

Teams A, B, C- 021 Spencer

Teams D, E, F- 123 Spencer

Wind Turbine Experiment

 

Sections

Time

Location

012

011

013

010

8:15 to 9:15 am

204 Gore Hall

017

016

015

014

9:30 to 10:30 am

315 Gore Hall

021

020

019

018

12:30 to 1:30 pm

315 Gore Hall