EGGG101 Intro to Engineering (Fall 2012)

Mechanical Engineering Module

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
Andrew Baker, Robert Hopkins, and Matt Lindemer

Schedule

For the ME Module, Dr. Prasad will conduct three lectures (in Smith Hall 130), and a Saturday lab session (in Gym 1 of Carpenter Sports Building) as indicated below:

Lecture/Lab	Section/Time/Location	Topics/Activity
Lecture #1 Tuesday, Sept 4	Group A (Sections 010 - 018): 8:00 – 9:15 am (Smith 130)	Overview of ME section What is Mechanical Engineering? What career paths can an ME take?
	Group B (Sections 019 - 027): 2:00 – 3:15 pm (Smith 130)
Lecture #2 Thursday, Sept 6	Group A (Sections 010 - 018): 8:00 – 9:15 am (Smith 130)	Introduction to Wind Turbines Wind Turbine Components Review of Wind Turbine Lab
	Group B (Sections 019 - 027): 2:00 – 3:15 pm (Smith 130)
Lab Saturday, Sept 8	8:00 – 8:50 am (Sections 010, 011, 012)	Wind Turbine Lab* All labs will run in Gym 1 of Carpenter Sports Building. Click here for the temporary entrance during construction.
	9:00 – 9:50 am (Sections 013, 014, 015)
	10:00 – 10:50 am (Sections 016, 017, 018)
	11:00 – 11:50 am (Sections 019, 020, 021)
	12:00 –12:50 pm (Sections 022, 023, 024)
	1:00 – 1:50 pm (Sections 025, 026, 027)
Lecture #3 Tuesday, Sept 11	Group A (Sections 010 - 018): 8:00 – 9:15 am (Smith 130)	Review of experiment and error analysis
	Group B (Sections 019 - 027): 2:00 – 3:15 pm (Smith 130)

*Student-teams must pick up two balsa wood strips and three dowels during class on Thursday, Sept 6. The balsa wood must be fashioned into wind turbine blades with dowels firmly attached with glue in time for the lab session on Saturday, Sept 8.