Day

Fri
Mon

Wk Date
1
8/28
8/31

Disc

9/1

Fri
Mon
Disc

Fri
Mon

Disc
Fri
Mon

9/4

LaBerge

9/7 LABOR DAY

9/8

Labor Day Holiday

Disc

Fermi Friday!/ Units and Dimensions

9/14

LaBerge

MATLAB Monday!/The Design Process

9/18
9/21

TBD
LaBerge
LaBerge

Fermi Friday/UROS Project Introduction

LaBerge

MATLAB Monday!/Writing by Design

10/6
10/9
10/12

Fermi Friday!/Drawing #1
MATLAB Monday!/Drawing#2

LaBerge
LaBerge

Fermi Friday!/ Models & Systems

MATLAB Monday!/Mathematical Models
Fermi Friday! Engineering Ethics &
Professional Behavior

10/13

Fri

10/16

LaBerge

10/19

LaBerge

Disc

10/20

Fri
Mon

10/23
10/26

Disc

10/27

Fri
Mon
Disc
Fri

10/30
11/2
11/3
11/6

10

Fri

11/9

Gurganus

Fermi Friday/Heat Transfer #2

Propulsion demo must be completed
during discussion or office hours of week
ending 11/6
MATLAB Monday!/Statics #1

Gurganus

11/10 Last day for "W"

Fri

11/13

Gurganus

11/16

LaBerge

12

Disc

UROS Teams Posted

Drawning/Basic Vex Functionality

Basic UROS Kits available to teams

Math Models/Robot C

Vex Store Open

TSR01 Due Author A

Vex Store Open
TSR02 Due Author B
Circuits Practice/UROS Design & Build

Vex Store Open

Heat Practice/UROS Design & Build

CATME TEAMWORK SURVEY #2

TSR03 Due Author C
Vex Store Open

Fermi Friday!/Statics #2
MATLAB Monday!/ Calculus Based Curve
Fitting

TSR05 Due Author E

UROS Functionality

11/20

LaBerge

Sat
Sun
Mon

11/21
11/22
11/23

UROS Competition 10AM - 1 PM Invite your friends and family. All teams in one discussion section will compete on the same day.
UROS Competition 2 PM - 5 PM Invite your friends and family. All teams in one discussion section will compete on the same day
LaBerge
Special Topic, please be on time!
Open office hours for Circuits/Heat/
Statics / Presentation assistance
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Gurganus
Heat/Statics Review
UROS Presentations
Gurganus
Final Exam Review Session

Fri
Mon
Disc
Fri

11/24
14

11/27
11/30
12/1
12/4

Mon

15

Disc
Fri
Mon
<tbd>
Fri
Fri

12/7

12/8
12/11
16
12/14
<tbd>
12/18
12/25

Q02: Simple MATLAB/ HW02

Simple MATLAB

MATLAB Primer, Chapter 19.1 through 19.3 and 20.1

and 20.2.

LaBerge

Fermi Friday!/Technical Presentations

Thinking Like an Engineer

Last Day of Semester

tbd
Christmas!

No Discussion Section

CATME TEAMWORK SURVEY #3

Final Report Due

Final Exam Review Session

Read Chapter 2 before Class

Read Chapter 3.1 through 3.5 before Class

Read Chapter 3.6 & 3.7 before Class

Q03: Teamwork / HW03 MATLAB
Skim Chapter 18 & Chapter 19 before Class
loops & condition
UROS Handbook
Read Chapter 4 before Class + Handbook for
Technical Writing.
Q04:Fermi #1/ HW04 MATLAB
Read Chapter 16.2 before Discussion
Scripts
Prof. G Handout on Blackboard
Prof. G Handout on Blackboard
Q05: MATLAB Scripts; HW05
Read Chapter 16.3 before Discussion
Matlab Vectors & Matrices
Q06: UROS Rules (Blackboard)
Read Chapter 12 before class
Reach Chapter 13 before class
Robot C Primer
Q07: Sketching/ HW06 Math
Models

Q08: Math Models/ HW07 Math

Models

Use Chapter 12 & 13 for Homework

Q09: Fermi #2/H08 MATLAB

Plotting

Section 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Q10: Circuits/HW09 Circuits

Section 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

TSR04 Due Author D

Fri

13

Read Chapter 16.1 before discussion

Statics Practice/UROS Functionality Build Task elements available for checkout Q11: Heat/HW10 Heat

11/17

Disc

Q01: Scavenger Hunt

HW01 My Major (Blackboard
Assignment)

CATME TEAMWORK SURVEY #1

Fermi Friday!/How Uncertain am I?

MATLAB Monday!/Circuits #1
Fermi Friday!/ Circuits #2
MATLAB Monday!/ Heat Transfer #1

Disc
Mon

CATME SURVEYS DUE

MATLAB Monday!/ Perfect Plotting

LaBerge
Gurganus

11/6
11

Read Chapter 5 before Class

UROS Design
LaBerge
LaBerge

Preparation for Lecture or Discussion

Read Chapter 15 before discussion; Watch Excel

for Beginners videos 1, 2, 3

Project Planning/MATLAB Matrices &

Vectors

Gurganus
Gurganus

Disc

A) Grading Spreadsheet B) Thinking

about Algorithms C) Open MATLAB

Teamwork Exercise/MATLAB Functions

9/28

Assignments Due

Read Chapter 1

Fermi Friday!/Learning Styles

MATLAB Monday!/Teamwork

9/25

10/2
10/5

UROS

MATLAB Algorithms/MATLAB Scripts

9/29
6

Discussion

Getting Started with MATLAB

LaBerge

Fri
Mon

Mon

Fermi Friday! Ambiguity and the

importance of estimation

9/11

Disc

Mon

Lecture
Intro to 101
Engineering Careers

9/22

Fri

Fri
Mon

Lecturer
LaBerge
LaBerge

9/15

Disc
Mon

UMBC

Section 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Q12: Statics/HW11 Statics

HW12 Professional Meeting
Report Due

Q13: MATLAB #3 submit on

Blackboard

Re-read Chapter 4 before Class