Communication Skills – Dr. P. Hollis

Pro-Engineer – Dr. Y. Haik

C++ - Dr. L. van Dommelen

Stirling Engine – Dr. A. Krothapalli

Most of the assigned work in this class is carried out during the scheduled class times. Consequently, you are required to attend class on time and every time. It will be very difficult to make up class work at other times. Minimum passing grade (C) in this class is 70%.

From the credit assigned to the writing tools section, 35% is assigned to a final report, 15% to a final presentation, and 50% to class projects. From the credit assigned to the C++ section of the class, 5% is assigned to the first project, 5% to the second project, 10% to the third project, 10% to the fourth, 10% to the fifth and 10% to the final project. Another 50% will be assigned to a closing test. From the credit assigned to the ProE section of the class, 30% is assigned to individual projects, 20% to group projects, 30% to the final project and 20% to a midterm exam in ProE.

Your workmanship determines the grade for the Stirling engine. At the minimum, the engine must run at 300 RPM. The working principle of the engine must be well understood.

Excused Absences: Absence for participation in recognized university activities, properly certified personal illness, or recognized emergencies may be excused by the Dean's office. Please note that the College of Engineering has a restrictive interpretation of what is considered a valid excuse for an absence. If an absence is to be excused, make sure you check beforehand. In case of excused absence, the instructor will work with you to help you make up for missed time and catch up.

Unexcused Absences: A student having more than four unexcused absences is dropped from the course and assigned the grade F. No exceptions. Tests and exams missed because of unexcused absence receive the grade 0. No exceptions.

Other projects and activities missed completely receive the grade 0 for those projects of activities. No exceptions.

Missing individual lectures in lab sequences is believed to reduce the value of the entire lab sequence. (``Sequence'' means C++, Pro-Engineer, Machine shop, etc.) You will understand less of what is going on and be less valuable to your group.

For that reason, missing one lab, the credit for the other labs in that sequence is also reduced. In particular, credit of the related labs is reduced by 33% for one unexcused absence, if it is 1:15 lecture period or 50% for a 3:00 lab period. This is applied on a compound basis.

For example, suppose you miss the initial C++ lecture period and the lab period behind it. Also assume the groups you are in score an average of 90% on the projects. You would lose 10% of your C++ programming credit for having missed the first project, 10% for having missed the second project, (and maybe some from the third project.) But you would also lose credit from the 72% that is left (90% of 80% maximum.)

As a result, by missing only two of the 15 or so C++ lectures, your C++ programming credit would be reduced from 90% to only

0.8 * 0.9 * .67 * .5 * 100 = 24%.