Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Utilize curve-fitting techniques for data representations and computation in engineering analysis.
2. Solve engineering problems using basic principles of statistics.
3. Solve engineering problems using basic principles of statistics.
4. Solve statistics problems using basic principles of mechanics and vector algebra.
5. Solve statistics and engineering problems using basic spreadsheet functions.
6. Solve engineering problems using introductory programming.
7. List engineering registration requirements.
8. Describe how ethics apply to an engineering workplace.
9. Describe how teamwork functions in an engineering workplace.

Homework, exams, lab worksheets assignments and computer programs, oral and written project submittals.
 

1. Statistics and curve fitting are commonly used in engineering applications.
2. Electric circuits consist of basic components and follow certain physical principles.
3. Mechanical analysis utilizes vectors and follows "Newtonian" principles.
4. Spreadsheets, computer programming, and computer operating systems are common engineering problem solving tools.
5. The engineering professional has ethical standards.
6. Engineering work involves group effort.

Contents
1. Curve fitting
A. Linear
B. Exponential
C. Logarithenic
2. Statistics
A. Mean
B. Mode and Median
C. Standard Duration
D. Normal Distribution
E. Regression Analysis
F. Coefficient of Correlation
G. Coefficient of Determination
3. Electricity
A. Ohms Law
B. Kirchoffs Law
C. DC current
D. Series Circuits
E. Parallel Circuits
F. Power
4. Mechanics
A. Forces
B. Moments
C. Equilibrium
D. Free body diagrams
E. Vectors
F. Unit vectors
G. Direction cosines
H. Dot products
I. Cross products
5. Laboratory
A. Hand-held Calculator Usage
B. Spreadsheet
C. Programming
6. Project
A. Components
B. Scheduling
C. Research
D. Group work
7. Non-Technical
A. Registration laws
B. Ethics
C. Academic and career planning
Competencies and skills:
The student will be able to:

1. Apply basic curve fitting principles to solve engineering problems.
2. Apply basic statistical concepts to engineering problems solving.
3. Apply basic electrical principles to circuit analysis.
4. Apply basic mechanics principles to statics analysis.
5. Use spreadsheet and programming tools to present and solve engineering problems

Suggested Additional Course Materials:

1. Engineering and altruism-How technical solutions can be applied to global problems regarding health, safe drinking water, and air pollution.
2. Global impacts of technology-Acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, water pollution.