EGR 120 - Introduction to Engineering
Tidewater Community College
Engineering Program

Instructor:  Paul Gordy

Note:  This is NOT the home page for the EGR 120 hybrid course.  The online course uses different lectures and assignments and should be accessed through Blackboard (http://mytcc.tcc.edu).  

Available Information:
Course Information (syllabus)
Homework Assignments
Media Assignments
Lecture Notes
Miscellaneous Documents

Contact Paul Gordy:  PGordy@tcc.edu

Check the Due Dates Table to see when assignments are due.  In general, all assignments are due one week from the day they were assigned.  10 points will be deducted for late assignments and no assignments will be accepted more than two weeks late or after the last day of class.

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Homework Assignments
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Individual Assignments

Team Assignments

Homework #1 (Paper on career choice) 
Homework #2 (Internet Assignment) 
Homework #3 (Engineering Ethics) 
Homework #4 (Significant Digits and Systems of Units) 
Homework #5 (Microsoft Equations Editor/Drawing Tools) 
Homework #6 (Excel A) 
Homework #7 (Excel B)
Homework #8 (Excel C)
Homework #9 (PowerPoint)
Homework #10 (BOEBOT worksheet)

Team #1 (Design Process)
Team #2 (BOEBOT Communication)
Team #3 (BOEBOT Servo Test)
Team #4 (Navigating the BOEBOT by Dead Reckoning)
Team #5 (Navigating the BOEBOT using Whiskers)
Team #6 (Navigating the BOEBOT using Infrared Sensors)

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Media Assignments
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Media Assignment #1 ("21st Century Jet") 
Media Assignment #2 ("To Engineer Is Human") 

Media Assignment #3 ("Get Licensed, Get Ahead") 
Media Assignment #4 ("Incident at Morales") 

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Lecture Notes (PowerPoint Presentations)
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Lecture #1 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #2 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #3 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #4 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #5 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #6 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #7 (Powerpoint)
Lecture #8 (Ppt - Systems of Units)

Lecture #9 (Ppt - Eq. Ed/Draw)
Lecture #10 (Adobe - Excel A)
Lecture #11 (Adobe - Excel B)
Lecture #12 (Adobe - Excel C)
Lecture #13 (Adobe - Ppt lect.)
Lecture #14 (Ppt - Design Process)
BOE-BOT Lecture #1 (Ppt - BOE-BOT  Intro)
BOE-BOT Lecture #2 (Ppt - BOE & Servos)

BOE-BOT Lecture #3 (Ppt - Navigating the BOEBOT)
BOE-BOT Lecture #4 (Ppt - Navigating the BOE-BOT with whiskers)
BOE-BOT Lecture #5 (Ppt - Navigating the BOE-BOT with infrared sensors)
 

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Miscellaneous Documents
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NSPE Code of Ethics
Ethics Problems
Redefining the kilogram - article
Mars Orbiter Article

Unit Conversion Tables (Word)

Excel Reference Page (Examples)
MathCAD Reference Page (Examples)
Test #1 Review
Test #2 Review

Salary for BS, MS, and PhD degrees

Women Engineering Graduates

Robotics Version 2.2
BASIC Stamp Manual Version 2.1
STAMP Comparison Table
Whisker Navigation Program
Problem-Solving Format

Study Guide – Indicent at Morales

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