ENGR-111 Introduction to Engineering

ENGR-111: Introduction to Engineering

Instructor: Dr. Scher

Syllabus, Fall 2026

Homework

• Homework 1: About You
• Homework 2: Career Numbers
• Homework 3: Which Engineering, and What Is It?
• Homework 4: Keys to Success
• Homework 5: How You Learn
• Homework 6: Ethics and What You Owe

Conversation Assignments

• Conversation 1: Meet an Adviser
• Conversation 2: Informational Interview

Measure and Plot Assignment 1

• Measure and Plot Assignment 1

In-class work

• In-Class Work 1: Who Built This?
• In-Class Work 2: From a Vague Wish to a Real Specification
• In-Class Work 3: Decision Matrix
• In-Class Work 4: Job Functions
• In-Class Work 5: A Common Basis
• In-Class Work 6: Project Checkpoint
• In-Class Work 7: Project Build Status and Risk
• In-Class Work 8: Project Presentation Dry Run

Project

• The project
• Project: Topic
• Project: Proposal
• Project: Presentation and Demo
• Project: Final Report

Final paper

• Final Paper: Design Your Process

Lectures

• Lecture 1: What Is Engineering?
• Lecture 2: The Engineering Disciplines
• Lecture 3: The Engineering Design Process
• Lecture 4: Defining the Problem
• Lecture 5: Criteria, Constraints and Decision Matrices
• Lecture 6: Keys to Success in Engineering Study
• Lecture 7: How People Learn
• Lecture 8: Job Functions and the Technology Team
• Lecture 9: Unit Conversions and Dimensional Analysis
• Lecture 10: A Common Basis
• Lecture 11: Transfer, Advising and Your Educational Plan
• Lecture 13: Ethics and Professional Licensure
• Lecture 14: Estimation, Measurement and Error
• Lecture 16: Presenting Technical Information
• Lecture 18: What Comes Next

Files

• Decision matrix template, a spreadsheet for In-Class Work 3 and the project proposal
• Crude oil production data, for In-Class Work 5
• Samples from previous students: two final papers (1, 2)
• Unit conversions practice, ungraded practice problems to go with Lecture 9, Unit Conversions and Dimensional Analysis, and its solutions

Reading

• Reading list