Final Assessment Analysis

 

Some of you may wish to know how the class performed on the final Take Home Assessment.

Below are the results of my analysis of the question scores with the color coded column giving the average class score on the question.  I’ve followed the image with some comments on the red (low scoring) questions, as well as what you wrote about the Best and Worst aspects of the class.

• Learning after Graduation – It’s almost certain that you’re going to need to go on learning throughout your career as an engineer.  Many of you chose answers that indicated your thought there wouldn’t be much later learning.
• Heat Transfer Calculation – this was the same basic question as in Lab #1
• Nested IF Function – This was admittedly a difficult question, but it was directly based on the hydrology lab.  Learning to use this kind of logic will almost certainly be beneficial in your engineering career.
• Gas Concentrations – A key result of the IAQ lab was that you cannot have all things – low ozone and low CO2 merely by ventilating.
• Revit Type – Revit is BIM software.  When I Googled the word Revit the first entry stated that as I did in class.
• EER – EER is a ration of BTU/Watt-Hour – It’s a measure of efficiency of an air conditioning system.  it is NOT dimensionless as it is used. 
• Kinetic Energy Calculation – The trick here was to refer to Prof. Dasaro’s lab, where the weight had to be converted into mass to perform the calculation.
• Member Weight Calculation – It’s surprising that so many had difficulty with this one.  You needed to calculate the volume and multiply by the density, being sure to watch the units of volume to work in either in^3 or ft^3.

Short Essay on Best and Worst Aspect of CAEE-201

As the bright green number shows, most of you were very specific and wrote clearly.  As in past there were comments on many aspects of the course.  Only one person out of 113 chose to focus primarily on the negative aspects – everyone else focused on the positive ones, sometimes with a negative comment as well.  Here are some key ones:

• Most Positive Aspects – In order by number of comments Received
• Site Visits – Tacony-Palmyra Bridge & DAC (70 mentions total)
• Variety of lectures & Labs & Speakers (55 mentions total)
• Clarifying your major focus, including graduate study (36 mentions total)
• Discussions (15 mentions total)
• Overall structure of course and TA and Prof. help (18 mentions total)
• Worst Aspects – the total was only about 10% of the number of positive and not nearly so emphatic
• Discussions – about the same number as made positive comments (this has been true every year – 18 mentions)
• A variety of comments about the labs and grading (15 mentions total)
• Two people stated firmly that 10:00AM is too early for the lecture

Take Home Assessment Results + Final Grade Calculation

Take Home Assessment Grade Calculation

The results of the take home assessment are now posted on the website.  The row that shows is called “TakeHomeAdjusted.”  As the name indicates, the score you see is an adjusted score.  It is the “raw” score adjusted upward by ten points out of 100 total. 

I arrived at this adjustment by a several step process:

• First I reviewed the class grades on all the questions to be sure that there weren’t any errors in the questions causing everyone to miss points.  I found no such problems although the calculation problems (based directly on the labs of the term) caused a number of people difficulties.
• I then decided to add the same amount (10 points) to everyone’s score so that the highest scoring individual (not an outlier) received 100%

 

Final Grade Calculation

The final grade for the course (labeled “Cumulative Grade” in what you see) takes into account the dropping of the lowest discussion and the lowest lab score as well as three “free” attendance misses. 

It may change somewhat between now (Thursday noon) and when I submit the grades because it leaves out of the calculation any items that are not yet graded.  The graders expect to finish all the grading by this evening and will check that all the items submitted have been graded, so the grade should be the stable grade that I’ll submit by Friday.

About the Final Assessment

Where Do I Find It?

• Click on the “Quizzes and Exams” menu item in the course website in BbLearn

When It’s Available

• Opens – Midnight Friday Morning 12/7
• Closes – 11:59 Sunday Evening 12/9

How Much Does It Count?

• 18% of the total grade

What is on it?

• 75% Multiple Choice + True/False + Multiple Answers (more than one answer per question possible)
• 20% – Calculation Questions based on the labs
  • The description and logic for calculating the answer are the same, but each student will see different numbers
• 5% – 200 words or more on the Best or Worst (or Both) Aspects of CAEE-201 – graded on being specific, not on your opinions.

May I take It More than Once?

• Yes, you may take it up to three times – each time you have 2-1/2 hours
• You may not save and resume during one instance of the test.
• Each time you take it the numbers for the calculations and the order of the questions will probably be different.
• You should assume that will grade the last time that you take the assessment.

LCA Lab–Concrete

Question:

I have a question about question 1 and 2 for the LCA lab. Which concrete pavement are we supposed to choose for question 1 and question 2? Table 3 has two different options, but both are porous pavements. Thank you.

 

Response

You are right to question the material choice.  The value for the curb material would be closest: “Concrete Curb with openings”  It would have the same density as standard concrete paving.

Lab in Last Week of Classes - Senior Design

The last lab of the term requires you to attend two senior design presentations, writing about them afterwards. Note that it is due during that same week so that there is a definite advantage to attending your sessions earlier in the week.

When and Where are the Presentations

Here’s a google calendar showing the presentation schedule http://goo.gl/VFdH0

· Change to the “Week” view to see the times graphically

· To see the details for each presentation, including the location, student names and the advisor click on the calendar entry.

· Note that the room for the presentations changes between morning and afternoon and on different days. Check the location carefully. The general info is below.

o The garden level is down at the lowest level in One Drexel Plaza, across from LeBow engineering building.

· The presentations are 9-12 and 1-5 Tuesday through Friday (12/4-12/7). If your calendar shows other times your google account probably doesn’t have EST set as the time zone

· Dr. Brehm, the senior design coordinator, advises me that he is going to be very strict about access to the rooms:

o No standing in the room.

o The door will be closed at locked at the beginning of presentations – no late arrivals

Room Locations

When	Building	Floor	Room	Capacity
Tues AM	One Drexel Plaza	Garden level	15	38
Tues PM	One Drexel Plaza	Garden level	13	45
11/30 AM; Wed All	Alumni Engineering	2	275	30
Thus AM	One Drexel Plaza	Garden level	20	42
Thus PM	Randel	3	327	124
Fri AM	Curtis	3	340	139
Fri PM	Curtis	2	231	81

 

Note:  There is still a lab the week before (week-10).  I’m just giving you advance notice.

Memo for IAQ & HVAC Lab

Question

“You had mentioned that there wasn't a memo associated with the tour but I have completed the lab and the lab itself doesn't say anything on the grading scale about a write up or memo.  I just watned to double check that we don't need to write one since every other lab had a memo associated with it?”

Response

You are correct that there is no memo required for this lab.  I guess you can count that as a Thanksgiving gift.

Revit Lab–PDF Printing and Submitting

Questions:

1. Hello, I have one question about Lab 7. I followed the videos, made the Revit model and the output sheet. How do I convert the sheet to a PDF file from Rivet?
2. Also, we're supposed to submit the actual Rivet model, meaning we have to submit the actual file we made upon starting the Rivet videos? Just a little confused, hope you can clear that up thank you.

Response

#1 You need to “Print to PDF”.  On the machines in the lab there is a PDF printer installed – just choose it when you’re printing.

If you’re doing this on your own machine you’ll need to install a “PDF Printer”.  There are multiple free one available.  TechSupportAlert is a good recommendation source – Here’s their link to PDF Printers and tools.

#2 You are to submit three things for this assignment

• The actual Revit File
• The PDF of the “Sheet” that you’ve created
• The Word document defined in the assignment.

Week-8 Rec Center - Lab Locations and Times

This week we’ll be touring the Rec Center AND having time in the lab to address the calculation assignment of the week.  You should plan to be involved the whole two hours of your lab period.

Note that we will meet outside the East entrance to the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (inside if raining).  Here’s a map showing where we’ll meet and where we’ll go.

Wear flat shoes (NOT heels) – we’ll walk on sensitive surfaces.

 

Time & Location

Lab	Last Name	Time	Location	2nd Hour
060	A-Kelly	10:00	Papadakis ISB	Randell-121
060	Kerr-Z	10:00	Randell-121	Papadakis ISB
061	A-K	12:00	Papadakis ISB	Randell-121
061	L-Z	12:00	Randell-121	Papadakis ISB

Revit–Adding Families for Assignment

Question

I was wondering if it would be okay to download doors/windows to include in our project.
Would this affect compatibility while opening the file on another computer that may not have these add-ons?

 

Response

Yes, you may add families to your Revit file. 

So far as I’m aware they will be usable on other computers.

Term Grade Calculations

Question

“I read on the syllabus that students can miss up to 1 lab report. If all lab reports are completed throughout the term, I was wondering how the grading would work. For example, does the lowest grade get dropped? If you could explain that would be very appreciative. Thank you very much for your time. “

Response

When calculating the final grade for the term we will drop the lowest grade for the discussion and for the lab report.  If you miss a lab or discussion you will have received a “0” for that work and thus it will, in effect, be dropped.

Be aware that this calculation will NOT be performed in BbLearn.  What’s on BbLearn will be the starting point for calculations performed in a spreadsheet afterwards.  The BbLearn grade will be lower than your final grade.

Number of Flushes Per Day - 200

Question:

On the TA's slides its says there are 250 flushes per day however in the excel worksheet it says there are 200, which value would you like us to use? Also my calculations are showing that there is no overflow on any day, could this be correct?

Response:

Use the information given in the spreadsheet.  The TA’s information is about methods, not specific numbers.

Lab-6–“Site Visit” Grading Criteria

Question:

“What is meant by relation to site visit in the yellow rubric box on the memo worksheet? I mean which specific site, the rec center and how this impacts the school's water usage?”

Response:

In years past we have had the site visit to the Rec Center in the same week as this calculation exercise.  That was the intent of this grading criteria.  Since we haven’t yet visited the Rec Center the graders will ignore this criteria and give everyone who attempts the memo an automatic 6 points.

You are welcome to anticipate the visit and comment on what you expect will be the the connection, but that is not required.

Lab-7–Revit –Times and Locations

Location

This week’s lab will again be located in the CAEE CadLab in CAT-167.  It’s on the ground floor in the Southeast corner of the building.  CAT is the building to the North of Ludlow (where the food trucks are located)  - Link to Google Maps

Time

Because there are only a limited number of computers in the lab we’re again splitting each section in half, so each comes for only 1 hour.  You may exchange with a student from another section, but please do not come at a time different than the one to which you’re assigned.

Section 060 Last Names
A – Kelly	10:00
Kerr - Z	11:00
Section 061 Last Names
A-K	12:00
L-Z	1:00

 

Revit

We’ll be using the program Revit in the lab.  You’re welcome to download it for your laptop for free from http://students.autodesk.com.

• It’s a 3GB download and a 5GB Install
• You’ll need to register with Autodesk
• It’s for Windows Machines only

11/6/2012 Link for Revit downloaded updated thanks to Nicole Carey

Weekly Discussion Grading - Clarification

Hey all,

Just a reminder that in order to receive full credit, you have to read and respond to at least 3 of your classmates' discussion posts (unless of course you are in the first 3 to post for your department).

Besides that, everything looks good. A lot of you are contributing some great stuff to the weekly discussions. Keep up the good work!

~Mitch & Adrian

Hurricane Break–Keep Working

As you’re undoubtedly aware, Drexel is closed on Monday and Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy.

Discussion Due Date Extended to Wednesday

I’ve extended the due date for the discussion until Wednesday morning.

Review Dr. Block’s Slides Planned for Monday

I’ve mounted in the Lecture Notes folder the slides from our planned speaker for Monday, Dr. Paul Block.  Please review them for Wednesday.

Location of Web Plates–Bridge Lab

I’m responding to this late query because the deadline was extended to noon Saturday. Otherwise it would have been too late.

Question

“I have a question regarding the cross-sectional area sketch for the top chord of the bridge. Since the cross sectional area has two sets of different web plates (two are 24x5/8 and the other two are 24x11/16), would that mean that I'd have to sketch four web plates total? If so, how would I arrange these web plates in the sketch (i.e would the inner web plates be the 24x5/8 plates or the 24x11/16 plates)?”

Response

In practice there’s no difference – we’ll take either location.  The difference of 1/16 of an inch matters to the total area resisting the force, but otherwise does not.

Bridge Lab–Sign of Strain

Question

“Because the strain values are negative, does this mean that we keep it as a negative value? For example, when calculating the force in the top chord, if the max measure strain is left negative, the force will then be a negative value. Or, instead, do we put this number as a positive value?”

Response

Exactly what sign you use doesn’t matter so long as you’re consistent.  You’d like to understand what it means.  I suggest that you review Dr. Moon’s lecture notes to understand whether you expect the top chord to be in tension or compression.  The sign will mean one or the other of those.

Dimensions for Bridge Lab

Question:

“If I'm looking at the dimensions given directly about the 85' marker, it would appear that these are not for the top chord since there is no cover plate dimension. Am I supposed to then pick set of top chord dimensions nearby - such as between U3-L4 or U5-L6? Also, for the image, will it end up looking like the example on the blog (the cross-sectional view of the top chord), except with different dimensions?”

Response:

The Tacony (PA) and Palmyra (NJ) spans are symmetrical.  You can therefore look, as you suggest, at the U5-6 information to determine the top chord.
Yes that section of the chord will look like the cross section that I posted.

10/26/2012 Correction on the location reference.  85' should put you between U4-U5.  The member section information for this is the different than for what I sepcified above originally for U5-U6.  I am asking the graders to accept either sets of information so that you are not penalized.

Bridge Lab–Extension + Report Ingredients

Due Date Extension

Because we’ve had late-flowing information I have extended the due date for Dr. Moon’s bridge analysis lab until noon on Saturday (10/27).

Report Ingredients & Grading Weights

Neha Sunger provides the following summary information about the expected report ingredients and grading weights.

1) No memo is required for the LAB-4 (T-P Bridge visit lab submission).

2) Submit 2-sketches (properly labeled, Gauge location on the truss span and cross-section of the top chord identifying all the members and sensors). (20 points).

3) Cross sectional area calculation (20 points)

4) Maximum strain value calculation (15 points)

5) BONUS -Comment on maximum strain reading being negative (5 points)

6) Show the input values for Force calculation, the equation used and the result (correct units, conversion and scientific notation) . (10 points)

4) Distribution factor value.(5-points)

5) Moment calculation - (equation used, input values, units) - (30 points)

Bridge Lab–Lane Location

Question:

“I was just wondering what lane the truck was in for the given picture and readings? Is it lane 1 or lane 3? I know we will need this to figure out the distribution factor.”

Neha Sunger’s Response

If students look at the "read me" document it shows that side walk is on right side of sensor 1. Truck image shows the side walk on right of truck. So this indicates truck in lane 1 ( adjacent to sensor location)

Units of Strain - Bridge Lab

Question:

"after doing the "Force on the Chord" calculation, I got a value of 1.17E11 pounds. I am thinking my 33.72 (in/in) strain measurement should be much lower."

Response:

The units of strain are MICRO-inches/inch.  That should help.

Jim Mitchell

Bridge Lab–Solution Steps Suggestion

A number of students have asked for more instructions on the method to address the Tacony-Palmyra bridge lab prepared by Dr. Moon.  Neha Sunger, one of our TA’s, has most kindly prepared the following notes.

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1) Look at the “Truss Spans Stress Sheet” drawing at pg-12 of Tacony-Palmyra Drawings document.

a. There are 3 “truss span” sketches and two “cross-section” sketches.

b. Look at the third sketch from top and locate pier F.

c. Locate the position of strain gauges. They are 85’ east of pier F on the New Jersey Truss span.

i. For this, roughly estimate the 85’ distance from pier F to pier G (shown that the total distance between two piers is 244.87’).

d. Submit a sketch showing this location (You can copy –paste the given drawing and mark the location on it OR you can draw it yourself but make sure to label beams and spans appropriately).

e. Look the second sketch from top on the same page and find the details of the members of the top truss chord at the gauge location.

f. Submit a sketch of the cross-sectional view of the top chord highlighting the cover plates, angles, webs and plates. (A sample of this sketch is provided by Dr Mitchell, check the blog post at- http://caee-201ay121.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-chord-tacony-palmyra-bridge.html).

2) Calculate the cross-sectional area of the top chord following the example calculation given in the “T-P Lab description 20121018.docx” document.

3) Now calculate the top chord force using the following expression:

F = ε E A

Where,

F = force in the top chord (lb)

ε = maximum measure strain (in/in) (given in the excel sheet)

E = elastic modulus of steel (29,000,000 psi)

A = cross-sectional area of the top chord (calculated in step 3 above)

a. Value of ε should be the maximum strain recorded in the member.

i. Either identify the minimum strain gauge data reading for each sensor and take an average.

ii. Or pick any one strain gauge but justify the criteria for the selection.

b. BONUS: Answer to the question- Why are the maximum readings negative?

4) Check the truck picture and locate if it’s in lane 1, 2 or 3.

5) Assign a ‘distribution’ factor based on which lane the truck was in when it crossed the bridge.

γ = distribution factor:

0.75 for Lane 1

0.5 for Lane 2

0.25 for Lane 3

6) Now apply moment equilibrium (see the forces shown below in Figure 1) and calculate the weight of the truck using equation:

ΣM_o = 0

F (H) - γ W (L) = 0

W = [F (H)] / [γ (L)]

Where,

L= truss span (given 85’)

H= distance between chords (get from the pg-12 drawing)

F= calculated in step 4.

Fig. 1

Top Chord - Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

The drawings of the Tacony-Palmyra bridge do not explicitly show a section of the the top chord of the truss on which the strain gauges are mounted.  The above image may help you understand the locations of the various pieces that are specified in the notation described in the lab problem  e.g.  "1-Cov. 28x1/2" is the brown top piece is this image.  The location of the four strain gauges are shown in red.

Note that what matters for the calculations you're doing is the total area of the steel, not the specific locations.

Strain Gauge Location for Week-4 Lab

Question

“It is given that the strain gauge is located approximately at 35.0 [%] of the span of the bridge. I have checked the diagrams provided on bblearn, though I am still uncertain about which measurement this is. My question is: Is it 35 [%] of the linear distance, or, since the bridge has a parabolic like shape, is it 35 [%] of the generally parabolic distance? “

Response

This is an good question that made us realize we hadn’t shown you the strain gauge location on the bridge as we had intended – the result of the rain disruption last Friday.

John Devitis provided the following information that will help you, in conjunction with the drawings, to locate the place they are applied.

The strain gauges are located 85’ east of Pier F on the New Jersey Truss span.  You can ignore the information about the percent location since this is more precise.

Each member of the truss is straight so the overall shape of the bridge doesn’t matter.  For your purposes you can assume the truss member is horizontal (it’s close enough).

Week 3 Discussion Feedback

Hey class,

Week 3 discussion posts looked better than last week on the average. It was good to see the enthusiasm a lot of students put into their discussion, and it's clear the majority of you really endeavored to learn something new from the assignment. Still a couple technical details to clear up:

• When you're asked to discuss the most confusing aspects of the article, this is not an opportunity to critique the author's writing style. Even if there are grammatical errors in the text, that's not what you should be focusing on. We want you to pick out a certain concept or detail that confused you or made you think, "hmm. I want to know more about this," and then describe how you could have understood it better.
• Week Specific Question: a number of you are still not making it clear what part of your discussion responds to the week specific question. Be sure to look at this each week and answer it with specific details or examples from your chosen articles.

Overall, everybody is doing a great job finding articles and contributing interesting ideas to the discussion.

Keep up the good work!

~Mitch and Taylor

Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Visit – Friday 10/19/2012

This coming Friday we’ll visit the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. 

• The visit will take the entire lab period for each lab section
• We’ll be traveling by Drexel bus, walking across the bridge making observations, and then returning to Drexel, all within the two hour lab period. 
• Below are the key facts for this visit.

Our Hosts

• Dr. Franklin Moon of our department has arranged the visit for us.  Some of his graduate students will join us and conduct tour groups.
• We are there through the courtesy of the Burlington County Bridge Commission, which owns the bridge.

Preparation

• Download and bring the appropriate materials from the Week-4 Lab assignment.
• Follow Dr. Moon’s instructions in his Wednesday lecture.

Timing

• We will leave PMOMPTLY on the hour at the start of each lab - 10:00 and 12:00.  We really will leave on time.
• To ensure that the bus has sufficient capacity stick with your assigned lab section.
• We expect to be back by 11:50 and 1:50 respectively.  If there’s a traffic problem we could be delayed, but at that time of day it should be OK>

Location

• The bus will leave from in front of the main building on Chestnut street, probably on the south side of the street.
  • Sometimes for traffic reasons the bus goes to Market street.  If that’s the case we’ll alert you by having someone on Chestnut to direct you.  That person will leave Chestnut at 10:00 or 12:00
• If you’re a commuter you can meet us at the Tacony Palmyra bridge.
  • The easiest parking lot is on the NJ side
  • We’ll be starting our walk from the PA side so you’ll want to walk across the bridge to meet us.
  • We’ll probably start walking from the PA side about 10:25 or 12:25

Wearing Apparel

• Wear a windbreaker (raingear if the weather threatens)
  • The bridge is always markedly cooler and windier than on the ground
• Wear flat shoes – heels will be a problem on some of the sidewalks.

Safety

• The bridge is a dangerous place, particularly if you lean into the traffic lanes – it’s extraordinarily tight.
• LISTEN TO THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WHEN WE’RE THERE

Week 2 Discussion Feedback

Hey all, I just wanted to give back some feedback after grading the first set of discussion posts.  Overall, students did a great job at responding to articles pertaining to geotechnical engineering.  Posts were engaging and thought was put into writing each section of the posts. Here are some bullet points on improving the posts:

• Add more content about what you thought was interesting/confusing.  Often, students only wrote a couple of sentences for each part that pertains to the articles.  Students also summarized the articles instead of answering the questions required for the posts.
• Focus on the week specific question. This week's question was: One aspect of geotechnical engineering they thought was interesting.  I know this question was already one of the deliverables  needed to write the discussion post (one interesting part about the article), but we were  looking for more than a couple sentences that pertained to this aspect.
• Please make sure to post your discussions on time!  This was the one and only time that you received credit for a late discussion post.  The following weeks will be recorded as a zero if submitted late.

Please let us know if you have any questions!
-Taylor & Mitch

Lab Location & Times for Friday 10/5/2012

The CAEE-201 labs for this Friday, and most successive Fridays unless announced otherwise, is the space listed by Banner – Randell-121.

We are NOT dividing the lab sections in half. 

• All 060 students come at 10:00. 
• All 061 students come at 12:00

 

• You may leave once you sign in to the lab, but are advised to stay and work through the lab while the TA’s are available to assist you. 
• Bring a laptop if possible.

Instructor’s Name for the Lab

Question

I am confused what to put for "faculty member for lab" for the CAEE201 Lab 1. Do I put your name? Or the lab instructor. If I am supposed to put her name, could you please inform me of what it is? All I have written down is her last name and her email address.

Response

The intention was that you supply the name of the faculty member who prepared the lab, usually the individual who spoke to the class on Wednesday explaining the lab.  For week-1 that would be Prof. Mitchell.  For week-2 it is Dr. Sjoblom.

Jim Mitchell

Problems with Access Science Site

Several of you have reported problems connecting to “Access Science” this morning.  I’m not sure what the problem with the link on my page is, but I was able to reach it with no problem with the following procedure:

• Open the Drexel Libraries site - http://www.library.drexel.edu/
• Click on the “Database” box near the top of the page in the pinkish-orange area
• Click on the letter “A” under the word Alphabetically:
• Click Access Science in the column of links – the seventh one down from the top
• You’ll have to supply your Drexel Credentials to see it.

Supplement 8:40PM Sunday

Now this method appears to be failing as well.  If you cannot reach Access Science either way then you may use one of the other sources from the library or Google Scholar.

I’m sorry for the problems – this is the first time I’ve ever had this difficulty.

Jim Mitchell

Responding to Other’s Discussion Posts

Question:

“I'm a little confused about how to respond to another students post. Am I just supposed to talk about his post in general or am I supposed to relate it to my piece in some way? I can see the latter being somewhat difficult in doing since topics can range in many different ways, in this case permafrost technicalities and toxin release into soils.”

Response:

Your question is a reasonable one.  What we hope you could do is identify some commonality between the post to which you reply (and several others ideally) and what you’ve read, even if it’s saying something like “while xxxx’s post dealt with soils in the arctic, my own readings addressed soils in temperate zones……”

Our intent in having you read other student’s posts is to get an exposure to the many aspects of the topic for the week.  We also hope that you’ll seek out the commonalities, or even contrasts.

We’ll accept, ultimately, a statement that you read posts by X, Y, & Z and could not find any links between what they addressed and your topic.  In that case I’d expect a short explanation of why you think that’s the case.

Lab-1–Times and Locations

Location

This week’s lab will be located in the CAEE CadLab in CAT-167.  It’s on the ground floor in the Southeast corner of the building.  CAT is the building to the North of Ludlow (where the food trucks are located)  - Link to Google Maps

Time

Because there are only a limited number of computers in the lab we’re splitting each section in half, so each comes for only 1 hour.  You may exchange with a student from another section, but please do not come at a time different than the one to which you’re assigned.

Section 060 Last Names
A – Kelly	10:00
Kerr - Z	11:00
Section 061 Last Names
A-K	12:00
L-Z	1:00

About You

You might be interested to know the composition of Intro to Infrastructure (CAEE-201) this term.  According the enrollment information we have twelve different majors in the class as you can see from the table below, totaling 121 students.  This is the largest group in recent history.  It will cause some logistical issues on our class field trips, but we’ll cope.  We’re glad to have you.

AE	32
CivE	39
EnvE	15
Bus & Eng	13
Still Deciding	7
Engineering	3
Architecture	1
Chemical Eng.	1
Materials	1
MEM	1
Sociology	1
No major shown	7

 

Do You Have Lots Of Prior Experience?

This is a good place to note that if you feel that the material in this course is unnecessary because of your prior experience you are welcome to talk to Prof. Mitchell.  He can waive the course requirement, but you’ll need to take another in the department of at least the same number of credits that isn’t already required for graduation.

About this Blog

We'll use this blog to post announcements and answer questions that are raised throughout this term related to CAEE-201.  We advise you to subscribe to it via an RSS reader such as Google Reader.  That way you won't have to go into BbLearn to see any changes.  There are many many blogs available on interesting topics.  A good place to search for others that may interest you is Technorati.

Jim Mitchell