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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Engineering Essentials | |
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| Engineering Is An . . . Itch! | |
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| Everyday Engineering | |
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| Choosing A Career | |
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| Choosing Engineering As A Career | |
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| Nae Grand Challenges For Engineering | |
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| Choosing A Specific Engineering Field | |
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| Gathering Information | |
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| Pursuing Student Opportunities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Ethical Decision Making | |
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| Plagiarism | |
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| Engineering Creed | |
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| Social Responsibility | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Design And Teamwork | |
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| The Design Process | |
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| Brainstorming In The Design Process | |
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| Experimental Design: Period Analysis | |
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| Criteria And Evaluation | |
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| Sustainability | |
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| Working In Teams | |
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| Project Timeline | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Mini Design Projects | |
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| Engineering Communication | |
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| Basic Presentation Skills | |
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| Sample Presentations | |
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| Basic Technical Writing Skills | |
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| Common Technical Communication Formats | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Estimation | |
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| General Hints For Estimation | |
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| Estimation By Analogy | |
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| Estimation By Aggregation | |
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| Estimation By Upper And Lower Bounds | |
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| Estimation Using Modeling | |
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| Significant Figures | |
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| Reasonableness | |
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| Notation | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Solvem | |
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| Defining Solvem | |
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| Representing Final Results | |
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| Avoiding Common Mistakes | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Ubiquitous Units | |
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| How I Study | |
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| How Attitudes Are Assessed: Four Profiles | |
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| How Mbti Helps Individual And Team Interactions | |
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| Fundamental Dimensions And Base Units | |
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| The Metric System | |
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| Other Unit Systems | |
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| Conversion Procedure For Units | |
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| Conversions Involving Multiple Steps | |
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| Conversions Involving "New" Units | |
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| Derived Dimensions And Units | |
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| Equation Laws | |
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| Conversion Involving Equations | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Universal Units | |
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| Force | |
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| Weight | |
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| Density | |
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| Amount | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Pressure | |
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| Gas Pressure | |
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| Energy | |
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| Power | |
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| Efficiency | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Dimensionless Numbers | |
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| Common Dimensionless Numbers | |
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| Dimensional Analysis | |
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| Rayleigh's Method | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Scrupulous Worksheets | |
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| Time Management | |
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| Goal Setting, Be Realistic | |
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| Excel Workbooks | |
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| Cell References | |
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| Functions In Excel | |
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| Logic And Conditionals | |
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| Lookup And Data Validation | |
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| Conditional Formatting | |
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| Sorting And Filters | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Graphical Solutions | |
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| Graphing Terminology | |
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| Proper Plots | |
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| Available Graph Types In Excel | |
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| Graph Interpretation | |
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| Meaning Of The Line Shapes | |
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| Graphical Solutions | |
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| Automated Calculations: Iteration | |
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| Automated Calculations: Slider Bars | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Models And Systems | |
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| Linear Functions | |
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| Linear Relationships | |
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| Power Functions | |
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| Exponential Functions | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Mathematical Models | |
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| Selecting A Trendline Type | |
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| Interpreting Logarithmic Graphs | |
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| Converting Scales To Log In Excel | |
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| Dealing With Limitations Of Excel | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Histograms | |
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| Statistical Behavior | |
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| Distributions | |
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| Cumulative Distribution Functions | |
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| Statistical Process Control (Spc) | |
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| Statistics In Excel | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Punctilious Programming | |
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| Some Advantages Of Computers | |
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| How I Learned To Program . . . | |
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| How I Learned To Program . . . | |
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| Algorithms | |
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| Scope | |
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| Written Algorithms | |
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| Graphical Algorithms | |
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| Algorithm Best Practices | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Programs And Functions | |
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| Programming Basics | |
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| Programs | |
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| Matrix Operations | |
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| Functions | |
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| Debugging Matlab Code | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Input/Output In Matlab | |
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| Input | |
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| Output | |
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| Plotting | |
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| Polyfit | |
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| Statistics | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Logic And Conditionals | |
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| Truth Tables | |
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| Binary Numbers | |
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| Logic And Relational Operators In Matlab | |
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| Conditional Statements In Matlab | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Looping Structures | |
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| For Loops | |
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| While Loops | |
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| Application Of Loops: Cell Arrays And Cell Matrices | |
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| Application Of Loops: Excel I/O | |
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| Application Of Loops: Gui | |
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| In-Class Activities | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Umbrella Projects | |
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| Breakeven Analysis: Small Parts | |
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| Trendline Analysis: Hooke's Law | |
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| Trendline Analysis: Pendulums | |
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| Trendline Analysis: Bouncing Springs | |
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| Mathematical Model Analysis: Cantilever Beams & Clean Water | |
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| Statistical Analysis: Configuration Matters | |
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| Matlab Mini-Project: Securing Cyberspace | |
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| Matlab Mini-Project: Advance Personalized Learning | |
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| Matlab Mini-Project: Do You Want To Play A Game? | |
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| Matlab Project: Image Processing | |
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| Matlab Project: Dmv Lines | |
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| Matlab Project: Designing A Better Vacuum | |
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| Answers | |
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| Index | |