Principles of Engineering Practice

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS	SLIDES
1	Introduction to course, content, process, solar energy	(PDF) Handout (PDF)
2	Lab 1: Index of Refraction
3	Case Study 1: An Ethical Engineer	(PDF)
4	Lab 2: Communications: Oral/Written
5	Lab 3: Measure the Speed of Light
6	Photons, Semiconductors, and Energy	(PDF)
7	Guest Lecture: Fred Salvucci, “History of Boston Transportation, 1630-2007.”	(PDF - 1.5MB) (Courtesy of Frederick Salvucci. Used with permission.)
8	The Solar Cell Lecture	(PDF)
9	Guest Lecture: Prof. Eugene Fitzgerald, “Platforms and Learning Curves.”	(PDF - 1.9MB) (Courtesy of Eugene Fitzgerald. Used with permission.)
10	Guest Lecture: Prof. William Uricchio, “Putting Human Agency Back Into the Equation.” Reading: “Mechanically Scanned Television,” “Electronically Scanned Television,” and “Television Spin-Offs and Redundancies.” Chapters 5-7 in Winston, Brian. Media Technology and Society: A History from the Telegraph to the Internet. New York, NY: Routledge, 1998. ISBN: 9780415142304.
11	Lab 4: Simulation of Solar Cells
12	Guest Lecture: Prof. Randolph Kirchain, “Moving Towards Sustainable Materials Use.”	(PDF - 1.2MB) (Courtesy of Randolph Kirchain. Used with permission.)
13	Cultural Differences in Engineering Practice: Introduction to collaboration with University of Tokyo
14	Engineering the Future of Solar Electricity Reading: Slides 15-27 in “Year 11 Preliminary Engineering Studies Focus Module: Photovoltaic Engineering.” Engineering Studies Package, UNSW School of Photovoltaics & Renewable Energy Engineering, 2010.	(PDF)
15	Field Trip with Fred Salvucci: Walk the Big Dig
16	Project 1A: Electricity Generation System Constraints	(PDF)
17	Project 2A: Solar cell materials; assignment of teams
18	Guest Lecture: Prof. Toshihiko Koseki (PDF), “Progress and Future of Structural Steels.” Project 1B: Materials Selection	(PDF)
19	Project 2B: Solar Cell Performance
20	Project 1C: Engineering the Future of Solar Electricity	(PDF)
21	Guest Lecture: Prof. Akira Toriumi (PDF), “Semiconductor Technology Evolution and Generalized Moore’s Law.”
22	Class discussion of draft written reports
23	Guest Lecture: Prof. Kazumi Wada (PDF), “Solar Cell.”
24	Project 1D: Final project team presentations and written reports
25	Editing of report for final project
26	Guest Lecture: Prof. Christopher Weaver, “How To Be a Big Engineer and What You Can Do for Society.”	(PDF - 4.8MB) (Courtesy of Christopher Weaver. Used with permission.)