Goals and Objectives

College of Engineering
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 0808-1701
Course Coordinator: Anthony Marchese

Goals

The two main goals of the Sophomore Engineering Clinic I (the third course in the 8-semester Engineering Clinic sequence) are to provide the foundation necessary for students to become:

• creative engineering designers, and
• effective engineering communicators.

Accordingly, during the semester each student will complete a semester-long design project (see below) jointly sponsored by two of the engineering departments. As in all engineering design projects, written technical communication is an integrated throughout. Specifically, completion of the semester design project will require 7 written technical communication deliverables.

Technical Objectives

After successful completion of this course, all Rowan Engineering students will be able to:

• Formulate and present a written argument based on a reasonable, well-researched point of view.

• Summarize and paraphrase text.

• Analyze, evaluate, and synthesize multiple sources.

• Research thoroughly a complex, college-level subject and write an extended, fully documented research paper.

• Analyze a communication situation and respond effectively within its parameters.

• Communicate technical information clearly and concisely.

• Interpret technical information for various audiences.

• Produce properly formatted and edited documents.

• Integrate graphics and text.

• Recognize the need, identify the customer, assess the market, and define the goals, objectives and constraints for any design problem.

• Develop engineering specifications for a "quality" design using the House of Quality.

• Organize engineering criteria using the Objectives Tree.

• Generate multiple engineering design solutions using various brainstorming techniques.

• Choose the best solution using Pugh's Method.

• Evaluate and benchmark your design using the House of Quality.