08.23/24 |
Introduction to ENGR 102: Class goals, expectations
Brief Announcement: Sigma Phi Delta
Ice-Breaking Build-A-Taco Game (led by academy coaches)
Sign up for 10-minute one-on-one meeting with academy coach
Building Your Own Website
• On a PC: Use Putty to log in to aludra.usc.edu
• On a Mac: Type "ssh aludra.usc.edu -l username" at the Terminal prompt
• ITS Guide on Publishing Personal Web Pages [ USC Web Policies ]
• HTML [ Quick Start | Advanced ] Guide; ITS HTML Links
• ITS Emacs Quick Reference
• ITS Secure File Transfer Overview
• On a PC: Use FileZilla to log in to aludra.usc.edu
• On a Mac: Type "sftp username@aludra.usc.edu" at the Terminal prompt
Websites by section: [ 28512 | 28517 ]
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08.30/31 |
Announcements: ASBME
Presentation Workshop by Paul Ledesma
Presentations of Cool Engineering Inventions: [ Section 28512 | Section 28517 ]
Section 28512 Winner
Beijing Straddle Bus
presented by Sonia, Keith, Ana, Cameron, Carina, Erik
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Section 28517 Winner
Stair Drawers
presented by Vince, Justin, Robert,
Mia, Ailsa, Clifford
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09.20/07
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Music Computation and Cognition Laboratory Tour
Demonstration of Mimi (Multi-modal Interaction for Musical Improvisation)
An article on Music and Operations Research by Prof. Chew.
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09.13/14 |
Coach announcements:
Engineering Career Conf (09.25, 8:30AM - 2:00PM) Register by 09.17. Forms @ RTH 218.
All Academy Lectures (09.30, 10.05) SGM 123. Pizza at 5:30 PM. Lecture at 6:00PM.
Bonfire event at Dockweiler Beach (10.20, 6:45PM - 11:00PM) RSVP by 10.05.
Engineering Spotlight Series (Times vary) Dinner is provided! RTH 211. See details.
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09.21 |
Engineering Majors Presentations (Section 28517)
Ryan Seams (EE), Lorenzo Mangubat (ChE), Michael Jacobs (ME)
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09.27/28 |
Prof. Jesse Yen on Ultrasonic Imaging and Biomedical Engineering
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Above: Slides of Prof. Yen's presentation.
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Above: Prof. Yen demonstrates ultrasound system.
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Announcement:
The All-Academy Lecture this Thursday 09.30 with Dr. Paul Debevec will be rescheduled.
Attend a 2010 NAE Grand Challenge National Summit session [ schedule ]
(Attending a Grand Challenge session will count as an outside class activity.)
11.16 coach-organized activity for section 28517 is canceled.
Add a picture to your website
Mac instructions using Terminal:
> cd Desktop
> sftp YOUR_USERNAME@aludra.usc.edu
type YOUR_PASSWORD
> cd public_html
> put YOUR_PHOTO.jpeg
> chmod 755 YOUR_PHOTO.jpeg
> quit
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> ssh aludra.usc.edu -l YOUR_USERNAME
type YOUR_PASSWORD
> cd public_html
> emacs index.html
ADD <img src="YOUR_PHOTO.jpeg"> in index.html
CTRL-X CTRL-S (to save your changes)
CTRL-X CTRL-C (to quit out of emacs)
> logout
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Websites by section: [ 28512 | 28517 ]
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09.28 |
Coach-organized activity (Section 28512 only): Movie Night (7:00PM - 10:00PM)
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10.4/5 |
Tips for Freshmen and Resumes by Lilian Barajas from Viterbi Career Services
Click on the slide on the left to download a pdf file of Ms. Baraja's presentation, and on the image to the right for a resume template.
Announcements: 2010 NAE Grand Challenges National Summit this week! [ schedule ]
Add a resume to your website
Mac instructions using Terminal:
> cd Desktop
> sftp YOUR_USERNAME@aludra.usc.edu
type YOUR_PASSWORD
> cd public_html
> put YOUR_RESUME.pdf
> chmod 755 YOUR_RESUME.pdf
> quit
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> ssh aludra.usc.edu -l YOUR_USERNAME
type YOUR_PASSWORD
> cd public_html
> emacs index.html
ADD "You can download my resume <a href="YOUR_RESUME.pdf">here</a>" in index.html
CTRL-X CTRL-S (to save your changes)
CTRL-X CTRL-C (to quit out of emacs)
> logout
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Websites by section: [ 28512 | 28517 ]
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10.4 |
Coach-organized class activity (Section 28512): Paper Helicopter Competition
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10.05 |
All-Academy Lecture 1: John Dionisio, CEO of AECOM. (5:30PM - 7:30PM)
Dinner (unlimited pizza!) begins at 5:30PM; Lecture begins at 6PM in SGM 123.
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10.11/12 |
You should now have a website, and posted your resume and a picture on the website.
Read the NYT article, "Is Your Online Identity Spoiling Your Chances?"
Engineering Majors Presentations (Section 28512): Allen Pan (EE), Matt Gutschow (ME).
Engineering Majors Presentations (Section 28517): Ann Klunder (Civ Eng, 3:30PM-4PM).
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Coach-organized class activity: Scavenger Hunt
Left: Photos of "human pi's" outside the Viterbi Museum by Section 28512 coach Kristi Lu.
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10.18/19 |
Science and Engineering Library Session by Norah Xiao
• Engineering Library Guide
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10.20 |
Coach-organized activity (Sections 28512 & 28517):
Beach Bonfire at Dockweiler Beach (6:45PM - 11:00PM) RSVP by 10.05
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10.21 |
All-Academy Lecture 2: Dr. Paul Debevec, USC ICT (5:30PM - 7:30PM).
Dinner (unlimited pizza!) begins at 5:30PM; Lecture begins at 6PM in SGM 123.
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10.25/11.2 |
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Prof. Elaine Chew on Music and Engineering
Click on the slide on the left to download a pdf file of Prof. Chew's presentation.
Check out the Music Computation and Cognition Lab Website and Blog
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11.1/10.26 |
Prof. Milind Tambe on Large-scale Multiagent Systems
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11.8 |
Prof. Leana Golubchik on Computing and Women in Science and Engineering
Announcement: the WiSE Undergraduate Research Grants for Spring 2011 are due November 15: [ apply online ]
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11.8 |
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Yasuhisa Toyota
on the Disney Concert Hall design
Chief Acoustician/President, Nagata Acoustics
Doheny 240, 6pm (be seated by 5:45pm)
Optional for Section 28512
Compulsory for Section 28517
(only excuse is other scheduled class)
Poster: [ pdf ]
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11.15 |
Prof. Najmedin Meshkati on Human Factors, IE, and Energy Policy
Ted video 1: Sir Ken Robinson says school kills creativity
Ted video 2: Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
Activities:
(1) Class evaluations;
(2) Hall & Sereno's Annenberg Persuasion class project survey;
(3) Please fill out this Learning Environment survey.
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11.16 |
Prof. Michelle Povinelli on Nano Photonics
Activities:
(1) Hall & Sereno's Annenberg Persuasion class project survey;
(2) Please fill out this Learning Environment survey.
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11.22/23 |
Above: Nadine Afari's slides.
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Engineering Ethics by Nadine Afari from the Engineering Writing Program
Reading material:
National Society of Professional Engineers' Code of Ethics for Engineers.
Payne, D. 2009. Engineering Ethics and Business Ethics: Commonalities for A Comprehensive Code of Ethics.
Yang, Q. Z. and Song, B. 2006. Eco-Design for Product Lifecycle Sustainability. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics.
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11.29/30 |
Final Project Presentations
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You must attend AT LEAST TWO of the all-academy lectures.
5:30PM-5:55PM is dinner (unlimited pizza!), but 6PM-7:30PM is the part you MUST attend.
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You must attend AT LEAST ONE of the coach-organized activities for your section.
Capture the flag and one session at the NAE Grand Challenges Summit each count as one.
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