Senior Design Requirements Documentation

Only this morning (5/22/2012) was the document describing what you need to do in order to document your attendance at Senior Design presentations.attached to the assignment – my goof.  My apologies to any who were baffled.

Here’s the link for the calendar to see who is presenting when in our department.

Cumulative Grade Calculation in VistaBB

We turned on the Grade Calc column in VistaBB today and made sure that the columns for all the fully gradded assignments so far are visible.  The following notes should help you interpret what you see there.

What’s included in the calculation

• Attendance – 21 possible
• Discussion D2 - D7
• Labs L1 - L5

Notes on the Calculation

• This is a “raw” calculation that does NOT yet take into account the allowance for missed attendance.  Nor does it drop your lowest discussion and lab.
• We will make that adjustment before calculating the final grade, but for now you’re seeing the score without those adjustments.
• If you wish to calculate your own grade as a check, the grade calculation uses the “weights” show on the “Assignment Weights” page in the syllabus.

Dealing with errors in the calculation

If you believe there is an error in the calculation (e.g. missing grade that should be present, you should email Dr. Cheng soon, NOT at the end of the term. - mailto:CHENGSC@drexel.edu

Senior Design Presentations

In week-8 your lab is to attend two (2) senior design presentations and write about them as defined in the assignment (on VistaBB). 

Here is the schedule for CAEE Presentations

Here is the schedule (not as updated) for the entire college

All CAEE presentations are in our conference room (AEL-275) which is on the second floor in the middle of the North-South corridor in AEL, the easternmost building of the Main building complex.

Note: Our conference room is NOT large.  The later in the week you go the more likely you are to find it full.  GO EARLY!

Data From Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Visit

The data taken by Dr. Moon’s graduate students during our visit to the Tacony-Palmyra bridge today is now available in VistaBB as an attachment to the assignment.  You’ll need it to complete the assignment.

Here’s a link to Prof. Mitchell’s photos taken during the visit.

Week-7 - Read Lab BEFORE VISIT

Please read the Lab assignment L7 before the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge field trip.  I know that Dr. Moon will go over these questions during his lecture on Wednesday (5/16).  Going over the lab assignment again before the field trip will help you to prepare for the trip and make sure you know all the data that you will need to collect during the field trip.

Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Visit–THIS Friday 5/18/2012

This 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.

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