AET

Welcome to Advanced Engineering Technology!

In this advanced course, students will propose, design, implement and test an original research project(s) over the term. Students will have the opportunity to enter research competitions, including but not limited to Science Fair and will be required to present their projects to industry professionals in an annual advisory meeting. This course is designed for students with an interest in pursuing a career in Engineering or Computer Science.

Course Major Units of Study and Syllabus

Major Units of Study

Introduction to Design and Development
Intellectual Property
Project Management
Research Methods
Design
Test

Course Description:

Advanced Engineering & Technology is a year long, project-based class built around an extensive understanding of engineering systems and the incorporation of industry practices. The main focus of the class involves solving advanced large scale engineering design problems. Students enrolled in this course will collaborate to design, create and test both larger scale individual and group projects that include but are not limited to aspects of Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Industrial and Environmental Engineering. This course is UC approved.

Expectations:

You will be expected to acquire, to the best of your ability, the skills, knowledge, and techniques as they relate to this course. Additionally, such skills as technical writing, listening, thinking, and the use of technology will be improved through instruction, review and practice. Advanced Engineering & Technology is appropriate for 11th or 12th grade students who have completed either the “Engineering and Architecture” or “Information and Communications Technologies” pathway.

Lesson and Assignment Materials:

All lesson materials including instructional slides and example programs will be available on a weekly basis from the Google Classroom site.

Lab Time:

Stay in your seats and work on your assignments and projects. If you have a question and need assistance raise your hand and the teacher will assist you as soon as possible.

Attendance:
Tardies: All classes are consistent with the school's policy regarding tardies.

1 tardy: Verbal Warning
2 tardies: Conference with student and phone call home
3 tardies: Referral

You are responsible for making up work missed due to excused absences. You must make arrangements with the teacher before a planned absence or immediately upon returning to class. The teacher will not remind you to make up missed assignments.

Regular on time attendance and active positive participation are essential in order to understand and appreciate the topics covered in this class. It is also a critical life-long work skill. Irregular attendance and/or excessive tardiness will seriously affect your achievement in this class and consequently your grade.

Late Assignment Policies:
Any assignment not turned in during your class period on the due date will be considered late.

A grade of 0(zero) will be given for assignments not turned in or attempted.
Partial credit may be given for Late Assignments turned in within a week of the due date. (50% for any Assignment & no more than 70% for any Assessment)
Full credit may be given for Late Assignments due to an Excused Absence within a week of the due date.

Academic Honesty:
Students must complete their own work for all assignments. If a student is found to have copied or turned in work that is not theirs a grade of 0 (zero) will be given.

Grading:

Scale: { A(100-90), B(89-80), C(79-70), D(69-60), F(59-0) }

Grades should be available online through Aries. Grades will be assigned based on the following categories and weights per academic quarter; Project Work (40%), Participation (15%), Presentations (30%), Project Acceptance Testing (15%). Rubrics will be provided in class and on Google Classroom.

Incomplete grades will not be given. Students are expected to follow the missing work policy listed below.
A grade of 0 (zero) will be given for assignments not turned in or attempted.

Partial credit may be given for assignments turned in within a week of the due date.

Class Rules:

No Food or Drinks (Bottled water is okay)
Get to class On-Time and in your seat logging in
Respect Everyone & Everything
- Do not be mean or insulting
- Do not alter or break the equipment

Leaving the Classroom:

If you need to use the bathroom just let the teacher know before you leave.
If you have a pass to leave early or you are playing a sport, it is your responsibility to let the teacher before you leave. Please do not expect the teacher to remind you that you have an appointment.

Turning In Assignments:

Organize your assignments and projects so that you will be able to find them easily.
Instructional Labs/projects may be graded randomly in class.
At the end of each week specified assignments will be collected.

Acceptable use Policy:

It is a privilege for the students to be able to use the school computers and network resources. Please read the policies written in the document linked below.

http://www.sduhsd.net/documents/Policies/6000%20Instruction/6168.pdf

Welcome to the class! I look forward to working with you

Assignments in Units of Study

Independent practice is encouraged, but all assignment work should be able to be completed in class. Daily warm-up exercises and/or journal prompts will be given.

The individual unit assignments will be posted on Google classroom. The planned activities and projects are listed below. (Note, the following units will be covered but not necessarily in the order shown):

Unit	Title	Description	Assignments
1	Introduction to Design and Development	Design Process Engineering notebook Technical Writing	Research the design process steps for at least 2 areas of interest (e.g. software and mechanical engineering). Create an Engineering notebook google doc and share with the teacher. Research supplemental technical writing tutorials and write a test plan for an assigned device.
2	Intellectual Property	Design and Utility patents Patent searches Specification/drawings Claims	Research a patent and answer questions about the patent. Search on the main idea of the researched patent and create a spreadsheet of the patent and similar components. Write a patent on an assigned device including spec/drawings/claims.
3	Project Management	Agile processes Presentations Task definition and tracking Project scheduling	Create a plan for an assigned project (hypothetical) including task definitions and schedules including dependencies and milestones Setup project task tracking tool and share with teacher - setup task cards Setup project schedule tool and share with teacher
4	Research Methods	Technical research (tech solutions and IP) Market research	Research at least 3 long-term project ideas Define high level task definitions Create project schedule Present to class project ideas (at least 3) high level tasks schedule including dependencies and milestones IP
5	Design	System specification Derived Requirements Design documents	Write System specification document Write derived requirements document (derived from from System spec) Write high level design document Present to class System spec/derived requirements HLD
6	Testing	Design for test Acceptance test plans	Write Acceptance Test Plan (ATP) Present ATP to class
7	Development	Documentation	Update engineering notebook Update task cards Teacher update meetings (weekly)
8	Project time	Design, development, test	Status checks on: Engineering notebook Project plan (schedule and task tracking) Design reviews (presentations) Development progress Acceptance testing