ARCHIVE Winter 2022

First Day! How to succeed in ENGR 101

Slides

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Complete BEFORE your first lab.

Join Piazza and Gradescope (go through Canvas the first time; if you have trouble signing up for Piazza via Canvas, you can use the direct sign-up link -- but you MUST sign up with your umich email address!)

Install MATLAB

Read the syllabus , course norms , and FAQ documents.

Find your lab instructor in our Meet the Staff slides!

Watch this eCoach video.

Labs will start in Week 2

Welcome to Week 2!
This week we'll discuss why your computer is your most important engineering tool, and then we'll start with some programming basics in MATLAB.

Runestone Chapter 1 is due on Tuesday. Please make sure to read the How to Make Sure Your Answers Are Saved in Runestone section of the Getting Started with Runestone document to make sure you will get credit for your Runestone work.

Labs start this week! Attend the lab you are registered for, meet some fellow classmates, meet your lab GSI/IA, and learn how labs work in ENGR 101.

Complete the Start of Term Checklist from Week 1 before your first lab. If you have trouble installing MATLAB, you can come to office hours or go to the CAEN Help Desk on the 2nd floor of the Duderstadt Center.

Join the course late? Not to worry! Please fill out the "Excused Absence and Extension Request" Form to get extensions on assignments that were due before you joined. Scroll down to find the Request Forms section of the website.

(10 pts) Computing CARES Entry Survey: Complete the survey by January 15 at 11:59pm.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm

Your Computer as an Engineering Tool

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Intro to MATLAB

Chapter 1

Wednesday Review: Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Intro to Lab

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night/Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 3!
We'll learn about vectors and matrices in MATLAB, and also see how we can write our own MATLAB functions to efficiently manipulate the data in vectors and matrices.

No Office Hours Sunday and Monday this week due to the MLK Day holiday. Office hours will resume on Tuesday, January 18th.

Project 1 will be released this week. We will send a Canvas announcement when Project 1 has been released.

The Engineering Center for Academic Success (ECAS) holds supplemental instruction sessions on Sundays for a variety of classes, including ENGR 101. You can find the schedule for ECAS SI sessions here. They also offer tutoring for select classes as well. Check that out here.

No Lecture: Campus-wide MLK Day Symposium Events

Vectors and Matrices

Functions and Data

Wednesday Review: Project 1 Overview, Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Matrices and Functions

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night/Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 4!
We'll learn logical indexing, one of the most powerful tools in MATLAB, and also see how MATLAB handles images.

Project 1 is due Tuesday. Come see us in office hours with questions! Don't wait until the last minute to submit!

Project 2 has been released. Scroll down to the Projects section for the link to an overview of the project, the project specifications, and a "tips & tricks" resource. You're ready to start Project 2 after you've finished the prep work for the week.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Renew your MATLAB license by following these instructions. (If you don't see a message in MATLAB about renewing a license, then you don't need to do anything.)

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 1 Playbook: Complete the reflection by January 29th at 11:59pm. Opens 1/23.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm

Debugging Functions

(No slides were used)

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Logical Operations and Indexing

Working with Images

Wednesday Review: Project 2 Overview, Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 1 is due today at 11:59pm.

Make sure that you finalize your schedule today. Today is the last day to add or drop any courses without receiving a "W" on your transcript.

Logical Indexing, Images, and Applications

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 5!
We'll be exploring plotting, figures, and statistics to aid us in various simulation exercises.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Project 2 is due Tuesday. Come see us in office hours with questions! Don't wait until the last minute to submit!

Project 3 has been released. Scroll down to the Projects section for the link to an overview of the project, the project specifications, and a "tips & tricks" resource. You're ready to start Project 3 after you've finished the prep work for the week.

Assessment 1 takes place this week. Please make sure to read the details and logistics for Assessment 1 linked below. We strongly recommend you take the practice assessment at least once before taking the actual assessment.

Programming Application: Earthquake Analysis

Slides

Files

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Plotting and Figures

Chapter 6

Statistics and Simulation

Chapter 7

Wednesday Review: Project 3 Overview, Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 2 is due today at 11:59pm.

Data Analysis, Simulation, and Plotting

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night/Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Open Wed 12:01am

Welcome to Week 6!
We'll be exploring some more advancing plotting and data visualization along with strings and cell arrays in MATLAB.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Partnerships for Project 3 must be registered by Tuesday -- NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are not able to form a partnership on the autograder, please send an email to engr101staff@umich.edu with your uniqname and your partner’s uniqname, and we will manually form your partnership.

Assessment 1 consultations are available during in-person office hours this week. If you would like to go through your answers for Assessment 1, or are interested in retaking Assessment 1, please come see us in office hours.

Programming Application: Beam Deflection

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Advanced Plotting and Data Visualization

Chapter 8

Strings and Cell Arrays

Chapter 9

Wednesday Review: Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Be sure to register your partnerships to the Autograder by 11:59pm. No exceptions.

Strings, Cell Arrays, and Data Visualization

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night/Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 7!
We'll learn about MATLAB tables and applying computing to society. This will be our last week of MATLAB Runestones!

Project 3 is due Tuesday. Come see us in office hours with questions! Don't wait until the last minute to submit!

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Assessment 2 is next week. See the Canvas announcement and Piazza posts when they are posted for more details.

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 1 Reflection: Complete the reflection by February 19th at 11:59pm.

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 2 Playbook: Complete the playbook by February 19th at 11:59pm.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm

Programming Application: Animation in MATLAB

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

MATLAB Tables

Chapter 10

Applying Computing to Society

Chapter 11

Wednesday Review: Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 3 is due today at 11:59pm.

Tables and MATLAB Review

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 8!
There will be no runestone or lab this week!

No labs this week. Just in case you didn't read the bullet point above. :)

The Optional Wednesday Q&A Lecture has been CANCELLED for this week.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Assessment 2 takes place this week. We strongly recommend you take the practice assessment at least once before taking the actual assessment.

Assessment consultations for Assessment 2 are available during in-person office hours on Thursday and Friday this week. If you would like to go through your answers for Assessment 2, or are interested in retaking Assessment 2, please come see us in office hours. Assessment retakes are due Saturday, February 26.

Spring Break Office Hours. The last day of office hours before Spring Break will be Friday, February 25th. Office Hours will resume on Monday, March 7th.

Set up your computer for C++. We will start the C++ half of our course after spring break. Follow these instructions to set up your computer and install some new programs that we will use in C++!

Programming Application: Algorithmic Bias

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Open Mon 12:01am

Welcome to Week 9!
Enjoy your spring break! Be sure to take some rest to enjoy some time away from all things ENGR 101!

Be sure to take some much deserved time away and recharge yourselves. We'll see you soon to start the C++ half of the course.

Welcome to Week 10!
We'll be getting started with C++ this week with an introduction to C++ with basics and branching

Before Lab 7 make sure your computer is set up for C++. Please come to in-person office hours if you need assistance.

Project 4 has been released. Scroll down to the Projects section for the link to an overview of the project, the project specifications, and a "tips & tricks" resource. You're ready to start Project 4 after you've finished Runestone Chapter 14.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 2 Reflection: Complete the reflection by Saturday, 3/12.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm

Getting Started with C++ Development

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Intro to C++

Chapter 12

More C++ Basics and Branching

Chapter 13

Wednesday Review: Project 4 Overview, Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Before Lab 7, make sure that your computer is set up for C++. Follow these instructions to set up your computer and install some new programs that we will use in C++. If you get stuck, please come in to office hours! We have lots of staff available on Monday and Tuesday this week to help make sure you're all set for lab this week.

Getting Started with C++

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 11!
We'll be learning about iteration this week!

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Partnerships for Project 4 must be registered by Tuesday -- NO EXCEPTIONS. Make sure that your partnership is registered on the Autograder and that you have submitted your Project 4 Program Design (the flowchart) on Gradescope as a group of 2 (you + your partner).

Assessment 3 takes place next week, right after Project 4 is due. The logistics for Assessment 3 and the practice assessment will be released later this week. tl;dr -- it's the same process as for Assessments 1 & 2 :)

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 3 Playbook: Complete the playbook by Saturday 3/19. Opens 3/13.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm

Program Planning and Debugging

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Iteration

Chapter 14

Wednesday Review: Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 4 design is due today at 11:59pm to Gradescope.

Project 4 partnerships MUST be registered today by 11:59pm.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

Branching, Iteration, and Scope

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 12!
We'll be learning about Functions, Strings, Streams, and I/O this week!

Project 4 is due Tuesday. Come see us in office hours with questions! Don't wait until the last minute to submit!

Project 5 has been released. Scroll down to the Projects section for the link to an overview of the project, the project specifications, and a "tips & tricks" resource. You're ready to start Project 5 after you've finished the prep work for the week.

Assessment 3 takes place this week. Please make sure to read the details and logistics for Assessment 3 linked below. We strongly recommend you take the practice assessment at least once before taking the actual assessment.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Programming Application: Robot Path Planning

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Functions

Chapter 15

Strings, Stream, and I/O

Chapter 16

Wednesday Review: Project 5 Overview, Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 4 is due today at 11:59pm to the Autograder.

Functions, Strings, Streams, and I/O

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night/Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Open Wed 12:01am

Welcome to Week 13!
We will be learning about vectors and program design.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Assessment consultations for Assessment 3 are available during in-person office hours this week. If you would like to go through your answers for Assessment 3, or are interested in retaking Assessment 3, please come see us in office hours. Assessment retakes are due Saturday, April 2.

Partnerships for Project 5 must be registered by Tuesday -- NO EXCEPTIONS. Make sure that your partnership is registered on the Autograder and that you have submitted your Project 5 Program Design (the flowchart) on Gradescope as a group of 2 (you + your partner).

A Message About the CoE Honor Code. Please watch this video to review what happens when a student is reported to the Honor Council. This video was produced by ECAS -- don't forget that they hold supplementary instruction sessions and provide free tutoring!

(10 pts) Computing CARES Exit Survey: Please complete the exit survey. Open now. Closes Sunday, 4/17.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm

Understanding and Debugging Complex Programs

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Vectors

Program Design

Wednesday Review: Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 5 design is due today at 11:59pm to Gradescope.

Project 5 partnerships MUST be registered today by 11:59pm.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

Vectors

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 14!
We will be learning about structs and other data structures.

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Project 5 is due Tuesday. Come see us in office hours with questions! Don't wait until the last minute to submit!

Project 6 has been released. Scroll down to the Projects section for the link to an overview of the project, the project specifications, and a "tips & tricks" resource. You're ready to start Project 6 after you've finished the prep work for the week.

The last day to submit Regrade Requests will be Friday, April 15th at 11:59pm. Use the form on the course website to request a regrade request.

The last day to submit Project Redo requests will be Friday, April 15th at 11:59pm. Use the form on the course website to request a project redo. Project redos submissions must be submitted to the autograder before Friday, April 22nd at 11:59pm.

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 3 Reflection: Complete the reflection by Saturday 4/9. Opens when grades are published.

(10 pts) Computing CARES Exit Survey: Please complete the exit survey. Open now. Closes Sunday, 4/17.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm, unless otherwise specified

Program Application: Calculating Error

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Structs

More Data Structures

Wednesday Review: Project 6 Overview, Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

Project 5 is due today at 11:59pm to the Autograder.

Structs, More Practice with Program Design

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 15!
We will be learning about applying computing to engineering problems. This will be our last Runestone chapter!

Tested positive for COVID? Scroll down and find the "Excused Absence or Extension Request" Form. Fill this out and we will excuse you from lab and follow up with you via email.

Partnerships for Project 6 must be registered by Tuesday -- NO EXCEPTIONS. Make sure that your partnership is registered on the Autograder and that you have submitted your Project 6 Program Design (the flowchart) on Gradescope as a group of 2 (you + your partner).

Lab 12 takes place this week. This will be your last lab of the semester.

Regrade requests are due Friday, April 15th at 11:59pm. Use the form on the course website to request a regrade request.

Project redo requests are due Friday, April 15th at 11:59pm. Use the form on the course website to request a project redo. Project redos submissions must be submitted to the autograder before Friday, April 22nd at 11:59pm.

Extra Credit There are three last extra credit opportunities. Please see links to the right.

(10 pts) ECoach Assessment 4 Playbook: Complete the playbook by Saturday 4/16. Opens 4/10.

(10 pts) ECoach End of Term Survey: Complete the survey by Wednesday 4/20. Opens 4/12.

(10 pts) Computing CARES Exit Survey: Please complete the exit survey. Open now. Closes Sunday, 4/17.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm, unless otherwise specified

Programming Application: Being Your Own DJ with C++ Structures

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Applying Computing to Engineering Problems

Chapter 21

Wednesday Review: Open Q&A

If you have any questions about Runestone, Lab, Projects, Assessments, or anything else related to ENGR 101, please bring them to this open Q&A session. Attendance is completely optional.

This is the last day to submit a Project Redo request.

Project 6 is NOT eligible for a project redo.

Project 6 design is due today at 11:59pm to Gradescope.

Project 6 partnerships MUST be registered today by 11:59pm.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

More Data Structures

(Walkthroughs released on Friday night / Saturday morning)

Lab worksheet must be turned in to Gradescope for credit!

Welcome to Week 16!
This week is the last week of classes. Congratulations! You made it!

Project 6 Due Tuesday. Submit your code to the Autograder.

Assessment 4 takes place Wednesday to Saturday. Be sure to complete it by the due date! We highly recommend you take the Practice Assessment at least once before you take the actual assessment.

Assessment 4 Retakes must be completed by Tuesday, April 26th at 11:59pm. Assessment consultations are available at office hours on Sunday, April 24th, and Monday, April 25th.

Extra Credit will be applied to your course grade prior to uploading course grades to Wolverine Access. If you have done at least eight extra credit activities, we will add 1% to your course percentage. If you have done less than eight extra credit activities, then your extra credit percentage will be scaled accordingly.

Final Course Grades will hopefully be uploaded to Wolverine Access by sometime on Friday, April 29th. However, that depends on how long it takes us to process cheat checking from Project 6 and go through our rounds of grade verification. DO NOT post to Piazza or email us asking when grades will be posted.

(10 pts) ECoach End of Term Survey: Complete the survey by Wednesday 4/20. Opens 4/12.

(10 pts) Computing CARES Exit Survey: Please complete the exit survey. Open now. Closes Sunday, 4/17.

All Extra Credit Opportunities Due Saturday 11:59pm, unless otherwise specified

Programming Application: House Hunting

Reflection Form
Due Sat. 11:59pm

Recordings and reflection available after lecture ends.

Project 6 is due today at 11:59pm to the Autograder.

Open Wed 12:01am

"Proffice" Hours

Come talk about anything at all (this course, other courses, favorite books/movies/tv shows, why Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering is the best major, what the Avengers can teach us about teamwork ... you know, the important stuff!). This is a super casual thing -- come on by!

(these office hours are now done for the semester)

B521 Pierpont

Come talk about anything at all (this course, other courses, Computer Science and Engineering, careers, internships, etc.).

(these office hours are now done for the semester)

In-Person, 2641 BBB

Staff Office Hours

Read this guide to office hours to help you get the most out of your office hours time.

Throughout the semester, ENGR 101 staff may need to hold their office hours virtually for various reasons, including if they feel well enough to teach but don't want to risk passing on a cold or something. If this situation occurs, they will post an announcement to Canvas with a Zoom link, so if you are planning to come to Office Hours, please check Canvas as well!

You can join these office hours without an appointment. You can stay as long as you want, so come hang out and get some ENGR 101 work done with us! This schedule will not change from week-to-week, so feel free to plan around this!

Day	Schedule
	(these office hours are now done for the semester)

Course Essentials

All the details

Norms and expectations for meetings, email, and other forms of communication in the course

Meet the course staff!

Answers to frequently asked questions about ENGR 101 (continually updated)

Request Forms

Request an extension or excused absence

Request a regrade or report a grade discrepancy

Request to redo a project for up to 85% credit on the autograded portion of the project

(Project redos are not available for Project 6)

Projects

Project code is submitted to the autograder; the autograder is linked at the top of this course webpage. Read this guide to the autograder to learn more about using the autograder.

All project code is subjected to our cheat checking procedures. If we find sufficient evidence of cheating, we are required to submit a report to the Honor Council. You can learn more about what happens with Honor Council reports by watching this video from the Engineering Center for Academic Success.

In this course, you are allowed to work with a partner on the projects if you wish to. All project partnerships MUST be registered on the autograder.

For Projects 1 & 2, your partnership must be registered on the Autograder prior to the project's deadline. For Projects 3-6, your partnership must be registered on the Autograder at least one week prior to the project's deadline.

Follow this guide to registering your partnership on the autograder to complete your partnership prior to the registration deadline.

Soil Analysis

Part of Lab 1

Analyzing a Structure

Due Tue, Jan 25th

Dealing with Radiation

Due Tue, Feb 1st

Siting a Wind Farm

Due Tue, Feb 15th

Space Shuttle Braking Coefficient

Program Design Due Tue, Mar 15th

Project Due Tue, March 22nd

Program Design Template

Spaceport Reviews

Program Design Due Tue, Mar 29

Project Due Tue, Apr 5

Program Design Template

gLyft: Galactic Ride-Sharing

Program Design - Due Tue Apr 12

Project Due - Tue Apr 19

Project redos ARE NOT available for Project 6!