Welcome to Queen’s Engineering! Day 1 Orientation

Agenda

8:30 am Welcome address Prof. Kimberly Woodhouse, Dean Program overview and award presentations Prof. Lynann Clapham, Associate Dean (Academic) Guest presenter Mr. Stephen Blight

9:30 am Time management workshops (other locations)

10:30 am Normal classes resume

Prof. Kimberly Woodhouse Dean Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Prof. Lynann Clapham Associate Dean (Academic) Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Program structure & Academic requirements

First Year Administration

Aphra Rogers Program Associate

Brian Frank Faculty Advisor

Micheline Johnston Program Associate

What is Engineering?

Engineering is about applying scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends

Differences from high school Autonomy

Integration

Speed

Requirement to solve problems not seen before

Closed-ended and open-ended problems

What sets the program structure

All Canadian Engineering programs are overseen and accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) – they set the rules and we design our engineering programs to meet those rules.

Two sets of rules we must follow:

• Must meet minimum unit count in a number of areas- 162 course units - ~50 courses before you can graduate ~6-7 courses per term

• Must show that our graduates achieve 12 outcomes

Knowledge base

Problem analysis

Investigation

Design

Engineering tools

Team work

Communication skills

Professionalism

Impact on society

Ethics and equity

Economics & project management

Lifelong learning

Over the next four years we will help you develop these attributes

Important course aspects

• Course length: most engineering courses 1 term (12 weeks) long – in either the fall term or winter term courses. A few of your courses run for fall & winter terms

• Course weight: Each course is assigned “units” reflecting the weight of the course (scales roughly with # of in-class hours per week).

– term-length engineering courses are 3.0 - 4.8 units – Fall/winter courses may be more (e.g. APSC100 11 units)

• Course types: – Core: these are courses you must take and pass (we put these into

your schedule – e.g. all of your first year courses are core). – Technical electives: engineering upper year courses you can choose – Complementary studies: 3 courses (9 units) chosen from

Humanities/Languages/management/linkage (upper year)

First year courses (all common)

Course number Name Unit count

term

APSC111 Physics - Mechanics 3.5 Fall

APSC112 Physics – E&M 3.5 Winter

APSC131 Chemistry 1 3.5 Fall

APSC132 Chemistry 2 3.5 Winter

APSC142 Computing 3.0 Winter

APSC151 Earth Systems 4.0 Fall

APSC161 Graphics 3.5 Fall

APSC171 Calculus 1 3.5 Fall

APSC172 Calculus 2 3.5 Winter

APSC174 Algebra 3.5 Winter

APSC100 Engineering Practice I 11.0 Fall/winter

The GPA system at Queen’s

Course Units Grades APSC100 11 B 33.00 APSC111 3.5 C+ 8.05 APSC131 3.5 A- 12.95 APSC171 3.5 F 0.00 APSC161 3.5 B+ 11.55 25 65.55

Grade GP Mark eq

A+ 4.3 92-100%

A 4.0 85-89

A- 3.7 80-84

B+ 3.3 77-79

B 3.0 73-76

B- 2.7 70-72

C+ 2.3 67-69

C 2.0 63-66

C- 1.7 60-62

D+ 1.3 57-59

D 1.0 53-56

D- 0.7 50-52

F 0.0 <50

Calculating your GPA – example:

GPA =

65.55/25 = 2.62

(C+ to B- average)

GPA system: important aspects

• Sessional GPA: summer, fall, and winter courses for previous session (you are evaluated in May)

• Cumulative GPA: includes all courses you have done at Queen’s

GPA Means…

>=3.5 Sessional GPA: On the Dean’s list, requirement for many scholarships Cumulative GPA: 1st class honours at graduation (about 1/3 of our students)

>=1.6

Requirement to stay off probation and graduate (about 20 students usually go on probation)

<0.7 Required to withdraw (usually about 5 students)

If fall term GPA < 1.60, or you have failed fall term physics, math, chemistry, we strongly recommend J-section. • Winter weeks 2-6: review APSC111, APSC131, APSC171;

rewrite final exams Reading Week • Begin “normal” 12 week Winter term after Reading

week, with J-section final exams in mid June (also used as rewrite exams for regular sections)

• Extra fees for the spring/summer session but cheaper than repeating first year

Section 900 (section J)

When do you select your program?

In Late January we have an evening session for each program on program structure, jobs, tours, guest speaker, etc.

You have until after Reading week (i.e. the beginning of week 7) to choose a program

All programs are open to you provided you pass all of your first year courses

First year engineering support

Student services (BMH-300)

List of weekly assignments

Identification and help for struggling students

Upper year mentors

English support for Engineers

Student-run Douglas tutorials

Extended program (AKA Section 900, or J-section)

How do I stay healthy?

Sleep 7-9 hours

a night

Eat fruits &

veggies every day

Laugh!

Access academic

help at SASS in

Stauffer

Talk to someone if

you are feeling

overwhelmed

Get involved in

activities you

like to do

Be active at

least 150

minutes a week

For support or

more information

drop by Counselling

Services or

the AMS

Peer Support

Centre Services

These slides are based upon materials created by the Department of Geography in

2011.

New iPhone app: QTap!

Come see us if you are concerned

Academic advice

Mental/emotional concern (embedded counsellor)

Tutoring/study strategies

Form drop-off

Open 8:30-4:30 Monday to Friday in BMH 300

AWARDS

First year Teaching and Learning Award

“…given to instructors who, in the opinion of the students, contributed most to creating a good teaching and learning environment in the classroom.”

First year Teaching and Learning Award

Fall 2014

Prof. Alan Ableson

APSC-171

(he is teaching right now!)

Winter 2015

Prof. Bahman Gharesifard

APSC-172

First year design projects (winter) Team-based projects in partnership with clients

James L. Mason Cup Awarded annually to the

first year project team for:

• Effective teamwork with broad participation;

• High degree of technical competence;

• Demonstrating awareness of the economic, social, and environmental factors;

• Effectively communicating work

James L. Mason Cup 2014-15 Winners

Project: Solar Powered Challenge Client: Emerging Leaders in Solar Energy PM: Alex Hayman

Marnus Coetsee Annabelle Corsi-Johnson Ramiro Enriquez Jakins Christopher Little Sadie Poste

Problem: Building a solar powered water filtration device that can be used in sub-Saharan Africa. Solution: use dried fruit peels added to the water in the settling tank to absorb the heavy metals. The water then travels through a carbon filter into a tank that is lined with a reflective surface to absorb as much of the sun’s Ultraviolet (UV) light as possible.

Guest speaker: Mr. Stephen Blight (B.Sc., MBA) Petroleum engineer, engineering-related positions in the federal government, and role in economics, energy and environmental policy and management with the federal Department of Finance and Environment Canada. Steve finished his career with the federal government as Vice President of the National Capital Commission responsible for capital projects and NCC parks.

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Engineering is a great education

Engineers are everywhere doing interesting and useful things

Follow your heart and do what you like to do

Agenda

8:30 am Welcome address

9:30 am Time management workshops Sections 00,01,02,10,11,12- ARC gym Sections 03,04,05,13,14,15- Ellis AUD Sections 06,07,08,09,16,17,18- Etherington AUD

10:30 am Normal classes resume

Tonight: 7:00-8:00 8:00-9:00

Module 2 orientation in Etherington AUD Sections 00, 01, 02, 10, 11, 12 Sections 03, 04, 13, 14