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ME-2024: Introduction to Engineering Design and Economics

Description: Design process, mini-design projects, collaborative design, product dissection, economics of decision making, reverse engineering, intellectual property, oral, written, and graphic communications, engineering ethics.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ENGE-1216 or ENGE-1414 or ENGE-1434 or ENGE-1114

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: ESM-2104, MATH-2114, PHYS-2306

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 185

Average GPA: 3.14 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 20.53%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.66%

Edward D Boes200553.0%41.2%4.1%0.9%0.8%0.0%3.414
Linda W Vick201939.2%48.3%10.6%0.5%0.5%1.0%3.256
Staff Drumheller200631.3%62.5%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.231
Russell J Richards200659.4%40.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.561
Clinton L Dancey201744.5%50.1%4.3%1.1%0.0%0.0%3.343
Dewey D Spangler200939.8%55.5%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3313
Marilyn E Worley200650.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.451
Brent Ballew200753.1%46.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.581
Richard L Clark201929.0%60.9%9.3%0.2%0.3%0.2%3.1740
Francis D Pinckney200930.4%65.2%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.224
Corina Sandu201436.6%54.0%7.9%1.6%0.0%0.0%3.2415
Alireza Farjoud201037.5%43.7%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.161
Jan Helge Bohn201911.4%55.3%27.9%3.0%0.6%1.8%2.7520
Donatus C Ohanehi201227.4%69.4%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.215
Tomonari Furukawa201423.5%65.9%7.5%1.0%0.0%2.1%3.153
John P Bird201431.6%60.9%7.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.244
Lissett R Bickford201415.4%79.5%5.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.102
Yitao Zhu201420.1%67.9%10.6%0.0%0.0%1.5%3.092
Deborah L Pollio201621.2%60.1%17.1%0.7%0.0%0.8%3.0110
Charles E Smith201514.1%59.4%18.8%0.0%0.0%7.8%2.932
Mary E Kasarda201825.6%57.0%15.0%1.3%0.0%1.2%3.095
Nicholas D Cardwell200693.9%6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.841
Brian M Southern200782.5%16.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.722
Gautham Ramakrishna2006100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.861
Adam C Woodward201024.2%42.5%33.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.921
Seyed Hossein Tamaddoni201039.4%45.5%12.2%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.151
Christopher B Williams201022.1%59.1%14.9%1.9%2.1%0.0%2.934
Lynn V Ehrke201331.9%45.5%22.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.082
Robert G Parker201816.2%62.2%18.4%1.6%0.8%0.8%2.914
Matthew J Rice201619.4%69.4%5.6%2.8%0.0%2.8%3.081
Stephen A Farris20080.0%38.9%55.6%5.6%0.0%0.0%2.451
Brendan J Chan200584.2%15.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.721
John M Kennedy201112.2%60.7%21.9%2.1%1.1%1.9%2.824
Baojuan Zheng201660.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Kuya Takami201315.3%73.1%11.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.051
Matthew C Clontz201724.1%58.6%10.3%0.0%0.0%6.9%3.101
Staff Abuhamdia201728.6%64.3%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.181
Staff Rath200582.8%10.3%6.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681
Srinath Ekkad200944.8%55.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.441
Jeremiah T Abiade200910.3%69.0%20.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.921
Ry Long201817.2%65.5%17.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.961
Dennis R Jaasma200546.7%46.7%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.361
Samantha C Prins200643.3%46.7%6.7%0.0%3.3%0.0%3.271
David M Richter200946.7%50.0%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.401
Song Xue201120.0%73.3%6.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.141
Kevin B Kochersberger201736.7%46.4%13.9%0.0%0.0%3.0%3.122
Adam D Norberg200538.7%48.4%12.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271
Timothy W Sirk200819.4%71.0%6.5%3.2%0.0%0.0%3.051
Jonathan E Gaines201121.2%54.6%18.2%0.0%0.0%6.1%3.041
Tahereh S Hall201219.4%77.4%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.141
Mustafa A Arat201219.4%58.1%19.4%3.2%0.0%0.0%2.881

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