Dear EG 1004 Students!

This is a reminder that we are now hiring TAs for future semesters of EG 1004 (starting Fall 2025). We are looking for enthusiastic TAs who are passionate about shaping future STEM professionals. The application can be found at https://eg.poly.edu/apply .

We are excited about your interest in making EG 1004 the best possible course for incoming first-year students at Tandon. Applications are open until 11:59 PM EDT on April 25th, 2025. The interviews are expected to take place virtually over the summer. If you have any questions regarding the position or the process, feel free to reach out to your Teaching Assistants, Professors, or Head Teaching Assistants at gecentral@eg.poly.edu . Have a good semester!

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the SLDP poster session workshop will take place today from 12:30 - 2:00 PM in RH303C. Feel free to come by for feedback on your posters or just to have a place to work with your teammates!

Attendance is optional.

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

This is a reminder of the SLDP showcase application process. Applications for the SLDP showcase are due tonight, 11/13 at 11:59 PM ET.

Selected teams will have their posters judged by a panel of faculty and teaching assistants. Teams will be judged based on their poster design, communication skills, and quality of their projects. The top three RAD and top three HIR teams will then be selected to present their final presentations to a panel of faculty and TAs on Monday, April 28, from 12:30 - 1:50 PM in Pfizer Auditorium. These teams will compete for the first place award, the Gunter Georgi Award, and second place award, the Nick Russo Award. These awards, named after the educators who established our course, celebrate excellence in design, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Recipients of the Nick Russo Award will receive $100 per team member. Recipients of the Gunter Georgi Award will receive $200 per team member and the opportunity to present their work to incoming first-year students at 2025 Convocation.

Due to limited time and space, participation in the SLDP showcase requires an application from all interested SLDP teams. For all SLDPs (HIR and RAD), the application requires:

• Successful completion of Benchmark B

• CAD renderings of your design in Fusion 360/Revit

• A draft or copy of your Milestone 3 Presentation 

• Photos and/or videos of your project, if available

• Responses to a series of short-answer questions in the application form linked below

To apply, please provide this information using this application form by Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET.  Teams will receive confirmation from our team by Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at research@eg.poly.edu.

Thank you!

Ingrid

Hi class,

This is a reminder regarding the SLDP Poster Session.

All students are required to present a poster on their SLDP project on Monday, April 21st, 2025 from 12:30 - 1:50 PM in the MakerSpace EventSpace. You must submit your poster using this Google form by Monday, April 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET. This deadline is a week ahead of the actual poster session as our printing vendor needs time to review the posters in case of any issues.

We will also host an optional poster making workshop on Monday, 04/14 from 12:30 - 1:50 PM in RH303C. This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions and get feedback on any drafts of your poster ahead of submission. We realize that the timeline of the SLDP poster and your lab 10 poster is very tight, and for this we apologize, but it was the best we could do with the semester's schedule. 

Finally, if you would like for your poster to be considered for the SLDP showcase, which is an oral presentation showcase, please see the previous announcement for more information on the application process. 

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Best,

Prof. Paredes

Dear class,

Our program is happy to announce our end-of-semester events celebrating the work that you have put into your semester long design projects!

Poster Session: All students are required to submit and present a poster on their SLDP project on Monday, April 21st, 2025 from 12:30 - 1:50 PM in the MakerSpace EventSpace. You must submit your poster using this Google form.

• We will communicate expectations for the posters next week in recitation, as you all will practice creating an academic poster using your results from Lab 10. 

• Additionally, we will also host an optional poster making workshop on Monday, 04/14 from 12:30 - 1:50 PM in RH303C. I will send out a reminder e-mail closer to the date. This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions and get feedback on any drafts of your poster. 

If you would like for your poster to be considered for the SLDP showcase, which is an oral presentation showcase, please see below for more information. Applying to participate in the showcase is optional for all teams.

Showcase: During the poster session, selected teams will have their posters judged by a panel of faculty and teaching assistants. Teams will be judged based on their poster design, communication skills, and quality of their projects. The top three RAD and top three HIR teams will then be selected to present their final presentations to a panel of faculty and TAs on Monday, April 28, from 12:30 - 1:50 PM in Pfizer Auditorium. These teams will compete for the first place award, the Gunter Georgi Award, and second place award, the Nick Russo Award. These awards, named after the educators who established our course, celebrate excellence in design, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Recipients of the Nick Russo Award will receive $100 per team member. Recipients of the Gunter Georgi Award will receive $200 per team member and the opportunity to present their work to incoming first-year students at 2025 Convocation.

Due to limited time and space, participation in the SLDP showcase requires an application from all interested SLDP teams. For all SLDPs (HIR and RAD), the application requires:

• Successful completion of Benchmark B

• CAD renderings of your design in Fusion 360/Revit

• A draft or copy of your Milestone 3 Presentation 

• Photos and/or videos of your project, if available

• Responses to a series of short-answer questions in the application form linked below

To apply, please provide this information using this application form by Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET.  Teams will receive confirmation from our team by Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

Hi class,

I hope you are wel! Here the announcements for this week:

• While we do not have slides from Lecture 8, you can learn more Prof. Modestino's work here and the Office of Sustainability here. If you did not get to complete our Climate and Sustainability Knowledge and Attitudes Survey, you can do so at this link.

• This week, you will complete Lab 9: Sustainable Energy Vehicles in lab. Please review the manual write-up for lab 9, as there will be a quiz at the start of the session.

• You will deliver your milestone 3 presentations in class this week. Please remember to fill out your CATME peer evaluations before class. 

Please note that today, Open Lab will operate on a modified schedule and will close today at 4 PM. The lab will reopen tomorrow, 4/1, according to its typical schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

That's all for now! Have a great rest of the week.

Prof. Paredes

Dear EG-1004 Students!

As we mentioned in lecture and recitation, we are now hiring TAs for future semesters of EG-1004 (starting Fall 2025). We are looking for enthusiastic TAs who are passionate about shaping future STEM professionals. The application can be found at https://eg.poly.edu/apply .

We are excited about your interest in making EG-1004 the best possible course for incoming first-year students at Tandon. Applications are open until 11:59 PM EDT on April 25th, 2025. The interviews are expected to take place virtually over the summer. If you have any questions regarding the position or the process, feel free to reach out to your Teaching Assistants, Professors, or Head Teaching Assistants at gecentral@eg.poly.edu . Have a good semester!

Best, 

The General Engineering Team

Hi all!


Open Lab (JAB 573) will be closed during Lab sections E, F and G (2:00-5:00 pm) between 3/18 and 3/21. These changes are updated on the Open Lab Schedule on the EG website.


Best,

The General Engineering Team

Hi class,

I hope you are wel! Here the announcements for this week:

• While we do not have slides from Lecture 7, you can learn more about our guest speaker's work here.

• This week, you will complete Lab 8: Model Shop 3 in lab. There will be no quiz this week in lab. Your Benchmark B will be due at the end of the session. Your scaffolded writing assignment will also be due at midnight under the FDR tab.

• Your lab 7 reports and presentations are due this week. As a reminder, this is a bonus report that can replace your Lab 4 grade. Good luck! 

That's all for now! Have a great rest of the week.

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

I hope you are wel! Here the announcements for this week:

• Lecture 5 slides from last week can now be found under the "Lecture" tab of our website. I apologize for the delay in sharing these with you!

• While we do not have slides from Lecture 6, our speaker encourages all students to look at the Entrepreneurship at NYU resources: https://entrepreneur.nyu.edu/

• This week, you will complete Lab 7: Digital Logic in lab (if you haven't already had lab!). As usual, please refer to the lab manual for more information and review ahead of time in preparation of the quiz and lab activity.

That's all for now! Have a great rest of the week.

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

Apologies for confusion regarding your scaffolded writing assignments due this week. To clarify, these assignments are due via submission to the website at 11:59pm on the day of your lab. You do not need to submit the document with your benchmark tasks during Model Shop. The writing faculty will be giving you feedback on these assignments during Milestone 2.

If you have any further questions or concerns, let me know!

- Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

I hope you are wel! Here the announcements for this week:

• Lecture 4 slides from today can now be found under the "Lecture" tab of our website.

• All students: please complete your MakerSpace training on or before Friday, 2/28! If you are unable to schedule a training by this deadline, please schedule one at your earliest convenience and inform your recitation instructors. If you have previously completed MakerSpace training, you do not need to complete it again this semester. We will retrieve your record from the MakerSpace team.

• This week, you will complete Lab 5: Model Shop 2 in lab. There will be no quiz this week in lab. Your Benchmark A will be due at the end of the session. As we mentioned in lecture today, you must prepare your project schedule and upload your first scaffolded writing assignment to the FDR tab as part of benchmarking.

That's all for now! Have a great rest of the week.

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

I hope you have had a great week!

This is a reminder that university classes are cancelled on Monday, 2/17. Tuesday, 2/18 will run on a Monday schedule, but EG lecture is canceled. We will resume lecture on Monday, 2/24.

For students in Sections C1, C2, C3, F1, F2, and F3: We will not meet for recitation next week. You must still submit your presentations on Monday (02/17) at 11:59 PM. As you are not doing a live presentation, we ask that each team to submit a recorded presentation. You can utilize Microsoft PowerPoint to achieve this. Please find a guide on how to do this here. The website might not allow you to upload this due to the file size, so you may email this presentation to your recitation instructors (the engineering profesor, writing professor, and recitation TA). We will grade your submissions asynchronously. 

For students in Sections A1, A2, A3, E1, E2, and E3: We will not meet for lab at your scheduled time next week. You must instead schedule a makeup lab session with your SLDP teammates by Sunday, 2/23 by the closure of Open Lab. You will present your lab presentation the following week during recitation. Regardless of when you do your makeup lab, all presentations will still be due 11:59PM the night before your next recitation, and all Lab 4 reports will still be due on Monday (02/24) at 11:59PM. To schedule a makeup lab, please use our appointments calendar. 

If you have any questions or concerns about this, please reach out.

Thank you and happy weekend,

- Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

I hope you are wel! Here the announcements for this week:

• Lecture 3 slides from Prof. Osborne and Dr. Frenkel can now be found under the "Lecture" tab of our website.

• Students in Groups E + F (Sections E1, 2, and 3, and F1, 2 and 3), complete your MakerSpace training on or before Friday, 2/14! If you are unable to schedule a training by this deadline, please schedule one at your earliest convenience and inform your recitation instructors. If you have previously completed MakerSpace training, you do not need to complete it again this semester. We will retrieve your record from the MakerSpace team.

• This week, you will complete Lab 3: Model Shop 1 in lab. Please review the manual write-up for the RAD workshop or the HIR workshop, depending on your SLDP assigned. There will be no quiz this week in lab.

• I forgot to mention this in class this week, but next Monday, 2/17 is a holiday and there will be no lecture. The university will operate on a Monday schedule on Tuesday, 2/18; EG classes are canceled on this day as listed on the schedule. For students in A, E, C, and F, please look out for guidance later this week regarding lab and recitaion.

That's all for now! Have a great rest of the week.

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

As you may know, the university sent out a campus advisory regarding this morning's storm conditions last night. The university remains open, but course operations are adjusted out of consideration for our students and instructors whose commutes are impacted by the storm conditions. Please see below.

• Sections A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, and B3: Please look out for separate communications from your recitation instructors regarding today's session, in case it has gone remote. 
• Sections C1, C2, C3, F1, F2, and F3: Lab will remain on schedule for today, as we are unable to move these operations remotely. If you are unable to attend due to the storm conditions, please follow our typical process for makeup labs: login to the course website, fill out a makeup lab request, and inform the Office of Student Advocacy so we have the excused absence documented. Your recitation team will manage the request.
• Open Lab is set to open and operate on schedule today.

In case you have any questions or concerns, please reach out.

Best,

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

I hope you are wel! Here the announcements for this week:

• Lecture 2 slides can now be found under the "Lecture" tab of our website.

• Students in Groups C + D (Sections C1, 2, and 3, and D1, 2 and 3), complete your MakerSpace training on or before Friday, 2/7! If you are unable to schedule a training by this deadline, please schedule one at your earliest convenience and inform your recitation instructors. If you have previously completed MakerSpace training, you do not need to complete it again this semester. We will retrive your record from the MakerSpace team.

• This week, you will complete Lab 2: CAD Competition in lab. Please review the manual write-up for lab 2 for the lab, as there will be a quiz at the start of the session.

• Finally, the SLDP application is due TONIGHT at 11:59 PM ET. Please see our previous announcement entitled "SLDP Application Instructions" for more information.

That's all for now! Have a great rest of the week.

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

By this time, you should have formed SLDP teams in recitation. If you missed class for any reason, please reach out to me so that we can place you on a team.

For RAD teams: as a reminder, you must attend a project ideation session as part of your project. During this session, a TA will discuss preliminary project ideas with you and your team, to assist you with completing the project application. Please refer to the "SLDP Application Instructions" announcement below for more details.

To sign up for a project ideation session, please complete this Google Form with three preliminary ideas that you will workshop with a TA during the session. At the end of the Google Form will be a link to our appointment calendar.  As the project application is due on Tuesday, 2/4, I suggest that you and your teammates schedule an ideation session as soon as possible. We will be unable to open new slots after Tuesday, 2/4.

As usual, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out at any time.

Happy ideating! 

Prof. Paredes

Hi class,

Below is all the information necessary for you to apply for the RAD and HIR projects. Please only fill out the HIR/RAD application once you have formed your SLDP groups in recitation. The application is due by Tuesday, February 4th 11:59pm EST.

Please follow the instrctions below carefully to make sure you fulfill all the requirements based on your preferred Semester Long Design Project (SLDP):

• Rapid Assembly & Design (RAD): 

1. Brainstorm with your group members and have 3 preliminary ideas of projects that you would like to work on. Check out this document to help you through the brainstorming process, and also look through the RAD page on the manual for more inspiration.

2. Fill out this form as a group ASAP with the 3 preliminary ideas you came up with. At the end you will be given a link to book a time slot that works for all or most group members to visit the Open Lab. 

3. Visit the Open Lab during your assigned time slot to ideate with the Teaching Assistants (TAs) that will provide you guidance and feedback. If you do not go to Open Lab and talk to TAs through your ideas, you will not be eligible to do RAD as your SLDP. Ideation sessions start January 28th and end February 4th, make sure to book a slot to guarantee you a spot.

4. Fill out the SLDP application form after attending an Ideation Session in Open Lab. Only one application per group will be accepted, make sure you fill out the application as a team.man

• Housing & Innovation in Revit (HIR): You do not need to visit the Open Lab for ideation, go straight to filling out the SLDP application. Only one application per group will be accepted, make sure you fill out the application as a team.

Please feel free to email research@eg.poly.edu with any questions. 

Good luck to everyone!

Hi class!

It was to meet you all today. You can now find today's slides uploaded under the "Lecture" tab. A couple of other announcements:

• Students in Groups A + B (Sections A1, 2, and 3, and B1, 2 and 3), complete your MakerSpace training on or before Friday,1/31! If you are unable to schedule a training by this deadline, please schedule one at your earliest convenience and inform your recitation instructors. If you have previously completed MakerSpace training, you do not need to complete it again this semester. We will retrive your record from the MakerSpace team.

• This week, you will learn about and form groups for your SLDP. Please review the manual write-ups for Lab 1 for more information about your project options; your lab facilitators and recitation instructors will also provide information in class this week. I will send a separate announcement regarding the SLDP application process.

Thanks and have a great week! See you soon,

Prof. Paredes

Hello Everyone,

For staffing information for the course you may click on "Sections" found on the left menu portion of this webpage under the "Course Information" heading. Room numbers for recitations, labs, and lecture can also be found on this page. You may familiarize yourselves with all of the EG1004 TAs by clicking on "Teaching Assistants" and looking up your TAs by name. You may also search for your professors and writing consultants by clicking on "Professors" or "Writing Consultants".

You can view the syllabus and schedule from the the left menu portion of the webpage.

If you have any further questions regarding the course, assignments, staffing, or anything else you may direct them to gecentral@eg.poly.edu. Have a wonderful semester!

- General Engineering Team