Fall 2010 Syllabus for CEE 2550, 4550, and 5051
Class is held every Tuesday and only on the Thursdays listed on the syllabus. Other Thursdays are reserved for team meetings and work. Monroe and Jeff are almost always available to meet during the Thursday class period in case you or your team needs to make an appointment. If you would like to meet with Monroe, set up an appointment
Assignments are indicated in bold type
Date |
Class topics and/or work due |
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Thurs 8/26 |
Class: Intro to AguaClara, project scope and overview |
Tues 8/31 |
Class: Intro to subteam projects and structure with the subteam leaders |
Thurs 9/2 |
Team Training. Design Team meet in Accel Computer Lab (Orange room on second floor) in Carpenter Hall. Research teams meet in Hollister 150. Outreach Team meet in Hollister 366. |
Tues 9/7 |
Team Training. Design Team meet in the AguaClara Lab (Hollister B60). Research teams meet in Hollister 150. Outreach Team meet in Hollister 366. |
Thurs 9/9 |
Class: Introduction to Wiki Work: meet for class in Blue Accel Computer Lab in Carpenter Library |
Sat 9/11 |
4:30: Tour of Cornell Filtration Plant (Off of Caldwell Road between Plantations Road and Forest Home Drive) |
Tues 9/14 |
Team work |
Thurs 9/16 |
Team work |
Tues 9/21 |
Speaker: Larry Harrington Presentation Slides |
Thurs 9/23 |
Team work |
Fri 9/24 |
Research Biweekly Report Due by Midnight |
Tues 9/28 |
Peace Corps Presentation |
Thurs 9/30 |
Team Work |
Fri 10/1 |
Design Weekly Update Due by Midnight |
Tues 10/5 |
Team Work |
Thurs 10/7 |
Teleconference with Dan Smith, AguaClara alumnus working as AguaClara engineer in Honduras |
Fri 10/8 |
Research Biweekly Report Due by Midnight |
Tues 10/12 |
Fall Break: No Class |
Thurs 10/14 |
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Fri 10/15 |
Midterm Peer Evaluation Form due by Midnight |
Tues 10/19 |
Class: Teach ins for Tube Floc team |
Thurs 10/21 |
Team Work |
Fri 10/22 |
Research Biweekly Report Due by Midnight |
Tues 10/26 |
Class: Teach in for Plate Settler Spacing followed by Team Work |
Thurs 10/28 |
Class: Teach in for Chemical Dose Controller and talk with Sarah Long, AguaClara Engineer |
Fri 10/29 |
Design Weekly Update Due by Midnight |
Tues 11/2 |
Class: Teach in for ANC Control, Inlet Manifold teams |
Thurs 11/4 |
Presentation: Professor Ken Roberts, Government Professor, speaking about Honduras |
Fri 11/5 |
Research Biweekly Report Due by Midnight |
Tues 11/9 |
Class: Teach in for Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration, Foam Filtration teams |
Thurs 11/11 |
Team Work |
Fri 11/12 |
Design Weekly Update Due by Midnight |
Tues 11/16 |
Team Work |
Thurs 11/18 |
Team Work |
Fri 11/19 |
Research Biweekly Report Due by Midnight |
Tues 11/23 |
Team Work |
Thurs 11/25 |
Thanksgiving: No class |
Tues 11/30 |
Team Work |
Thurs 12/2 |
All team discussion |
Fri 12/3 |
Peer Evaluations due by Midnight |
Wed 12/8 |
Final edited report due by Midnight |
Grading Scheme
For a complete explanation of what is expected for each assignment and the criteria that it will be graded on, please refer to the wiki assignments page.
Assignment |
Weight |
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Reports (weekly for Design (2.5% each), biweekly for Research (5% each)) |
25% |
Teach In |
15% |
Midterm wiki report |
15% |
Final report and Final Wiki |
25% |
Final presentations |
15% |
Individual effort & contribution (based on individual contribution page and peer evaluation) (as a multiplier) |
100% |
Total: |
100% |