EGR 105 Foundations of Engineering I

Fall 2007 – Week 2

Excel part 1

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics

• Engineering numbers

• Class activity – transcript and GPA

• Excel basics

• Assignment # 2

How many engineers are there

in the US?

Some have degrees and some don’t

1,300,000

1,500,000

400,000

1,700,000 people work in engineering jobs

2,800,000 people have an engineering degree

Where are they employed?

Most work in the private sector

Employment sector Percentage

Industry 68%

Self-employed 12%

Government 13%

Education and other 9%

Do they stay in engineering?

Percentage by age still in engineering

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25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-59 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 & up

What else can you do with an engineering degree?

Lots of careers:

• Neil Armstrong – astronaut• Jimmy Carter – president• Alfred Hitchcock – movie director• Lee Iacocca – Ford and Chrysler executive• Tom Landry – Dallas Cowboys coach• John Sununu – politician• Scott Adams – Dilbert cartoonist

Is the BS degree enough?

Advanced degrees are popular

BS degree only 1,637,000

BS + MS 396,000

BS + PhD 80,000

Eng + Business 226,000

Eng + Science 162,000

Eng + Other 114,000

Is an MBA or another masters degree key for getting into

upper management?

Percentage in ‘senior’ management with advanced

degrees

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Eng only Eng + Science Eng + Business Eng + Other

Can I get by without the BS?

Percentage by job description with a BS degree

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civil mechanical electrical biomedical environmental computerhardware

computersoftware

Finally, how about starting salaries?

Starting salaries for 2006 grads

Chem Eng $56,335 Comp Sci $51,305

Comp Eng $54,200 Accounting $45,656

Elect Eng $53,552 Finance $45,112

Mech Eng

$51,732 Business $42,048

Indust Eng. $49,567 Nursing $38,775

Civil/Env Eng

$46,023 Marketing $37,832

Liberal Arts $30,958

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics

• Engineering numbers

• Class activity – transcript and GPA

• Excel basics

• Assignment # 2

How does URI compute GPA?

Fall: Spring:EGR105 – A EGR106 – B+

PHY 203 – B PHY 204 – A-

Fall GPA = ?

Spring GPA = ?

Overall GPA = ?

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics

• Engineering numbers

• Class activity – transcript and GPA

• Excel basics

• Assignment # 2

Excel Basics

• Worksheet organization

• Entering and formatting data

• Copy, etc., autofill

• Simple math ( +, –, *, /, ^, autosum )– Cell entry starts with =– Relative copy for math operations

• “autosum” button:

Built-in Functions in Excel

• Syntax: – Entry always starts with an equal sign (=)– Next is the name of the function followed by

parentheses containing parameters or values to be operated on (arguments)

– Examples: = SUM ( A10:C20 )

= SQRT ( B17 )

• Many types available

• Some work on single arguments, some on groups of arguments, some on none

• Composition of functions works: = SQRT ( SUM ( A10:B17 ) )

• How to invoke:– Know the name of the function

– Function wizard button: f x

Elementary Math

= SQRT (x)

= ABS (x)

= FACT (x)

= SUM (x1,x2,…)

= GCD (x1,x2,…)

= LCM (x1,x2,…)

= CEILING (x1,x2,…)

= ROUND (x)

= SUM (x1,x2,…)

= COUNT (x1,x2,…)

= EXP (x)

= LOG (x)

= LOG10 (x)

= POWER (x,y)

= RAND ( )

…

Trigonometry

= PI ( )

= DEGREES (x)

= RADIANS (x)

= SIN (x)

= COS (x)

= TAN (x)

= ACOS (x)

= SINH (x)

= ATAN2 (x,y) …

Logical Functions

• If test: = IF ( logical test, value if true, value if false )

• Example:

= IF (A10 >= B20,A10,0)

• Others: AND, NOT, OR

More in week 10………….

EGR105 – Week 2 Topics

• Engineering numbers

• Excel basics

• Assignment # 2

Assignment # 2

• Create a simple spreadsheet of a transcript, including GPA calculation; see the handout for details

• Save your workbook as lastname_2.xls

• E-mail your result to me

• Beware plagiarism