Welcome to ENE 489 Part 2

January 17, 2020

I hope that you all are well. As mentioned in my email from last week, I have posted review material in LON-CAPA. The review material is based on ENE 280.  I have also posted a short video showing how to navigate LON-CAPA. It is posted at https://youtu.be/HAt0dFvkTrk.  Also posted is the first lecture, which is an overview of ENE 489: https://youtu.be/xdF44gxkbs4.  Links are also provided on LON-CAPA.

For those of you that missed my first email message sent in early January, it is posted on the course blog: https://ene489spring2021.blogspot.com/.  I will continue to post weekly messages on the blog.

For those of you that missed the survey, please complete it as soon as possible. It is available at:  https://forms.gle/22V7gonYtzV9XtC98

I thought I would start with answering some of your questions from the survey, which if you haven't completed, please do so: 

(1) Q: Do we need to have access to all of the recommended written materials listed in order to do well in this course? If so, do I need to purchase them?  A:   No, all the material you will need is provided on LON-CAPA. If additional material is needed for the projects, I will provide that for you. 

(2) Q: I haven't used LON-CAPA before. Is there any material to help guide me through it?  A: I've put together a short video to help guide you through the use of LON-CAPA.  It's on YouTube. 

(3) Q:  I was wondering if you will have or already have a posted schedule with the due dates of all lon-capa assignments and the three projects.  A: I have not posted a schedule, but you can assume that there will be a homework or project due on Mondays at 11:59 pm.  You'll have at least a week to do the homework assignments and at least 3 weeks for the projects.

Our first class meets on Wednesday  at 12:40 pm on Zoom. The link and password are on the syllabus and also a link is provided on LON-CAPA. 

I look forward to working with all of you throughout the semester.

Dr. Masten






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