August 24 Meeting: Summary, Part 1

The orientation meeting is complete.

Here are some of the results of the survey which 21 people completed in part or full:
1. Members are majoring in a variety of majors, with mechanical engineering being the most popular.

Aerospace	1
Bus./Eng.	1
Civil	4
Computer	1
CompSci	1
Electrical	3
Industrial	1
Materials	1
Mechanical	8
Physics	1
Undecided	1

2. 75% of the members have completed some science and/or engineering courses.
3. Most members are interested in gaining experience and knowledge of engineering as well as friends. A few people mentioned a desire to learn about work opportunities, individual sub-fields of engineering, and transfer information. If you are interested in transfer information, speaking with Prof. Laura individually may be best. If you are interested in general information about sub-fields of engineering, this will be covered in ENGR 100.
4. Most members are interested in completing a project with 20% of members specifically wanting a competition style project.
5. There is no limit to how long the club meetings have to be, but the following are members' preferences for when it should end:

3:30pm	4
4:00pm	2
5:00pm	8
no limit	2

6. Most members prefer to meet on the weekend, Thursday, or Friday for additional club meetings.

Mon	2
Tues	4
Wed	4
Thurs	5
Fri	5
Weekend	7