Syllabus Fall 2025

 Syllabus Fall 2025

ENGR 1166: Foundations of Engineering 

Instructor: John A. Iacovacci

 john.iacovacci@uconn.edu

Cell Phone: 917-701-6177

Lectures:

 Mondays 6:20-8:50 pm Room DWTN 305G

 Wednesdays 6:20-8:50 pm Room DWTN 305G

 Office Hours: Wednesday 5:00-6:00 pm room 3.39

Or remote on request

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/jai17003

Our Class Website is https://uconnstamfordslp.blogspot.com/

Book: Google Cloud Platform in Action JJ Geewax

eBook: https://livebook.manning.com/book/google-cloud-platform-in-action

Catalog Description

ENGR 1166 -  Provides an in depth study of the Google cloud platform.

We will be focusing on learning various aspects of the google cloud using

small assignments related to cloud concepts. The class format is based

upon the first half lecture then the second half hands on workshop.

The environment is hosted at cloud.google.com.

$300 of cloud services is budgeted for each student by google. A credit card is

needed to get google credit. Students will not be spending the entire

$300 google credit so no costs should be incurred.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the students should be able to understand and

be able to develop applications on the google cloud. The concepts will

include virtual machines, MySQL, NoSQL,  Document Storage, Linux,

HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Security, Python, GitHub, Google  API’s,

Cloud Functions, Networking, Authentication, Encryption,  Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

General Requirements & Expectations

1. Attendance: Students are expected to attend all lectures. Attendance

will be taken.

Reading and assignments are required. Assignments required on date.

A 20% penalty will be given for late assignments and 25% if more

than 3 weeks late.

2. Make sure you check your UCONN.EDU e-mail account regularly, or have it

forwarded to an account that you use regularly. Otherwise you may miss important

announcements.

Grading Percentages

Description Percent of course grade

Class assignments: 12 assignments 80% 

Class participation: Attendance 20&

(note late assignments will be penalized 20%or 25%)

8/25-8/27	Week 1 Chapter 1/3/9 What is the Cloud / Data Center / Linux	Linux assignment
9/3-9/8	Week 2 Chapter 8. Cloud Storage / HTML CSS JavaScript	HTML assignment
9/10-9/15	Week 3 Chapter 11 App Engine	App Engine Example
9/17-9/22	Week 4 Chapter 12 Cloud Functions / Python /Github	Python Assignment
9/25-9/30	Week 4 Chapter 4 Cloud SQL / MySQL	MySQL Assignment
10/1-10/6	Week 6 Chapter 5 Document Storage / Datastore	NoSQL Assignment
10/8-10/13	Week 7 Data Visualization	Data Visualization Assignment
10/15-10/20	Week 8 Chapter 13 Cloud DNS User Validation	Validation Assignment
10/22-10/27	Week 9 Security IAM & Admin	Security Assignment
10/29-11/3	Week 10 Chapter 14 Cloud Vision	TBD
11/5-11/10	Week 11 Chapter 16/17. Cloud Speech / Translations	Vision Assignments
11/12-11/17	Week 12 Chapter 15. Text Analysis	Sentiment Assignments
11/19-12/1	Week 13 Chapter 18 Machine Learning
11/23-11/29	Off	Machine Learning Assignment
12/5/2025	All project work due

Academic Honesty

Students should refer to the Student Code (see section on Academic Integrity -

http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html) for specific guidelines.

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class

are encouraged to contact the Center for Students with Disabilities (486-2020) as soon

as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely

fashion.