ME 481 - Senior Design, Fall 2015

book a meeting with Lulay for week of October 5

Day 1 outline
Syllabus

Link to ME481-Fall 2015: https://wordpress.up.edu/egrcapstone/projects/

Project "Super-Groups" description

ME Comprehensive Examination Sample questions:
ME Comprehensive Exam I - practice questions (Fall semester, ME481)
ME Comprehensive Exam II - practice questions
(Spring semester, ME482)
To review before the ME Professional Issue Exam: ASME Code of Ethics, Drinking water article


Forms to be used/completed in ME481/482
Action Item Log (you may use any form of AI, but should include the information in this example of an AI log)

Other project related links
(Another set of links to 2015-2016 projects)
Having difficulty finding meeting time? Go to: http://www.when2meet.com/
Mechanical Engineering Student Reference Materials - LOTS OF INFORMATION HERE (help with teams, meetings, scheduling, planning, writing, design, creating criteria.....)
Design Process
Design Consideration and Criteria
Engineering Drawings (Dr. Munro's talk)

Dr. Munro's previous talk about design
Education (animation)
IDEO video

Book a meeting with Allen Hansen: http://hansena.youcanbook.me/
Book a meeting with Jared Rees: http://rees_up_egr.youcanbook.me
Request a meeting with Jacob Amos: amos@up.edu

Tentative Class Schedule

Week

Date

Topics (Attendance is mandatory.)

1

Sept 4

  • Project and course introduction (purpose and expectations)
  • Deliverables due next week (and for whole project).
  • Roles of Industrial Advisors, Faculty Advisors (and all faculty), Instructor.
  • Team work, communications, project management.
  • Budget issues and fundraising process
  • Introduction to the design process

2

Sept 11

  • Introduction to the design process: problem definition (project criteria, etc.)
  • Super-group meetings

3

Sept 18

  • Concept development
  • Role of testing and prototyping in design

4

Sept 25

  • Shop training/website tutorial for web-master WP overheads

5

Oct 2

  • Career services – improving your job search skills

6

Oct 9

7

Oct 16

  • No class – ‘cause it’s the Friday before break, duh.

8

 

FALL BREAK

9

Oct 30

  • {delete: Exploration of design}
  • {move to this week}: Engineering profession (including discussion of end-of-semester memo)
  • Super-group meetings

10

Nov 6

11

Nov 13

  • ME Comprehensive Examination

12

 

12.1

Nov 20

 

Nov 24

  • Communication of design work – posters and Design Increment Documents (formerly, Design Decision Documents)
    Documentation details (ppt talk)
  • Invitation sent to Industrial Advisor (cc instuctor and all team members) for poster session. Also, professionally, request feed back: Industrial Advisor (include a date to inform them when you need to receive this).

13

Nov 27

  • Thanksgiving break (no class)

14

Dec 4

  • Review and reflection on the project’s design process
  • Career panel

15

Dec 11

  • Poster presentations

Deliverable

Information:

Due date

Project Charter

(click here)

September 7, 8AM

Memo: Industrial Advisor summary

(click here)

September 18

Project Plan

(click here)

September 25

Project website launched

(click here)

October 2

Memo: Integrated testing demonstration

(click here)

October 30

Memo: End of semester

(click here)

December 4

Industrial Advisor feedback

Industrial Advisor feedback forms

December 4

Group peer evaluation Peer Evaluations form December 11

Poster presentation

(click here)

December 11


Periodic Deliverable

Description

Due

Weekly meeting minutes/notes

Emailed to faculty advisors, industrial advisors, course instructor and posted on the course web page

Every week, at the latest, due Friday before class

Project requirement information :
ME481 Deliverables descriptions
Requirements for the Design Consideration Table
Example of Criteria Table
Example of milestones and task tables
Engineering Stardards in capstone
Example of how to include "contemporary issue, professional responsibility, social context"
Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Mechanical Engineering Student Reference Materials

Final Report ME482
Requirements for final design project report (ME482)
Requirements for the Design Consideration Table
Example of Criteria Table
Engineering Stardards in capstone
Example of how to include "contemporary issue, professional responsibility, social context"
Ethical and Professional Responsibility

Drawings:
Dimensioning, Tolerancing, GD&T (PDF)
Engineering Drawings (PDF)