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2013, ME481

Tentative Class Schedule (see lower half of page for due dates)

Date	Attendance is mandatory.
Aug 30	Project and course introduction (purpose and expectations), discuss deliverables due next week (and for whole project). Roles of Industrial Advisors, Faculty Advisors (and all faculty), Instructor. Design Consideration table (required for Plan document) and Key Characteristics and Criteria (also required in the plan). Budget issues and fundraising process Project planning including brain storming, establishing a schedule and budget, prototyping, sketching, engineering standards.
Sept 6	Prototyping and scope of capstone project. Super-Group meeting w/ faculty advisor – discuss project goals, concerns, key characteristics, milestones. Discuss next week’s deliverables.
Sept 13*	Team introduction, and meet with Industrial Advisors
Sept 20	Shop Training and Website Training
Sept 27	Engineering Drawings including dimensioning, tolerancing, and GD&T
Oct 4	Oral team updates to class, guest speaker (Graduate School)
Oct 11	Prototyping Demonstration purpose and requirements. How to incorporate certain elements in your projects: engineering standards, drawing standards, patent search/literature search.
Oct 25	Engineering Opportunities (with EGR483)
Nov 1	Engineering Profession, followed by the Professional Issues Exam
Nov 8	ME Comprehensive Exam
Nov 15	Super-Groups
Nov 22	Discuss peer evaluations and oral presentation requirements, conduct course/instructor evaluations
Dec 6	Oral Presentations

*Industrial Advisor meeting may be scheduled for non-class time.
Project "Super-Groups" description

Due Dates of Project Deliverables: You WILL NOT BE REMINDED of these as they approach – students are expected to keep track of them themselves!

Aug 30	Submit the charter
Sep 20	Submit pre-plan memo . This includes results of your literature search and notes regarding your first meeting with the industrial advisor. Discuss what their role is planned to be and any guidance or suggestions they have already offered.
Sep 27	Submit Project Plan to faculty (faculty advisor and course instructor)
Oct 4	Project Plan sent to Industrial Advisor (after faculty approval or after 1 week)
Oct 25	Submit Prototype Demonstration memo to faculty and industrial advisor
Before Nov 8	Invite Industrial Advisor (cc instructor on the email) to final oral presentation - they are not expected to attend, but are certainly welcome.
Before Nov 22	Provide Industrial Advisors with soft copy (cc instructor) of the Industrial Advisor feedback form (available from the instructor – posted on Basecamp possibly).
Nov 22	Submit the Status Report memo
Dec 6	Formal oral reports to class (hardcopy 6 slides per page to instructor and advisors)

Weekly email updates due by noon each Monday.