Project Background Research Assignment

Team Expectations

As a team, there should be

·       a good overall plan for research, product benchmarking and patent searching,

o     an indication of how the individual research topic areas fulfill that plan,

o     and a compilation of individual results into a form that is appropriate for inclusion in the design report (http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~me470/SnrDesign06_07/me470/ASME_fulldesignreport_mod.pdf).

·       There should also be a thorough and well documented search for codes, regulations and standards

o     it is expected that at least one team member will have met with Bob Houdek to make sure that the appropriate tools have been correctly used in the search.

Individual Expectations

Each individual must

·       demonstrate (by describing the process and showing the results) the use of databases and other search tools to find a list of applicable resources in one specific topic area related to the project

o     select at least one resource from the list and highlight the info in it that is relevant.

·       demonstrate the use of patent search tools to find at least one patent dealing with a product or idea that seems to address part of all of the needs statement, and highlight the info in it that is relevant.