ME470 - Fall Calendar (2006-2007) (Final Copy)
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Tuesday (9-10) |
Wed. |
Thursday (9-10) |
Friday (9-11) |
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Sep |
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5 - Intros &
Administrative * Goals
of Capstone Experience (pdf) |
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7 Celebrating
our diversity: Team Formation Activity |
8 Final
Design Report (Begin with end in mind) Creativity, voice of the customer, team process & Conceptual Design Review Energy
situation, needs statements, project status (prototypes and vehicles) and
begin project re-definition Introduce teams &
begin project discussions |
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11 This week teams nominate
2-3 "manufacturing leaders" - See Randy in 011 |
12 Teams post on Blackboard a
WORD file containing all team members' individual thoughts and research on
"needs", and a consensus needs statement. 1 team member will make a
short informal presentation (PPoint recommended,
just a few slides) describing and justifying the team's proposed needs
statement (which may or may not agree with last year's needs statement) |
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14 Synopsis
of proposed needs areas Work towards consensus on
needs statements and project |
15 Stories from 2005 Quality
- Time - Cost Tradeoff 10-11AM, Terry Russell: Effective
Teamwork |
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18 Teams post refined needs
statement and T-chart and summary statement to BBoard
DB forum by 10AM. All students read
all other team's postings before Tuesday's class. Work on "Team
Profile" web pages this week using KEEP toolkit or similar. |
19 Team
Profile, including operating
procedures Review needs statements
and T-charts from teams ·
Commonalities
and need for more justification and evidence - Human power example - Dr. Iz ·
Work towards
consensus on needs statement(s) Begin Lab safety training for
Manufacturing leaders (as scheduled with Randy) |
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21 Needs
statements - v1 FOCUS:
Voice of the Customer Before Friday's class each
individual team member must independently generate a prioritized list of
customers and proposed ?s & observations. Post the lists on your team blackboard file
sharing page. |
22 - Standards Search: ----------------------------- FOCUS: Collect Discuss/Develop interview
and observation guides and plans
Begin interviews & observations |
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Oct
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26 - Intellectual Property
Rights & Patent Search Summary
of the slide Presentation Team
Profile web pages due |
27 Post
team plan & individual research results (by end of day put outline of
team's research plan and individual results that correspond to the plan in
the team file exchange or team discussion board.) |
28 - FOCUS: Team
Presentations on customer requirements and benchmarking (continue into
Friday's class if needed) - also serves as practice round to prepare for
formal presentations Presentation order |
29 - FOCUS: Team
Presentations (continued) Discuss customer
requirement statements, specs and constraints Example: Specs
for Powered Shopping Cart |
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2 Continue interviews and
observations and research |
3 - Reminder about Context
and the final design / prototype dynamic interplay Team status/update on
customers, needs and requirements Design Notebook reminders
and examples Intro to Target Specifications |
4 Teams post customer
requirement |
5 - Discuss Target Specs Academic Integrity in the
Capstone Design Experience - Discussion Peer
Ratings (please complete on Blackboard by 8AM Tuesday 10/10) |
6 FOCUS: Select Concept
Evaluation and Selection First draft of Design
Report Sections 1-4 due by end of day for mentor review and feedback (WORD
file template) - send via email to advisory board and Dr. Kremer |
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10 Meetings with individual teams - Team 1
(9-9:30) and Team 3 (9:35-10AM). Peer ratings due by 8AM Team profile and design notebook checks
this week. ... Feedback from team mentors this week... |
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12
Meetings with individual teams - Team 4
(9-9:30) and Team 6 (9:35-10AM). Bring a workable copy of target specs to the
team meeting. |
13
Meetings with EPCT vehicle improvement
teams [1,2,5], (9:45AM-10:15AM) Meetings with small vehicle teams [3,6],
(10:30-11AM) Common Needs
statement and specs for land vehicle projects Bring Design Notebooks to class or to my
office before noon |
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16- Design
Report 2nd draft due by end of day (revised based on feedback
received, and updated with any new info - this is a graded copy) |
17 Project
Review Presentations by teams 1 and 2, up to
current status. Presentation Style Expectations |
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19 Project
Review Presentations by teams 5 and 6, up to
current status. |
20 - Project
Review Presentations by teams 3 and 4, up to current
status. Example graded
reports from last year - power calcs for
feasibility Ford video -
concept development PE
Fundamentals Exam - why take it? *
National Council of Project
Planning Presentation |
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24 - Meeting with Team 2 -
Presentation and report feedback, business
opportunity statement review, project plan review, CD status |
25 Meeting with Team 1... RCENT
Student Workshop on Academic Honesty |
26 Meeting with Team 5 -
Presentation and report feedback, business
opportunity statement review, project plan review, CD status |
27 - Meeting with Team 4 (9:10
- 10) & Team 3 (10:10 - 11)- Presentation and report feedback, business
opportunity statement review, project plan review, CD status Work with
Board reviewers through the next week to get feedback on business opportunity
statement, project planning schedule and conceptual designs that address your
"business opportunity" |
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Nov
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31 - |
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2 - All teams meet in class Executive
Summary discussion * Tollgate 1 Summary
guidelines
Reflection
reports, including Course Outcomes Assessment and Engineering Identity DR1
guidelines |
3 - General Lab safety
discussion led by Randy Mulford. 9 AM: Team 3 9:20 AM: Team 2 9:40 AM: Team 4 10 AM: Team 1 10:20 AM: Team 6 10:40 AM: Team 5 |
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6 Design Report 3rd
draft due by 7AM (Focus on Conceptual Design Sections (5&6). Include final draft of
business opportunity statement in Appendix. Separately submit an outline
showing the development of the argument or message in the statement.) |
7 - DR1:
Conceptual Design Selection (team6,
team5) Presentation
Review guidelines |
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9 - DR1:
Conceptual Design Selection (team 4, team 3) |
10 * Audience, purpose, and
outline due. Also submit a draft copy
of the summary if you want feedback prior to resubmittal Tollgate 1
Summary guidelines |
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Last day of classes DR1:
Conceptual Design Selection (team 2, team 1) Submit Design Notebook for grading |
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18 Dr. Kremer is at the Lilly
Conference on College Teaching |
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20 Due at end of Final
Exam period (noon): Design Report* Through
Section 6 Project Planning through
1st Week of Winter Quarter (in report or submitted separately) Individual Executive
Summary Peer Ratings (on
Blackboard) |
21 Info leading into ME471 Intra-city vehicle rental system based on cell
phones Toyota
PM electric concept vehicle Tollgate
1& Introduction to Design Methods & Value Engineering |
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