ME 470 (A01) - Mechanical Engineering Design I
Fall 2006, 4 Credit Hours, Call #04555

Meetings: T,TH, 9:10-10:00 AM; F, 9:10-11:00 AM, Stocker 103

Instructor: Dr. Greg Kremer , Stocker 253, 593-1561, kremer@ohiou.edu
(team taught with Dr. Graham and Dr. Urieli, and Lab Coordinator Randy Mulford, with assistance from ME Advisory Board)

Office Hours: T W TH 10:00-11:00, plus open door policy

Course catalog description:
This course is the first of a three course sequence that will provide a comprehensive, capstone, senior design experience for mechanical engineering majors. Course includes studies in the analytical techniques of design, as well as the design, construction, and evaluation of the performance of an actual engineering system.

Prerequisite courses: ME 403, ME328

Schedule and course details: See Blackboard course website

Course outcomes:
1) Problem solving skills, including the ability to convert an open-ended problem statement into a statement of work or a set of design specifications.
2) The ability to generate creative and feasible alternative solutions to open-ended design problems, using precedent, lessons learned, and methods such as brainstorming or functional block diagrams.
3) The ability to use common methods such as decision matrices for comparing alternatives and making engineering decisions
4) An ability to describe the importance of patents and intellectual property rights
5) (ME470/1/2) An ability to deal with engineering standards and most of the following constraints in engineering design: economic, manufacturability, health and safety, environmental, sustainable, ethical, social, political.
6) (ME470/1/2) An ability to work effectively on project teams in both member and leader roles, with team members who may have different backgrounds and technical skill levels. This may include the ability to:
a. work cooperatively with others
b. analyze ideas objectively
c. encourage active participation of others
d. build consensus
e. deal productively with conflict
f. take leadership roles as the need arises to accomplish the group's objective

7) (ME470/1/2) Achievement of a professional / engineering identity
(ABET-f) OU ME graduates will demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
(ABET-h) OU ME graduates will have the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
(ABET-i) OU ME graduates will demonstrate a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
(ABET-j) OU ME graduates will demonstrate a knowledge of contemporary issues.

CRITERION 8: (ME470/1/2) The program must demonstrate that graduates have the ability to work professionally in both thermal
and mechanical systems areas, including the design and realization of such systems

Expectations, Course Format, etc.:
Expectations:
This is a professional-level course, so students (and instructors) are expected to demonstrate

• professional attitude
• professional behavior
• professional-quality work

Instructional Methods:

• Learning in this class is based on the "guided discovery" model, not lecture.
• The intent is for you to learn by doing (and by making some mistakes) with appropriate assistance and feedback given as needed.
• Please take a positive attitude and work on developing the skills for independent, lifelong learning.

Process / Product / Professionalism:
The focus in this class is not solely on product (making something that works) but more broadly on
9 process (proper procedures that lead to good designs) and
9 professionalism (what it means to be a "good" engineer).

• Status reports and design reviews are product focused (present the progress of the design itself) but must include design justification
• The reviews of various design methods including design for manufacturability, various design report sections and the reflection reports are focused on the process used to arrive at the design.
• Integrated throughout all activities and supplemented with various case studies, discussions and reflections is the development of a integral engineering identity
• What transfers from this design experience is process and professionalism. You are not supposed to be learning to be a designer of a particular product, you are supposed to be learning what it means (in the big picture) to be a mechanical engineer and how to design any product or complete any project.
• The emphasis on process and professionalism is our response to directives from industry employers and the engineering profession (ABET, ASME, NAE, etc.)

Class Format:

• Part of the "learning experience" in this capstone design experience is role playing it is a chance for you to practice acting professionally (i.e. acting like an engineer) before you interview and/or start your first job.
• Treat our class meetings and any individual or group meetings with faculty like working meetings in industry - generally the instructors play the role of your supervisors and your classmates your fellow employees.
• The supervisors normally run the meetings (classes), but you need to be prepared to contribute and not just to listen. You also have some control over meeting topics and procedures. If there is some information that you need for your project let us know and we will help you find appropriate resources or will present info on that topic to the class.

Administrative Details
No required Textbook, but a necessary reference is: R.L.Norton, Machine Design: An Integrated Approach 2nd Ed.
Additional material will be distributed in class and posted on the course calendar.

Attendance policy:

Professional behavior means that you are expected to be in every class and meeting. If circumstances require you to be absent or late, it is expected that you will inform the person in charge in advance of the absence (or in case of an emergency, as soon as possible). We understand that you will need to miss some classes, but unexcused absences will be treated as unprofessional behavior and will impact your overall grade.

Academic dishonesty policy:

The foundation of professionalism is integrity. Any integrity violations will at a minimum significantly impact your overall grade and may have further repercussions (in accordance with the OU student manual).

Please be particularly careful about plagiarism, and make sure you fully understand proper citations and cite your reference sources in all reports and projects.

Another important aspect of academic integrity is team participation (not taking credit for work that you did not adequately contribute to).

Grading policy:

• This is a "professional practices" course. You will be graded both individually and as a team, and some grades will be based on relatively subjective criteria. The way you reach your design decisions and the way you present your decisions are as important as the appropriateness of the decisions themselves.
• To aid you in adjusting to this scheme the instructors will provide you with guidelines for presentations and reports in the form of "grading rubrics."
• Our purpose is to help you develop into competent, professional engineers. You will be given prompt feedback on each activity and will be required to redo unacceptable work and will often have the opportunity to improve your grade by correcting substandard work.
• Please remember: CRITICISM OF YOUR WORK IS NOT CRITICISM OF YOU!

Planned Activities and approximate grade distribution
FOCUS (Reports, presentations, discussions; team/individual) Defining the problem and translating customer needs into specifications Conceptual Design Scheduling/Planning	50%
Preliminary Design (Reports, presentations, discussions; team/individual) Refinement of Selected Concept Application of Design Methods	25%
Professionalism: (Individual) Professional Development / "Engineering Identity" activities Diversity, Team formation, Team Effectiveness (charter, agendas, action items, etc.) Design Notebook, project documentation Attendance and participation in class and team meetings. Reflection report(s) with lessons learned. Other	25%