ME470
Mechanical Engineering Design I - Fall 2007-2008 (Final
version)
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Tuesday (1-2) |
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Thursday (1-2) |
Friday (1-2) |
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Sep |
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4 - Introductions
and course overview * Goals
of Capstone Experience (pdf) - How-2-Be" a
good engineer, not just "How-2-Do" engineering * Use of Calendar in class
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6 R-U-Ready:
Complete all parts of Team
Formation Survey except the section on potential team members. The survey must be handed in at the end of
class. Celebrating
our diversity: Introductions of all ME470 students, ME101 students, and
some ME faculty and staff. Assignment: 1) Reflect on your past team experiences, and write down (in the team
section of your notebook) your concerns about working in teams and your
suggestions for maximizing effectiveness.
Due by special session Friday at 11:10 AM. |
7 R-U-Ready: Be prepared to discuss your concerns about student teams and provide
suggestions for maximizing team effectiveness. 11:10 AM: Special session for ME470 students: > Announce Sr.
Design Project teams > Effective
Teamwork activities led by ME board chairman Terry Russell > free food will be
served 1:10 PM: ME Advisory Board - Panel
discussion, responding to student
questions about "How-2-Be" an engineer > We will be joined by
the ME101 students |
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10 Info on the Design
Process & the Final
Design Report (Begin with the end in mind) Initial Project Discussion >
NISH Award for Workplace Innovation and
Design > Why
This Project?, and Student decisions about the project Assignments: 1) Each individual should
write out their ideas for team procedures and effectiveness in their
notebook, and teams should meet soon to develop team operating
procedures and a basic "team effectiveness plan" that defines
how you will develop, monitor and improve your team effectiveness, and a list
of initial team roles, including "team leader / manager",
"planning / scheduling leader", "manufacturing leaders",
"communication leaders", "analysis leaders", etc. Post these items on your team web page (or
on BlackBoard File Sharing) by the end of the week for external review. > Manufacturing leaders
should see Randy in 011 (this week or
next week) to begin discussing a safety training plan. 2. Each individual should
do some thinking and informal research on the need statement and record it in
their design notebook. |
11 Evaluating
the IDEO design culture > Creativity, voice of the customer, team process & Conceptual Design > ME101 students will
join us Assignments: 1) Work on "Team
Profile" web pages this week using KEEP toolkit or similar. 2) Continue thinking and
doing informal research on the need statement. Try to apply some of the lessons learned
about creativity from IDEO. |
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13 R-U-Ready:
Come to class with a written list of project ideas related to the needs
statement (in your design notebook), and some pens/pencils that are good for
sketching out ideas. Please read the
guidelines for the NISH
Award for Workplace Innovation and Design Discussions/Applications: How do you encourage
it? What works for you? > Put on different hats > Think like a beginner In-class brainstorming / creativity session with ME101 students 1) Brainstorm ideas for
responding to the general needs
statement for the NISH Workplace Innovation Design Competition (project
ideas and/or conceptual designs). Give
all members a chance to give their "top" idea first, then open it up to all ideas. 2) Look for ways to
combine ideas and practice integrative
thinking (to compare to opposing ideas and without settling for one or
the other to generate a new one that contains elements of the others but is
superior to both) to come up with more alternatives 3) Use some sort of
selection process to filter the ideas and select a number of ideas to pursue
further 4) Identify what aspects
of the project are most important and what questions need to be answered to
make a good decision on what projects/concepts to pursue Assignment: Follow up individually and in teams on the project ideas from the
brainstorming. Document your team's
ongoing process to evaluate and select projects / concepts that are worthy of
further investigation. |
14 No class, but teams should
meet as needed to complete these tasks: 1) Reach team consensus on
operating procedures, team effectiveness plan, and initial team roles. Post them on your team web page (if
developed) or on your Blackboard group page if your web page isn't ready. 2) Before class on Monday,
assign research and patent searching tasks to each team member (for
Monday/Tuesday) to help gather the necessary information to continue the
project and concept selection process. 3) Discuss in your team
how the class, the project and the design process have gone (so far), and
have a team representative send an anonymous
feedback email with your team's concerns and questions. 4) Continue working on your
team profile web page. Target completion of first draft is next week. |
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17 Teams 1, 2 and 3 meet with Engineering Librarian Michael
Wilson, for research sessions
in the training room in the lower floor of the CSC building **. You will
learn while searching for introductory information on your project, doing
product benchmarking, and searching for applicable standards. > Standards (CPSC,ANSI,
NSSN (Global), NIST, etc.) Teams 4, 5, and 6 should report to class to discuss Intellectual Property Rights & Patent
Searches >Free Patent Fetcher! Summary
of the slide Presentation Begin Lab safety training for
Manufacturing leaders (as scheduled with Randy). |
18 Assignment: Each individual team member must independently
generate a prioritized list of customers (360 degree view) and proposed ?s & observations (put it in your notebook)
they think are important for capturing the voice of the customer. Due in class on Thursday. ** The |
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20 ME350 no longer offered -
If you are in SrD and haven't already taken it see
Dr. Kremer or Dr. Halliday to find out your best
options. Discussion: > Schedule items, and due dates for
report sections >
"Confidential" vs shared info (we
will share general info on customers and background - it is OK to keep some
concept-specific info confidential) Presentation: FOCUS:
Voice of the Customer Discussion: who are possible
customers for this project? Assignment: Keep working on your list of customers, questions
and observations, and begin interviews & observations |
21 Discussion: More on customers (some group
sharing), and collecting info through interviews and observations. Presentation: FOCUS:
Voice of the Customer Assignment: 1. Who you
will interview and observe to get a broad 360 degree perspective, 2. What specific ?s you will ask each
group (the Interview Guide), [Draft
due by the end of the day Monday 9/24] >
Begin (or continue) doing your interviews & observations |
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Oct
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24 - 4th Week R-U-Ready:
Submit a draft copy of your Plan for Customer
Interviews/Observations (in hard copy or e-copy) by the end of the day. Design Process and
Teamwork Challenges: > Quality
- Time - Cost Tradeoff Discussion: |
25 - R-U-Ready: > Each team should
submit a rough draft of their Background research (Section 1.0 of the Final
Design Report) in e-copy by the end of the day. It is OK for this to be a combination of an
outline and some general content (info on the > Bring your notebooks
to class - they will be collected for the 1st notebook check. Presentation Preparation: > Presentation
Style Discussion of professional
skills: > Leadership
Skills (pdf) (html) |
26 ***** |
27 - Class: Team Day - work on interviews, observations, and the initial
external search. Special Lecture: “Biomechanics: The Road to
Understanding Living Systems” Dr. Yuan Cheng “Bert” Fung, Father of Modern
Biomechanics Recipient of the 2007 Russ Prize 2:10-3 p.m., ***** Career Services will present a Registration Orientation
for graduating students on Wed., Sept. 26 from 5:10-5:40 in Stocker 103. This session is for students who want to
register for full-time opportunities with Career Services and is for RCENT
majors only |
28 - ME470 /
ME101 Project Day > meet in 103 with your
"partner teams" from ME101 > Spend some time
learning about what the ME101 students are doing, and answering questions
from the freshmen. > Spend some time on
the SrD Project (getting ideas / help from
freshmen) > This activity is
partly service to the engineering community (helping younger students) and
partly to improve your projects (getting outside perspectives and taking
advantage of the "beginners mind" that the freshman should have,
and they may also help in talking to customers and gathering data,) |
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1 - 5th Week Team Presentations: Initial
Background and customer info -
also serves as practice round to prepare for formal presentations Presentation order |
2 ------------------ Finish Presentations Dr. Iz
- thoughts and feedback Peer ratings - how and
when |
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4 In
class working session: a.Start
a design notebook entry b.
Pick a general requirement statement for one of your concepts c.
work through that example along with the example in the Intro
to Target Specifications presentation to develop a target specification >
Example of different types of requirements
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Example
standards and specifications for a forklift >
More info on Standards Available times
for review meetings with Advisory board members on Friday Oct 12th? |
5 ME470 / ME101 Project Day > Meet in 103 and go to
your "breakout rooms" with your "partner teams" from
ME101 > ME101 groups will be working
on their own on their projects and SrD teams will
be working on their projects > SrD team
members are asked to help the ME101 groups get started on their task and to
serve as resources/consultants if they have questions. Project Milestone: By the end of the week, narrow your
focus to between 4 and 6 ideas - can be a combination of different need areas
and concepts. |
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8 - 6th Week Team Assessments this week: Based on your team
decision, please complete the 1st round of peer reviews
(for feedback and improvement) either on Blackboard (assignments tab, peer
rating survey) or at the CATME online site 25 minute "observed team
meetings" > All other teams please do
team/individual work on the project Assignment: This week a representative from each team should
meet with Librarian Michael Wilson to review the quality of their background
research for the introduction section of the report. Michael will contribute to the final
grading of this part of the report. |
9 25 minute "observed team
meetings" Assignment:
Second draft of Introduction and
background research (Section 1.0 of the Final
Design Report) in e-copy due by the end of the day. |
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25 minute "observed team
meetings" Project Milestone: By the end of the day, narrow your
focus to one need area (and between 3 and 5 concepts) with a clear idea of
the project scope. Note: Final grading of the team's
concepts (based on
the design report) will include points for documenting failed attempts (fail
often to succeed sooner) and will reward authentic creativity. A-level work must include at least 4
feasible alternatives and at least one truly unique idea that responds to the
need but is not based directly on a customer request or a benchmarked product
- a new idea that the customer will appreciate but that he/she hadn't
imagined. B-level work is at least 3
feasible alternatives that respond to the need, with some originality of
features and approaches. C-level work is at least 2 feasible alternatives
that respond to the need, with only moderate originality of features and
approaches. Unacceptable work means
feasibility is not shown, that all ideas are derivative (have been done
before) and do not really respond to the need. |
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Please bring sketches and handouts that
allow review and discussion of your customer input, refined need area,
project scope, initial target specifications, concepts, and project planning
for the near future. [This could be in
the form of a draft copy of sections 1-4 of your design report.] Your preparation will be
graded, and board members will be giving out a "creativity award",
a "voice of the customer award", and a "project planning
award" with bonus points for your team grade. |
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15 - 7th Week Perfection... Advisory
Board Feedback - Awards and Summary FOCUS: Select Conceptual Design
Discussion and working session
Concept Evaluation and Selection |
16 Project
Planning Presentation and working session This week TA (TJ Cyders) will be checking meeting minutes for evidence of
action items. If they are not
accessible on your web site, please let TJ know where to find your action
items. |
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18 Discussion of professional
skills: > Professional Skills
Performance Reviews (PR
- Input from Advisory Board) > Professional
Skills form for student input (WORD Copy) Project Tollgate (Hard Deadline): By the end of the day, downselect to one need area with a clear idea of the
project scope. Include this in the
draft report. The goal is to justify
that your refined need area is a good project area - you do not have to establish
it as the best. Assignment:
Revised draft of Design Report Sections 1-4 and outline/1st draft of section
5 due by end of day for mentor
review and feedback - send a pdf version via email
to your team's advisory board reviewers (defined on the Team
Pages), to Elizabeth Pozyadaev for a review of your patent search, and to Dr.
Kremer. This draft will impact final
grade. > Example
graded reports from previous years - showing power calcs
for feasibility |
19 NISH Financial Assistance Program internal Deadline: All teams wishing to submit an application for
the $350 seed money awards must meet with Dr. Kremer on or before Oct 19th to
discuss the proposal process and the method for deciding which proposals to
submit if more than three teams wish to apply. Please provide the work scope of the design
project and the external collaboration sections of the project proposal. |
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22 - 8th Week Team Mtgs:
Observations of conceptual design process and feedback for ME Too All: See
our TA (TJ Cyders) this week for a quick Design
Notebook check and signoff. TJ will be
available during class time on Monday and Friday. If you are unable to show him your book
during those times, please contact him to make special arrangements. |
23 - Team Mtgs:
Observations of conceptual design process and feedback for Stocker Center Street Gang 10AM - noon 2-5PM (Sign up for
a time block on the sign up sheet) |
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25 Team Mtgs:
Observations of conceptual design process and feedback for Team Redundancy Team 9AM - 10AM 12-1 PM (Sign up for
a time block on the sign up sheet) |
26 Teams 1, 2 and 3 report to the 011 lab at the assigned time for a general
Lab safety discussion led by Randy Mulford. 1:10 PM: Team 1 and 1/2 of
Team 2 1:35 PM: Team 3 and 1/2 of
Team 2 ALL: Notebook checks in 103 for any students who
didn't meet with TJ yet this week |
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29 - 9th Week All teams meet in class A person with a disability
will meet with the class to share her perspective and to answer questions. Review of items for the rest of the quarter: > Executive
Summary discussion * Tollgate 1 Summary
guidelines *
Example Reports with executive Summaries: > Reflection
reports, including Course Outcomes Assessment and Engineering Identity >
DR1 guidelines 2-7PM |
30 - All: Our
TA (TJ Cyders) will be reviewing team web sites for
grading for this quarter on TH or Friday of this week - please have it
updated to the level you want graded. Noon - 1 |
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1 - Team Mtgs:
Observations of conceptual design process and feedback for Halliday's Heroes Noon - 1 |
2 - Teams 4, 5 and 6 report to the 011 lab at the assigned time for a general
Lab safety discussion led by Randy Mulford. 1:10 PM: Team 4 and 1/2 of
Team 5 1:35 PM: Team 6 and 1/2 of
Team 5 |
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5 - 10th Week Design Report 3rd draft due by 7AM (Focus on Conceptual Design Sections (5&6).) Team Mtgs:
Observations of conceptual design process and feedback for Superior Student Solutions Project Milestone: By the end of the day, narrow your
focus to one selected concept with demonstrated "proof of
feasibility". 2-7 PM |
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DR1: Conceptual Design Selection
(team2, team5) Presentation
Review guidelines Performance
Reviews: |
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DR1: Conceptual Design Selection (team6) ME101
Project Day: During 2nd half of
class we will proceed to the field near food services where the ME101 teams
will be demonstrating their projects. Performance
Reviews: |
9 DR1: Conceptual Design Selection (team 1, team 3) * Audience, purpose, and
outline due by end of the day, in e-copy (on Blackboard dropbox
or by email) or in hardcopy. Also
submit a draft copy of the summary if you want feedback prior to resubmittal Tollgate 1 Summary guidelines 2-7 PM |
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12 Veterans Day |
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Last day of classes DR1: Conceptual Design Selection (team4) Team Assessment: 2nd round of peer reviews using CATME
due by 11/20 (ratings will be factored into the individual grades). Please include comments in CATME or vie
anonymous feedback email. Other discussion items: > Tollgate
1& Introduction to Design Methods & Value Engineering > PE
Fundamentals Exam - why take it? *
National Council of *
Need to Register by December for the April test Submit
Design Notebook before noon on TH for grading (TJ will return them by Friday) |
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19 Due at end of Final
Exam period (noon): > Submit the team Design Report (through Section 6)
electronically by posting it on your Blackboard file exchange page. Please include your team name in the
filename. > Submit a file
describing your team's Project
Planning through the 1st Week of Winter Quarter (may be included in
report or submitted separately) either in hardcopy or electronically by
posting it on your Blackboard File exchange page. > Submit your
individual Executive
Summary electronically via email to kremer@ohio.edu. Please include your
name in the filename. I will reply to
verify receipt. > Submit your
individual Individual
Reflection report electronically via email to kremer@ohio.edu. Please include your name in the filename. I
will reply to verify receipt. > Complete the CATME Team Member Ratings and comments for team members
(in CATME or via anonymous feedback) > On line Class Evaluations
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20 Graded Design Reports > Halliday's Heroes Design Report (through Section 6) > MeToo Design Report (through Section 6) > Superior
Student Solutions Design Report (through Section 6) > Team
ABP Design Report (through Section 6) > Stocker
Center Street Gang Design Report (through Section 6) > Team
Redundancy Team Design Report (through Section 6) |
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Resources and
Links Formal
Presentation Rubric (Used for grading/assessing all presentations -
student feedback on the rubric is encouraged) Anonymous
feedback form (A way to email your comments and questions anonymously) Job
Postings (2007) |
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