senior designi fall 2014 introduction

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Senior Design Fall 2014

Course Coordinator: Dr. Lionel Hewavitharana

Office: Room# 217-Engr. I

Phone: 407-823-1013

E-Mail: [email protected]

Office hours: MW 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

(effective beginning 1st week of September)

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Senior Design Fall 2014

Advising Faculty:

1. Dr. Lionel Hewavitharana

2. Dr. Olusegun Ilegbusi (tentative)

3. Dr. Jan Gou

4. Dr. Nina Orlovoskaya

5. Dr. Yunjun Xu

6. Dr. Tina Tian

7. Dr. Felix Soto-Toro

8. Dr. Gabriel Vasquez

9. Mr. Kurt Stresau

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Text Book

Engineering Design second edition

Rudolph J. Eggert

ISBN: 978-0-615-31938-4

High Peak Press

Meridian, Idaho 83642

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Syllabus and Schedule

The syllabus and the schedule have been posted on the

web course.

Every student is required to read both the syllabus and

the schedule.

The course coordinator reserves the right to

change/modify/amend the syllabus and the schedule as

appropriate during the semester. Changes will be notified

to students.

An assignment will be posted on the course web course

on 8/20/14. This assignment is not for grade but not

completing it may affect your final grade. The assignment

should be uploaded on the web course by 8/27/14.

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Senior Design Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

MAE Senior Design Course is a two semester course.

Senior Design I First semester

Senior Design II Second semester

Senior Design I Prepare Engineering Design Specification (EDS)

Preliminary Design Report

Preliminary Design Presentation

Critical Design Report (color printed on high quality

paper and bound)

Critical Design Presentation

Twelve Lectures

Final Exam

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Senior Design Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

Final Exam:

Closed Book, Closed Notes- 50 MCQ s. Two hours and fifty minutes

Cell phones should be switched off.

Senior Design II Prototype Building

Experimental Data Collection

Evaluation of Data and Design Validation

Mid Term Report & Presentation

Final Report and Presentation

Design Showcase

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Project Presentations

Wednesday the 20st

1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Monday the 25th

1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Only selected number of projects are presented due

to time constraint. The project list will be posted on

the web course by 20st.

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Project Allocation

Every student is required to apply for design projects.

This condition equally applies to those who are planning to work on their own projects. They (team members ) can indicate their project as the only choice, and are required to mention fellow team members.

Use the application form posted on the web course.

Attaching resume is optional but highly recommended

Indicate three project preferences in your application.

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Project Allocation

We will try to accommodate at least the third preference

but there is no guarantee.

You may not get a project in your field of specialization.

In certain cases, the advising faculty will have to put

students on projects irrespective of their preferences.

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Application Form

Complete this form and

give it to the

coordinator by 27th.

Project application form

is available on the Web

course

EML 4501 / EAS 4700 SENIOR DESIGN I

PROJECT APPLICATION FORM

Name _________________________ Major_________________Specialization_________________

Phone #________________________Email_______________________________________________

Project Preferences ( list your 1st , 2nd and 3rd Choice)

First________________________________________________________________________________

Second______________________________________________________________________________

Third_______________________________________________________________________________

Skill Levels

Skill/Experience

High

Medium

Low

Machining Experience CAD Experience Electronic Devices (Circuit build, soldering, data acquisition) Software (programming, FEA etc) Math Heat transfer Fluid Mechanics Materials Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanical Systems (Vibration, Control engineering Management

Note: Attaching resume is optional

Other Qualifications_______________________________________________________________

Employment_____________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Strengths________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Weaknesses______________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Desired Team Responsibility (Circle and preference # the position you want in your team).

Program Design Process Tooling Operations

Manager Engineer Engineer Engineer Manager

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Team Formation

A team consisting minimum of five students will be

formed for each project.

Students should select a fellow team member as their

student lead who will coordinate activities within the team

and also with the faculty advisor.

Each student is expected to accumulate at least 150 hrs

in his/her project related activities. Try to spend 12-15 hrs

per week on the project. Less than 10 hrs per week in

your weekly report may result in grade penalties.

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Team Formation

Faculty advisors may not have expertise in certain areas

in your project. In such a situation, you need to sign up a

Technical Advisor who has the required expertise.

If your project is sponsored by a company, then a company engineer can function as the Technical Advisor.

An advising faculty member can serve as a Technical Advisor in a project that is being supervised by another

faculty member.

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Team Formation

Students and their Technical Advisor should sign an

agreement, and the required template will be posted on

the web course.

After project teams have been formed, every team should

consult the faculty advisor and fix a weekly meeting time.

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Weekly Meetings

Participation in weekly meeting is mandatory.

Unauthorized absence from weekly meetings will be

penalized by the faculty advisor.

Just sending an email informing absence from a weekly

meeting will not result in an excuse for that meeting.

Prior approval should be obtained from the faculty

advisor for any absence except in a medical emergency.

However, documentary proof should be provided in such

cases.

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Weekly Meetings & Reports

If you plan to participate in university sponsored events,

obtain prior approval from the faculty advisor and turn in

any assignment due before hand.

Every student is required to give a weekly report to the

faculty advisor at the weekly meeting. Do not email

weekly report to the faculty advisor under any

circumstances. If you are absent from a meeting due to a

valid reason, turn in the weekly report at the next meeting

with your valid documentary proof.

Weekly report format will be posted on the web course.

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Reports

Reports:

Engineering Design Specifications (EDS)

Preliminary Design Report (PDR)

Critical Design report (CDR)

Hard copies of those reports should be given to the faculty advisor.

Electronic copies should be uploaded on the web course by the

dead line.

Missing dead lines for report up loadings will bring grade penalties.

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Reports and Presentations

Report formats will be posted on the web course.

Critical Design Report (CDR) should be color printed

(single side) on quality papers and bound.

Late reports will earn grade penalties as determined by

the faculty advisor.

Every team is required to make two formal presentations.

Students are expected to dress professionally for those

presentations.

Presentation evaluation will be based on the team

performance and individual performances. Within the

same team, each students grade may be different.

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Log Books

Every team is required to keep graded reports, research

literature, technical papers/reports, technical

communications etc; to be used in the senior design II

folder.

Every team is required to maintain a team log book in

which team activities are recorded. The student lead

should maintain the team log book in addition to

maintaining his/her individual log book.

Minutes of team meetings, Work allocation to fellow team

members, their progress on assigned work should be

recorded in the team log book.

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Log Books

Every student is required to maintain an individual log

book (journal) in which the student makes

entries/sketches/computations related to individual

contribution.

At the end of the semester, Individual log books should

be submitted to the faculty advisor for grading purposes.

At the end of the semester, the team log book should be

submitted to the faculty advisor for grading purposes.

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Final Exam

There will be a final exam at the end of the semester.

The exam will have 50 multiple choice questions.

The exam is closed book, closed notes. Cell phones

must be switched off during the exam.

Please check out the schedule for date and time.

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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and

Grades

Class attendance will be taken at random lecture classes.

Coordinator/faculty advisors might look at lecture class

attendance and weekly meeting attendance when

finalizing final grades.

All students are required to attend a minimum number of

mid term presentations and final presentations. This

minimum number will be notified later.

Attendance for invited lectures is mandatory.

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Grades

Each student will evaluate fellow team members at the

end of the semester.

Required form will be posted on the web course.

Evaluations should be given to the faculty advisor and an

electronic copy should be uploaded on the web course.

You should not grade yourself.

Please read the syllabus for details.

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Grades

GRADES

Written Design Requirements report/EDS 5%

Logbook and Documentation Management 5%

Performance Evaluation by Peer 5%

Weekly Reports (13 reports) 10%

Performance Evaluation by Faculty 10%

Written preliminary design report 10%

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Grades

Preliminary design presentation 10%

Written parametric/Final design report

(CDR Report) 15%

Critical Design Review presentation 15%

Final Exam 15%

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Grades

Student Final Average (SFA): Student Final Average (SFA) 93 A

90SFA

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Grades

Please note that the faculty will look into various aspects

before assigning 10% faculty evaluation. Some of those

aspects may include;

1. the conduct of the student during the project period

2. assessment of individual student contribution to the

project

3. individual log book

4. weekly meeting attendance

5. total number of hours spent by the student during this

semester

6. peer evaluation etc;

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Faculty Advisor Expectations

It is the responsibility of students to:

1. discuss with the faculty advisor and get a clear picture of

his/her expectations

2. discuss with the faculty advisor and get a clear

understanding of the evaluating/grading procedure

3. discuss with the faculty advisor and find out grades for

each assignment if grades are not posted or given to

students two weeks after the submission of an

assignment

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Presentations Outside of Scheduled

Class Room Time

Some of mid term and final presentations will be

scheduled outside of scheduled class room time.

Students will be informed at least one week before such

presentations.

Students must have sufficiently flexible schedules to

accommodate their presentations if scheduled out side of

class times.

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Students Who Need Special

Accommodations

Students who need special accommodations are advised

to meet with the coordinator for further instructions.

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Changes to Syllabus and Schedule

Course coordinator reserves the right to

make changes to the syllabus and schedule

as appropriate during the semester.

Changes will be notified to students.

Students should not purely depend on these

slides for course information. Every student

should read the course syllabus and the

schedule posted on the web course.

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Additional Notes

Senior Design I is very demanding and students will have

to work according to a tight schedule.

Students must learn to work together with other team

members. They must put the team interest ahead of

personal differences and disputes.

Each student must be thoroughly prepared to undertake

the design effort.

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