ME 340.3 Fall 2011 Course Schedule
/ Date / Topics / Activity / Items due at beginning of class / Reading completed before class / Notes to Instructor1 / 8/22 / Course Introduction, The Design Process / Introductions, Gossamer Condor video and discussion / Assign survival problem, bring blank manila folders
2 / 8/24 / Personality Types, Team Skills / Quiz1 (Ch 1, syllabus), Team workshop / Bring journal to class, HW - hardcopy of personality test results from www.humanmetrics.com, complete catme.org team selector, Lost at Sea / Ch 1 / Bring Jung handout
3 / 8/29 / Development Processes and Organizations (Ch 2) / Ch 2 Quiz2 / HW – Critique of good (or bad) product (in journal) Solidworks 30 minute Lesson / Ch 2
4 / 8/31 / Team Contract / Ch 4 Quiz3, IDEO Video / Solidworks Tutorial Lesson 1 / Ch 4 / Assign customer needs project
5 / 9/7 / Planning (Ch3) and Customer Needs (Ch 4) / Simpson’s video, Chevy Malibu case / Completed team contract in journal and hand in, Solidworks Tutorial Lesson 2
6 / 9/12 / Product Specifications (Ch5) / Ch 5 Quiz4, Voice of customer / Solidworks Tutorial Lesson 3 / Ch 5
7 / 9/14 / Concept Generation (Ch 6) / Ch 6,7 Quiz5, Concept generation exercise, Design concepts in journal / LF machining class completed, Project External search and patent search results (in journal), / Ch 6, 7 / Bring post-it notes
8 / 9/19 / Concept Selection (Ch 7) / Concept selection exercise, in-class inspection of design journals / catme.org Team Checkup 1, Design journal for feedback
9 / 9/21 / How to Give Effective Presentations / Presentation Workshop
10 / 9/26 / Project Management (Ch 16) / Ch 16 Quiz6, Planning of Project, make Gantt chart for Project using MS project / Progress Memo 1 (including external search)
11 / 9/28 / Team Presentations and Critique / Project Proposal Presentation / Presentation Handout, project Gantt chart in journal
12 / 10/3 / Reverse Engineering, Drawings, Dimensions, Tolerancing / Bracket reverse engineering, part 1 / Progress Memo 2 (including executive summary for proposal) / Assign Bracket Project
13 / 10/5 / Industrial Design (Ch 10), rapid prototyping / Ch 10 Quiz7 Objectified video / Project written proposal in ANGEL dropbox (10pm, pdf file format), Bracket CAD drawing hardcopy and in journal (by individual) / Ch. 10 ID / Bring RP samples
14 / 10/10 / Bracket Reverse Engineering, Midterm Exam / Review and correct CAD drawings, compare to mating part drawing / Submit team’s corrected final bracket drawing in pdf format by 5 pm tomorrow to ANGEL dropbox, and in journal, / Assign Ethics HW
15 / 10/12 / Ethical Issues in Design / Ethics case study / HW - ASME Canons, Ethics in the news (in journal), Design journals collected for grading
ME340.4 Course Schedule - Fall 2011
16 / 10/17 / Benchmarking, Drill Dissection / Dewalt video, Drill Dissection session 1 / Dissection results in journal / Assign Team Checkup 2
17 / 10/19 / Drill Dissection / Drill testing session 2 / Revised Proposal
18 / 10/24 / DFM/A, Rapid Prototyping / Ch 11 Quiz8, DFA assessment of a consumer product / Drill Dissection memo report, DFA exercise results in journal / Ch. 11 DFM
19 / 10/26 / Intellectual Property and Patents (Ch 14) / Hoover video, Discuss Hoover vs Dyson patent case / Concept model complete
CATME Team Checkup 2 / Ch 14 IP
20 / 10/31 / Bracket Project Conclusion, Concept Models / Drill Dissection Quiz9, Mating of bracket pairs, wrap-up and discussion, Begin concept model / First Dyson Patent, Bracket memo report and completed bracket half, reflections in journal
21 / 11/2 / Project / Team meetings with instructor, Project – Design/Build/Test, / Progress Memo 3 / Assign project analysis HW (in journal)
22 / 11/7 / Economic Analysis (Ch 15) / Ch 15 Quiz10, Economic analysis for project (MS Excel) / Economic analysis for project in journal by end of class, HW Edmunds True cost to own, Alpha prototype / Ch. 15 Econ / Assign Team Checkup 3
23 / 11/9 / Project, DOE Design of Experiments / Dissection and/or testing related to project / test results in journal, project specific HW
24 / 11/14 / Project / Team meetings with instructor,
Project – Design/Build/Test / Progress Memo 4, Detailed Design Report (10pm, ANGEL Drop box), 5 pm deadline to submit RP jobs to Learning Factory
25 / 11/16 / Project / Project – Design/Build/Test / CATME Team Checkup 3
Thanksgiving Break
26 / 11/28 / Project / Team meetings with instructor, Project – Design/Build/Test / Progress Memo 5, Beta prototype completed
27 / 11/30 / Project / Project - Poster design workshop, Executive summary workshop / Testing completed
28 / 12/5 / Project / Project – Final competition, Poster presentations / Final product demonstration, Poster file, Draft final report for feedback (optional)
29 / 12/7 / Last Class Meeting / Reflection on project and course, course assessment activity / Assign Final Peer Evaluation
Final Deliverables / Critique of good or bad product in journal, Project final report, design journal, team peer evaluation, due 5 pm in instructor’s office, late submissions not accepted
Note: journal entry items are indicated by underlined text
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