Senior Design Course ME4972P/ME4973P

1. Thomas J. Barber Senior Design CourseME4972P/ME4973P

2. Barber Contact Information • UTEB Room 388 • 860-486-5342 office • 860-424-0848 cell [during daytime] • 860-521-9001 home [until 11:00PM] • barbertj@engr.uconn.edu • barbertj1@earthlink.net • www.engr.uconn.edu/~barbertj • Look for ME4972 folder

3. Background • Personal history • Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology [ABET] survey • ABET reviewer • UConn 6-year review Oct 7-9, 2007 • UConn next review 2013 • Interested in class professional internship history

4. Goal of Program • I hear I forget • I see I remember • I do I understand Confucius c. 500 BC

5. Goal of Program • Open ended, capstone design project • Not a single class project like MIT’s Mars rover • Not SAE or mini-Baja group effort • Learn to deal with customer / sponsor • May be hardest course, most time-consuming course ever taken • What is estimate of number of hours? • 3 x 10 hrs/wk x 30 + 3 x 40 = 1020  ½ myr • 6 of 25 in 2006 did not complete by May grades • Carlyle-Johnson problem 2004-2005

6. Project Funding • Companies funding in grant [tax deductible] format • $7,000 for single discipline project • $9,000 for multidiscipline project • Companies agree to pay for up to $2,000 in materials charges extra [labor, parts, etc.] • Project cost have been as low as $200 and as high as $30,000. • Where does grant money go? • Development funds for faculty advisors • Department costs, some salary, software, …

7. Senior Design Course • Hardest, most time-consuming course in curriculum • Not all finish at end of April 2006-2006 class 2007-2008 class

8. Senior Design Course

9. Pratt&Whitney Hamilton Sundstrand Sikorsky Otis Electric Boat Habco Jacobs Vehicle Syst, Unilever ASML Capewell Westinghouse GKN Structures Pitney Bowes Wiremold Henkel Loctite Pioneer Aerospace MTU etc Supporting Companies

10. How is Course Run? • Academic element (mostly Mondays) • Invited and faculty lectures • Team meetings, orals, etc. • Weekly team meetings with team and advisor • Start by meeting advisor, then sponsor • Meet frequently with sponsor • Come prepared to meetings with progress sheet, email to advisor • Invited / faculty lectures • Exercises (limited), design notebook, design report • Shop training requirement • Communicate electronically

11. How is Course Run? • Weekly team meetings, orals, etc. • Bring progress report sheet filled out • Be prepared for each member to explain what he/she did during past week • Be prepared for each member to explain what he/she will do in coming week [s] • Mid term grading feedback • Team 360 assessment

12. How is Course Run? • Push for balanced program in all projects [if possible] • analysis, modeling, manufacturing/fabrication, testing in all projects. • Develop skills needed in the industrial environment: • TEAMing, communication, brainstorming, risk analysis, developing metrics, • What is meant by communication? Oral…, written…, results…, plots… • Applying technical skills, meeting milestones • Software used: CAD, FEA, CFD, WM, LabVIEW, TeamCenter • Communicate self-learned skills to all other teams: • rapid-prototyping (SLA-SLS), motor sizing, etc.

13. I: Communication A. Communication Styles B. Written C. Oral D. Design Notebook E. Graphical Tools F. Multimedia Tools II: Problem Analysis Tools A. Problem Solving B. Brainstorming C. Group Dynamics D. Benchmarking III: Design Analysis Tools A. CAD B. Design Process C. Design for Experiment D. Standards IV: Side Issues A. Patents B. Intellectual Prop, Copywrite Course Organization

14. Criteria for Engineering Programs ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes (a) apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data (c) design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) function on multidisciplinary teams (e) identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) understand professional and ethical responsibility (g)communicateeffectively (h) understand the impact of engineering solutionsin a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) knowledge of contemporary issues (k) use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering toolsnecessary for engineering practice.

15. Team Success Professional Development Project Success CapstoneDesign Course Goals Student Development 4. Idea Generation 3. Problem Definition 5. Idea Evaluation 2. Information Gathering Design Process 6. Idea Refinement 1. Recognition of Challenge (iterative) 7. Implementation Solution Development

16. Student Development Reflection Reflection Reflection Teamwork Teamwork Achieved Revised Practices Revised Processes Team Contract Member Contributions Team Formation Team Synergies Team Processes Professional Development Revised Plan PD Achieved Development Plan Review of Practices Growth Planning Implementation of Practices Time

17. How will you grow professionally this year? TechnicalInterpersonal Analyzing Information Communicating Solving Problems Collaborating Designing Solutions Relating Inclusively Researching Questions Leading Others Individual Practicing Self-Growth Being a High Achiever Adapting to Change Serving Professionally

18. Course Elements - 1 • Engineering a problem • Design to CAD • Analysis • Fabrication and Test • Meet specifications, satisfy constraints • Develop teamwork, management & leadership capabilities • Leadership is doing the right things • Management is doing things right

19. Course Elements - 2 • Develop communication skills • Oral, written • How to effectively communicate results • Analysis levels • Back-of-the-envelope  Preliminary designDetailed design [use or develop S/W] • All teams WILL use analysis software • Design development levels • Sketch  CAD  Drawings • All teams WILL use CAD software

20. Communication • Socialization of new engineer at BCC [Stanford U.] • Technical skills x Social skills = Performance • Most new engineers learn from their coworkers [peers]

21. Does This Plot Communicate Effectively? Minimum Height Required to Obtain Punch with Redesign Fixture

22. Personal Information • Fill out circulating sheet. Update or correct information neatly. • Have only professional email addresses • Shop training • ALL students must pass shop training – safety course • Class cannot handle more than 20 at one time • Fall semester classes • There will be classes during January break • Peoplesoft signup ENGR

23. Course Deliverables: Fall Semester • Resume, job application letter • Project statement • Project references, theory, TOC, … • Oral presentations [2] • Design report: advisor, instructor, sponsor • Define design report procedure Other responsibilities: Lecture class attendance, shop training, weekly team meetings, advisor-sponsor communication

24. Oral Presentations • 15 minutes per team  > 8 hours • Break up into 2 weeks or all in one week • Random order or by discipline • See other teams in second set of talks • Access to UTEB150 1 hour before class • 2-3 presenters • All Students MUST attend presentations • Attendance WILL be taken at end of class • Poor attendance WILL affect final grade

25. Design Report Process • Report first to team faculty advisor • Edited report to instructor [Barber] • Edited report to team • Revisions made to report by team • Revised report [3 unbound copies]+edited report to instructor] • Bound copy to sponsor

26. Course Deliverables: Spring Semester • Critical design review [CDR] • Oral presentations [2] • Design report: advisor, instructor, sponsor • Demonstration day presentation • Sponsor on-site visit / presentation

27. Current Events Design Topic • Ford Explorer tires • Technologies related to 9-11 • Homeland security technologies • Medical ethics: Guidant,… • 2011-2012: ????

28. Important Attributes for a New EngineerSource: Arizona State students, faculty, industry representatives Computer Literacy Math/Science Proficiency Communication Skills Technical Skills Open Mind / Positive Attitude Motivation to Continue Learning Problem Solving Business / Management Practices Ethics and Professionalism World Affairs And Cultures

29. Important Attributes for a New Engineer

30. Important Attributes for a New Engineer

31. Important Attributes for a New Engineer

32. Passion Optimism Business View Historic perspective Product knowledge Action [vs. Watching] Teamwork / Collaborator Technical Competence Communication Important Attributes for a New EngineerPW Manager of Advanced Technology

33. Important Attributes for a New EngineerWhat’s important to students does not agree with industry wants. • Problem solving: • ability to identify and define a problem, • Break down large problem into series of smaller problems • develop and evaluate alternative solutions, and • effect one or more designs to solve a problem. • Effectiveness in communicating ideas. • Ethics and professionalism: personal maturity, initiative, poise, enthusiasm, appearance, and the ability to work with people.

34. Web-Posted Files • www.engr.uconn.edu/~barbertj/SDP • Syllabus • Project signup sheet [due 8/30] • Project list • Weekly progress sheet • Overview [This talk] • Team assessment form • Faculty grading form • Myers Briggs test [MBTI] [due 8/30] • Email four letter descriptor

35. Web-Posted Files • www.engr.uconn.edu/~barbertj/SDP • Resume talk • Job application [due 9/10] • Brainstorming [due 9/19] • Statement talk • Statement [due 9/24]

36. Shop Use and Safety Course • This pass/fail course has no-credit and meets in Castleman Building, machine shop. This course is prerequisite for Engineering Shop use. • Students are required to wear long pants, closed sturdy shoes, short- sleeves shirt, have a 6” measuring scale and protective safety glasses. • Primary objective of course is safety, some proficiency in machining, measuring techniques, welding, sheet metal work, and operation planning.

37. Good Luck