Capstone Design Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering IE/ME 497

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School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering

Capstone Design Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing

Engineering

IE/ME 497



What will happen in this class

You will design, implement, test, and revise as necessary, a solution to a real-world engineering design problem!



MIME Capstone Design• Course Overview (Parmigiani)

• Purpose of Capstone Design• Key Personnel• The Design Process• Course Structure• Syllabus Items

• Petition Process (Parmigiani)

• Communication Inventory (Robinson)

• Break• Project & Team Assignment Process (Funk)

• IP & NDAs (Funk)

• Project Descriptions (Funk, Paasch, Parmigiani)



Course OverviewPurpose of Capstone Design

• Enable you to apply your knowledge―technical and nontechnical―to a real-world design problem and get real-world experience.

• Refine your communication skills for professional success

• Satisfy University and ABET accreditation requirements• Solve a problem for the project sponsor• Prepare you for whatever you choose to do after

graduation• Graduate School• Practitioner• ?



Each project will have associated with it:

• Course Instructor (Parmigiani, Funk, or Paasch)• MIME Advisor (MIME faculty or graduate student)• Sponsor Mentor• Student Team

MIME Communications Coordinator (Tracy Ann Robinson)

• Assists w/design, implementation, delivery, and evaluationof communication-related course content

• Available for student support and consultation

Course OverviewKey Personnel




Course Instructors (Parmigiani: ME, general, Funk: IME, Paasch: ME, SAE)

Supervisors of all projects: We “run” MIME Product & Process Design Engineering

• Obtain course projects• Grade some assignments• Assign course grades• Have final approval on all aspects of projects




MIME Advisors (MIME faculty or graduate students)Senior engineers in MIME Product & Process Design Engineering (Technical consultants)

Every project will have an MIME advisor

• Provide required approval for some project changes• May provide materials/facilities for implementation and testing• Grade some assignments • Should be consulted weekly during Fall and Winter terms




Sponsor Mentors (from industry, government, non-profits, university, individuals, student organizations, …)*

Customers of MIME Product & Process Design Engineering

• Provide details on project requirements• Provide materials/facilities for implementation and testing• Must approve all changes in requirements and deliverables




Student Team (You!)Engineers of MIME Product & Process Design Engineering

• Responsible for successful completion of project• Must resolve any and all project issues that arise

▪ Meeting all design and course requirements▪ Staying on schedule and on budget▪ Managing vendors▪ Managing team dynamics▪ Scheduling meetings with other key personnel

• What if things happen beyond your control• Contact course instructor• Petition!

• Solve a technical problem and manage a project* Technical and non-technical skills will be required *(e.g., don’t design something in fall term that you can’t implement in 5 weeks in winter term!)



Course OverviewThe Design Process

Successful completion of design projects follow a well-established procedure. Details vary, but the fundamental process is as follows:

1. Identify customer needs.2. Perform background research / benchmarking.3. Generate project goals and performance specs.4. Generate a list of potential solutions.5. Analyze these solutions and select the most viable.6. Complete a detailed design.7. Implement and test the design.

To help you succeed and to allow better evaluation of your work, we use this procedure as the MIME Capstone Design template.

Your course grades for fall and winter are based on 1. How well the design process is followed2. How well the design meets requirements



Course OverviewCourse Structure

• Basic implementation of design process.• Firm deadlines & a fixed length of time to complete projects.• Course Assignments

• Evaluate your work• Help you follow design process• Provide communication with faculty advisor and sponsor mentor• Help you succeed!

* Not all course deliverables and meetings are shown, see syllabus

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•Teams•3 students / team, typically•Assigned, but preferences considered (unless IP retained)

•Projects•All are “real” (i.e. sponsors have a need for the result)•Assigned, but preferences considered (unless IP retained)

•Details of team and project assignment process given later today

Not all course deliverables and meetings are shown, see syllabus

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•Status Meetings (1-6)•One-on-one meetings between team and instructor•Focus on progress on specific steps of the design process and

specific course deliverables•Held during normal class-meeting time

* Not all course deliverables and meetings are shown, see syllabus

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•Progress Reports•Individual Oral PowerPoint presentations•Send slides to sponsor mentor and MIME advisor•Each team member presents at least once•Template provided•Topics keyed to steps in design process & critical aspects of

project


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• Background Report • Written report, template provided• Individual assignment• Content

• Customer needs (House of Quality CRs)• Background Research / Benchmarking

• Graded by MIME Advisor.


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• Preliminary Proposal• Written report, template provided• Team assignment• Content

• Project Goals and Performance Specs (HoQ ERs)• Describe Potential Solutions, Select most Viable

• Graded by MIME Advisor

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• Final Proposal• Written report, template provided• Team assignment• Content

• Complete detailed “paper” design• Implementation & Testing Plan


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• Evaluation 1• Team meeting with instructor• Scored based on extent to which the initial implementation (build)

is complete and ready to test• Evaluated by Instructor for team grade• 25% of winter term grade


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• Final Presentation• Team presentation.• Content

• Entire project experience• Suitable for general audience

• 10-15 min. presentation• Graded by instructor and peers


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• Final Report• Written report, template provided• Team assignment• Content

• Implementation and testing results• Complete written record of project


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• Evaluation 2• Team meeting with instructor• Scored based on extent to which design meets requirements• Evaluated by Instructor for team grade.• 25% of winter term grade

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Course OverviewSyllabus

• Course Grading• Fall Term, 1000 points

• Oral Report: 100• House of Quality: 100• Engineering Notebook / Memo: 100• Background Report: 200• Preliminary Proposal: 200• Final Proposal: 200• Individual Contribution: 100

• Winter Term, 1000 points• Engineering Notebook / Memo: 100• Final Presentation: 100• Evaluation One: 250• Evaluation Two: 250• Final Report: 200• Individual Contribution: 100



• Project Manager• Single point of contact for team• Responsible for spring-term Engr Expo display

• Machining Lab Certification• You must be certified to work in the MIME shop• Lack of certification is not an excuse!• See Brian Jensen to get certified

• Graf Hall Workspace• Limited workspace available (first-come, first-served)• Must keep clean and neat!




• Attendance Policy• Attendance required at instructor-scheduled class and team meetings• Sign-in sheet will be used

• Only sign for yourself• Only sign-in if you attend the entire class/meeting

• Two absences permitted w/o penalty;• Every absence > 2 lowers course grade by 1/3 letter grade

(e.g. A to A- to B+ to B)

• See syllabus for details




Petition ProcessOverview

Sometimes unexpected negative things happen that are beyond the teams control …

… how are things kept fair?

… Petitions!



Petition ProcessOverview

• An approved petition can change any course requirement

• Common petitions:• Changes to HoQ• Changes to Due Dates

• Outcome of a petition is• Approve• Approve w/ penalty*• Refuse

• Petition process is powerful, but students must be proactive!

• A petition form is provided …

* Penalty is at the discretion of the instructor. A common guideline is 10% per week of delay (e.g. change TP in week 3 of winter term = 30% deduction)



MIME Senior Project Petition The purpose of this form to provide a means for students to request a change in course or project requirements. Such changes may drastically change the final results of the project and studentsÕ course grade. Please give careful consideration to your comments. Project: ____________________________________________________________________ Team Members (Printed name, Signature, and Date) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Request: Describe (i) What the requested change is, (ii) Why it is being made, (iii) How it will affect the project, (iv) What fault or negligence rests with the student team, (v) Why the change wasnÕt made earlier. Attach additional sheets as required. Faculty Advisor Comme nts (please sign and date, add additional pages as reqÕd): Sponsor Mentor Comments (please sign and date, add additional pages as reqÕd): Course Instructor Decision: ___ Approve, no penalty

___ Ap prove, w/ penalty ___ Refuse

Petition ProcessPetition Form



Petition ProcessProcedure

• Fall Term

• Petition form not required for HoQ changes (just get approval signatures, including instructor)

• For other changes, submit form to instructor

• Winter Term

• Petition required for all changes

• Submit form to instructor (If petition involves HoQ, must have approvals)



Petition ProcessCriteria for Decision

Approve and waive penalty

• No significant fault / negligence due to student team

• Scope of project remains appropriate for Capstone Design

• Original intent of project remains intact




Approve and impose penalty

• Some fault / negligence due to student team

• Scope of project remains appropriate for Capstone Design (HoQ)

• Sufficient time remains to complete other deliverables (due date)

• Original intent of project remains intact




Refuse

• Scope of project would become inappropriate

• Original intent of project fundamentally changed

• Inappropriate effect (e.g. attempt to circumvent testing failure)



Petition ProcessExamples

Project is to construct a wheeled, human-propelled, vehiclefor close study of plants in remote areas. Project requirementis that the vehicle can be disassembled and transported by oneperson over long distances and rough terrain. In week 5 of winter term, team asks that this requirement be droppedbecause it is "unrealistic".

Approve & waive penalty?Approve & impose penalty?

Refuse?




Project requires data to be sampled at 100,000 Hz. Project Sponsor assures team that a device (well beyond project budget)is available to do this. Students list 100,000 Hz sampling rate as ER. In mid-winter term sponsor says he made an error and deviceonly samples at 25,000 Hz. Students request change in ER.


Refuse?




Project requires specialized machining done at a machine shop recommended by sponsor. Students contact machine shop inearly December and schedule machining for 1 week before E1. All is well until 2 weeks before E1, when machine shop delays machining until after scheduled E1. Students request 1 week extension to E1 due date.


Refuse?




Students require approval of the sponsor board to test their design. In week 4 of winter term, they request an extension to the E1 due date. They are unable to obtain board approval in time. They claim this is because communication with the board is impossible since the board will not meet again until after the current due date. They only meet once a month.


Refuse?




Students construct a drive mechanism for their projectusing V belts. During testing it becomes evident that a chain and sprockets are needed. Students have no funding remaining to buy sprockets, ask sponsor for more funding (change in ER: budget). Sponsor agrees to increase in budget.


Refuse?



Fall Term DeliverablesCommunication Inventory

• Available on course Blackboard site INDSTR ENGR ANALYSIS & DESIGN (IE_497_X001_F2011) • Purpose

• A self assessment and goal-setting exercise• Help students focus on their engr. communication skills

• Email• Written reports• Oral reports

• Information for capstone design instructors & MIME to use in designing a communication curriculum for the school.

• Due Thursday, September 29 in 102 DB drop box• 35 course-point penalty if not submitted on time.



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Capstone Design Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering IE/ME 497