ME 185 Mechanical Engineering Senior Project – Fall 2003

Time and Location: T R 5:00-6:15; Room 105 Votey

Instructor: JC Iatridis, 231b Votey Building, Phone: 656-2774, james.iatridis@uvm.edu

Office Hours: 2:00-3:00pm

URL: http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~iatridis/me185

Lab/Shop Coordinator: Dmitri Hudak, 122E Votey

Prerequisite: Senior standing

Catalogue Description:  An individual engineering study designed to particular interest of the student, utilizing and synthesizing the student's total mechanical engineering educational experience.

Course Goals: The course goals are to design, construct and test a mechanical engineering solution to an industry- or research-based  problem. Alternatively, an independent research project with significiant measurement, data analysis and interpretation components may be pursued.  Oral, web and written communication and teamwork skills will be emphasized in class.  Projects must be chosen within the first two weeks of the fall semester.  Thereafter, independent research/design work will be performed outside of class and regular progress reports will be submitted.  Reports (with sketches as appropriate) must be submitted in hardcopy. All students will receive a final grade for both ME185 and ME186 at the conclusion of the oral presentation.

 

Date                 Topics                                                                          Assignments

9/2                    Course introduction/Presentation of topic ideas                

9/4                    Presentation of topic ideas

9/9                    Introduction to the design process                                   Assignment 1 – Mission Statement

9/11                  Project planning, defining the client’s needs                    

9/16                  Vermont Energy Alternatives/Carpenter Aud/Given            Assignment 2 – Oral presentation

9/18                  Design process/Brainstorming ideas/presentation skills    

9/23                  5 minute project presentations:In class workshop

9/25                  5 minute project presentations:In class workshop            

9/30                  Objective Trees/Design Matrices                                     Assignment 3 – Web-page creation

10/2                  Web-page design workshop

10/7                  Web-page design workshop 2                                        

10/9                  Machine shop skill development/examples                       Assignment 4 – formal progress report

10/14                Designing skill development/examples

10/16                In class work session                                                     2 week plans

10/21               

10/23                Technical writing

10/28                Technical writing workshop                                             Assignment 5 – Review of progress report

10/30                                                                                                   

11/4                 

11/6                 

11/11                In class work session                                                     Assignment 6 – Semester report

11/13                                                                                                    Assignment 7 –presentations, round 2

11/18                ASME conference – no class

11/20               

11/25               

11/27                Thanksgiving

12/2                  Oral presentations: round 2

12/4                  Oral presentations: round 2/Final presentation ME186

12/9                  Final presentations for ME186 students                           Semester Report Due

 

Grades:

Class participation (i.e., attendance and questions during all presentations)            10%

Short Assignments and Progress Reports                                                            15%

Final Written Report                                                                                           50%

Final Oral Presentation                                                                                       25%

                                                                                                                        100%

Lateness Penalty. An assignment is due at the end of the day of the due date. This is taken as before I arrive the next day. Assignments submitted after the due date will be assessed a late penalty of 10% for each day; documented extenuating circumstances may result in the lifting or reduction of the penalty.