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Engineering Design I ME EN 4000
Syllabus Fall 2013

Class Time: M/W/F 10:45 - 11:35 AM, WEB L105
Instructor: Dr. Shad Roundy
Office: 1153 Kennecott
Telephone: 801-581-4304
E-mail: shad.roundy@utah.edu
Office Hours: M/W/F 11:35am 12:45pm; Other times by appointment


Class Web Page: All course material is on Canvas (https://utah.instructure.com/courses/296752)
Required Text: Product Design and Development, Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger, McGraw-Hill,
5th Edition (or can use 4th Edn. or 4th International Edn.)
Prerequisites: ME 2650, 2655, 3000, 3210, 3300, 3650, Upper Division Status

Course Summary
This course is the second in a three-course sequence (ME 3000, ME 4000, & ME 4010) and builds
directly upon the design skills learned in ME 3000. The material covered in class will teach students the
basics of the design process including problem definition, customer requirements, design
specifications, concept generation, benchmarking, concept selection, prototyping, design
refinement, product architecture, and planning (time, money, and resources). In ME 4000, students
will primarily work on senior design projects chosen at the end of ME 3000. Students are required to
meet with their teammates and project advisors on a weekly basis.

This course also satisfies the Universitys Upper Division Communications Requirement (otherwise
you would be required to take a separate 3-credit technical communications course). To accomplish this,
ME 4000 emphasizes effective communication through written memos, design documentation, and in-
class presentations. You will receive instruction directly related to written and oral communications as
well as how to provide and receive constructive criticism.

Course Objectives
At the end of this course you will be able to apply design methodology to define, design, analyze,
manufacture, evaluate, and document an engineered product. To do this you will:
1. Learn the design process and apply it to team projects.
2. Learn to effectively define, plan, and document your project and communicate its outcomes.
3. Develop a quality engineered product by working closely with your advisor and team TA.
4. Learn to effectively manage project resources (budget, project schedule, man power).

TAs
There are 4 TAs and 1 written and oral communications instructor associated with the course: Each class
TA will be assigned to approximately 7 teams. This TA is your Team TA and will be your primary
contact for advice on and grading of assignments. Please use the communications instructor and your
Team TA as resources to prepare assignments, memos, the final report, and presentations. Your team TA,
your faculty advisor, and Dr. Roundy are all resources for technical (engineering) advice.



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Course TAs
Name Jourdan Colter Alireza Borjali Jared Holindrake
Email jcolter@me.com u0876548@utah.edu jholindrake@gmail.com
Office
Hrs:
T 9:00 10:30am
Th 11:45 1:15pm
T/TH: 1:30-3pm M/W 11:35 1:05
Office: MEB 1420/1430 MEB 1157 MEB 2240

Written & Oral Communications and Teamwork TA
Instructor: Russ Askren
Office: TBD
E-mail: TBD
Office Hours: TBD

Grading
Grading Summary:


Approximate Grade Ranges
93-100% A
90-93% A-
88-90% B+
83-88% B
80-83% B-
78-80% C+
73-78% C
70-73% C-
<70% E D+

Late Policy
Assignments that are more than 3 days late or are not turned in will receive a zero. The last time
assignments will be accepted is by 5pm three business days after they are due. For example, an
assignment due on Tuesday will not be accepted after Friday at 5pm (when the ME office closes).
Assignments that are not turned in by then will receive a zero. Late homework, written assignments, and
reports will be penalized 10% if they are one day late and an additional 20% for every day they are late
after that (if applicable, the weekend days act as 1 late day). After 3 business days, zero credit is received.

Assignments
Class Participation (0%)
We will have many short 3-5 minute in-class exercises that allow you to start to apply lecture topics to
your project. This will allow you to start a dialogue with your team members on various aspects of your
project and better facilitate asking questions of the teaching team during lecture time. These exercises are
not graded but directly apply to your homework and writing assignments.

Team Homework (20%)
There are six team-based homework assignments that are designed to help your team define and execute
your project. Teams can directly use their experiences from in-class exercises to get started on these
Team Homework 20% Advisor/Project Grade 15%
Writing Assignments 20%
Critical Function Prototype & Associated
Critical Function Prototype Presentations
20%
Group Final Design Report (team grade) 25%
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homework assignments. Note that the Specifications assignment is worth 3 times as much as the other
assignments. It requires more work and should be taken very seriously. So each assignment is worth 1/8
of the 20% except the Specifications assignment which is worth 3/8 of the 20%.

Writing Assignments (20%)
Each team is required to turn in 7 writing assignments in addition to the Final Report on specified topics
(e.g., project proposal and executive summary) Some of these written assignments must be signed by
your advisor to receive credit. Written assignments will be turned in on Canvas. Please upload a
.docx file. This helps facilitate electronic commenting from TAs. For writing assignments that require
your advisors signature, you should also upload a scanned image or photograph of the front page with his
or her signature.

Each writing assignment will be authored by one or more team members (not all team members). Each
team member must be an author on at least two writing assignments. You may be an author on more
writing assignments if you choose, or if you are part of a small team. If you are one of the authors of a
writing assignment, you must include your name on the assignment to receive credit for completing
a writing assignment. Those that do not author two of the writing assignments that precede the final
report (due in December) will receive a zero for the associated 20% of their grade.

Grades for writing assignments will be assigned by the written communications instructor and team TAs,
so teams are encouraged to meet with them to review their writing assignments before turning them in for
credit. Also see the class presentations and the class website (Canvas) for recommended writing
assignment content and style.

Critical Function Prototype (CFP) and CFP Presentation (20%)
In the second half of the course, each team will present their CFP. There will be more information given
during lecture on what constitutes a good CFP, but in general the CFP should demonstrate or investigate
some critical aspect of the teams design.

Attendance at CFP presentations by the other teams is optional on the days they are not scheduled. Each
presentation will be ~12-15 minutes long plus 15 min. for Q&A. The style of presentation will be as a
design review and industry and faculty judges, the instructor, team advisors, and possibly the
communications instructor will be present. The communications instructor will work with the presenters
to prepare their presentations (recommended). It is strongly encouraged that you work with the TAs and
your advisor to prepare an effective presentation. Your teams grade on your CFP and CFP presentation
will be the direct average of the judges scores from the day of your presentation.

All team members must be present for the CFP presentation. Please bring several hardcopies of your
presentation for the panel judges and email slides to your faculty advisor & Team TA before you present.

It is also required that each group give a preliminary presentation outlining the motivation and plans for
their CFP(s) to their team TA the week before Fall Break. This presentation can be somewhat informal,
but should include at most 7 Power Point slides that use words and graphics to communicate what your
project is about, what your CFP(s) will be, and the motivation and plan for evaluation are for your CFP.
This presentation is scheduled early enough for you to make adjustments before your final CFP
presentation.


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Group Final Report (25%)
Each team will need to submit a final report. The major sections of the final report include (further details
will be provided by the communications instructor):

Section 1: Executive summary and other Front Matter
Section 2: Team information (revised from Section Draft Assignment).
Section 3: Customer requirements (revised from Team HW #2 and Section Draft Assignment)
Section 4: Design specifications (revised from Team HW #3 and Section Draft Assignment)
Section 5: Product design development. At this stage you should be able to provide a product
architecture diagram. You should include concepts brainstormed and the results of your
concept selection projects. You may be able to include basic designs for some of your
sub-systems at this stage as well.
Section 6: Preliminary project recommendations as of the end of the semester
Section 7: Updated Gantt/Pert chart that reflects the status of the project at the end of this semester
(you will expand and revise info from Team HW #1 and put into words the important
aspects of your schedule and budgetary issues).

The grading of the group reports will be based on the overall quality of the project, how well the team
followed the design process, and how well organized and written the report is. The report will be graded
by Dr. Roundy and your project advisor.

Advisor Project Grade (15%)
Your performance and contributions to your team and project will also be evaluated by your team advisor.
Hence, it is important that your advisor knows what you are doing and that you are using sound methods
and are making strong contributions to your project. Team advisors will be solicited to provide this grade
both at the midterm and end of the term. The purpose of the midterm grade is as a place holder so that
students have a form of feedback from the team on how they are performing. This also allows students to
improve their performance before its too late.

Teammate Grade (Adjustment of individual grade by up to 10 percentage points)
You will perform two peer reviews during the semester, one at midterm and the other at the end of the
term. The purpose of the midterm grade is to serve as a place holder so students have interim feedback
from the team on how they are performing. This will allow students to improve their performance before
its too late. Your individual grade can be increased or decreased up to one full letter grade (10
percentage points) based on individual contributions. Any individual adjustment will be made at the end
of the semester and will be determined by your teammates peer reviews, your advisors assessment, and
the instructors assessment.

Note, that if your teammates, advisor, and instructor determine that you have not participated in your
teams projects you will receive a failing grade for the class.

General Class Policies
1. All written information in this course can be made available in an alternative format with prior
notification.
2. See attached College of Engineering policies


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Course Schedule
The table below shows a preliminary course schedule. I will try to adhere to this schedule, but some
modifications are probably inevitable. Please see Canvas for any schedule updates.




Class Date Chap/ Source KEY TOPIC Assignment Due
25-Aug 1,2 Welcome, Intro to Design, Development Processes (R)
27-Aug Project Definition - Project Proposal Writing (R, CLEAR)
29-Aug 3, 4, 18 Opportunity Identification (Ch 3), Product Planning and Management (Ch 4, 18) ( R)
1-Sep Labor Day - NO CLASS
3-Sep 5,6 Customer Needs ( R) / Product Specifications ( R)
5-Sep 6 Product Specifications ( R) Team Homework #1
8-Sep Teamwork and Conflict Resolution (CLEAR) Project Proposal Draft 1
10-Sep Written Peer Review (CLEAR)
12-Sep 7 Concept Generation ( R) Team Homework #2
15-Sep 8 Concept Selection & Design Documentation ( R) Project Proposal Draft 2
17-Sep 9 Concept Testing ( R)
19-Sep 13 Design for Manufactuirng / Guidance on Writing ( R, CLEAR)
22-Sep 10, 14 Prototypeing & Product Architecture ( R) Team Homework #3
24-Sep 17 Product Development Econonmics ( R)
26-Sep Guidance on Presentations (CLEAR) Project Deliverable Memo
29-Sep 12 Design for Sustainability (R) Team Homework #4
1-Oct FMEA ( R)
3-Oct FMEA ( R) / Test Plans ( R)
6-Oct Team Homework #5
8-Oct
10-Oct Team Homework #6
13-Oct
15-Oct
17-Oct
20-Oct Wrap-up and CFP Preparation (R, CLEAR) Midterm Peer Review
22-Oct Final Report Guidance (R, CLEAR)
24-Oct No class - Work on CFP Final Report, Section 2 Draft
27-Oct
29-Oct
31-Oct CFP Analysis & Exp. Plan
3-Nov
5-Nov
7-Nov Final Report, Section 3 Draft
10-Nov
12-Nov
14-Nov Final Report, Section 4 Draft
17-Nov
19-Nov
21-Nov
24-Nov
26-Nov
28-Nov
1-Dec CFP Presentations
3-Dec CFP Presentations
5-Dec CFP Presentations
8-Dec CFP Presentations CFP and Presentation
10-Dec
12-Dec Final Report Due (Classes end)
Week 6
Work on CFP/Team TA Meetings
CFP Motivation Presentations
CFP and Presentation
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 7
Week 8 Fall Break - NO CLASS
Week 9
Week 14
Thanksgiving Holiday - NO CLASS
Week 10 Work on CFP/Team TA Meetings
Week 11 Work on CFP/Team TA Meetings
Week 12 Work on CFP/Team TA Meetings
Week 15
Week 16
Week 13