Hydraulics Lab

1. Hydraulics Lab PBLActivity Dr. Luis E. Lesser C.

2. What is PBL?

3. How are we going to apply a PBL to the course? Define Problem First meeting Research Feedback meeting Resultslinkedtoproblem Final Presentation

4. Schedule At least 2 feedbackmeetings are necessary, and at leastone of themeetingsmust be withtheprofessortoclarifyanyissues Dates set up bygroup Define ProblemApril 2 First meeting no laterthanApril 09 Individual Research Feedback meeting no laterthanApril30 Resultslinkedtoproblem Final PresentationMay 7

5. Description of the Problem After the devastating last war against Mordor armies, it has fallen upon Middle Earth a terrible drought. After Frodo destroyed The Ring in Mount Doom, a stack of smoke raised from the volcano, which created a smoke cloud through all Middle Earth. This smoke started the draught and therefore water supply issues. The Elves do not have much of a problem, since most have left Middle Earth, the dwarfs are used to getting by with little water, however hobbits and men are specially sensitive to the decrease of their water supply. The water supply for most Hobbits is surface water. The Brandywine River, which flows North to South, is an important source of water for all the Shire. Hobbiton usually gets its water from the small river called “The Water”, which lately has completely dried out. “The Water” used to flow from the north to Hobbiton, and then east towards Brandywine River. Gandalf is busy working with Aragorn (now King of men) trying to deliver more water to the kingdoms of Gondor and Rohan (specially to the fortress in Helm´s Deep and to the City of Minas Tirith). He is covering such a great area by horse, that has no time to help hobbits find ways of increasing their water supply. All the Shire is starting to get into a desperate state to obtain water, therefore Gandalf has appointed you, a recent Tec graduate, to solve the water supply problems of Hobitton.

6. Description of the Problem Hobbiton is home to approximately 300 Hobbits, 6 cows and many smaller farm animals, in addition they grow crops, mostly vegetables, in 10 hectares. Your job is to design a sustainable (long term) water supply for Hobbiton using all means that can be available. You must take into account the amount of water needed for crops, animals and hobbits (you can assume hobbits consume the same amount of water than humans). You also need to take into account topography, location of other water supplies and relative distances among them, provided in the following maps. You have to come up with as many strategies as possible to supply water to Hobbiton. One strategy will not be enough since it could find resistance either by some Hobbits that will not be happy to have their lands expropriated, or by other creatures outside the Shire who would not be happy either to see their water gone to the Hobbits without a proper compensation. In the next slides you will find: Map 1 – A general map of all Middle Earth Map 2 – A map of the Shire (the home of Hobbits) which is located in the northwest-northcentral portion of Middle Earth Map 3 – A map of northern portion of the Shire. In there you can spot Hobbiton approximately in the center (north of Tuckborough and the East Road). In your analysis you must include the type of compensations that may be necessary to convince all creatures in Middle Earth that will be affected to accept your plans

7. Middle Earth (Map 1)

8. The Shire (Map 2)

9. Hobbiton and its surroundings (Map 3)

10. Approach • Professor briefing (this presentation) on April 02 • FIRST MEETING: Date set by students, but can not be any later than April 09. • Determine who will be a discussion leader (lead the discussion so everybody has a chance to talk) and a secretary (to take notes) • Brainstorming to determine how to approach the problem. Which could be some possible solutions? What information do you need to gather? • Determine when who will research what. • Set the date for next meeting and determine if it is necessary to meet with the professor in the next meeting

11. Approach • SECOND MEETING: Date set by students • Change roles and determine who will be now a discussion leader who a secretary. • Discuss the findings from the research. Review the previous ideas and determine which must be thrown out and which are still on the table. Did the research allowed you to come up with new ideas? If so, discuss and determine if more research is necessary. • Determine the next steps to take and assign workload (research, next meeting´s date, talk to professor for guidance).

12. Approach • MEETING WITH PROFESSOR: Date set by students no later than April 30. • Change roles and determine who will be now a discussion leader who a secretary. • The professor will join the discussion and provide some feedback. Be aware that the professor will NOT tell you if you are right or wrong, he will only guide you if you have any specific questions on where to find information or in the meaning and/or application of any new information that you found on your research.

13. Approach • Continue brainstorming. • With the feedback from your professor you must define your solutions to the problem • Determine further actions until report and presentation are completed.

14. Grading PBL • Report – This will be equivalent to one lab practice • Abstract 20% • Introduction (includes objective) 20% • Solutions (includes theory and • creativity/applicability of solutions) 40% • Conclusions 20% • Presentation – This will be equivalent to one lab practice • Clarity (text and graphs) 20% • Quality of delivery of information 40% • Grading from your own group 20% • Grading from other groups 20%