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ME 4182 & GT 4823: Creating High-profile, Rewarding Mechanical Design Education

Join our experiment to create a high-profile, rewarding, and expensive course at Georgia Tech that serves as a model for mechanical design education worldwide. Solve engineering problems, design mechanical devices, and prove their functionality through detailed drawings and specifications.

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ME 4182 & GT 4823: Creating High-profile, Rewarding Mechanical Design Education

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  1. ME4182 / GT4823 http://mecapstone.gatech.edu/ Individual Section Intro ALL-Sections Intro You are part of an experiment to create the most high-profile, rewarding, expensive, hard-working course at Georgia Tech and a model for mechanical design education at engineering schools worldwide 1st 2nd

  2. Section Introduction

  3. What is ME 4182 and GT 4823 all about? Application of the design process: • To solve an engineering problem… • Which includes interdisciplinary parameters… • Materials, controls, fluids, structures, heat transfer, …. • Human factors, engineering economy, safety, etc. • In a team structure… • To design a solution… • A mechanical device • A machine • A system • An app, • That performs the functions established by a project description derived from the problem. Each team produces detailed drawings, detailed specifications, presentations, and a proof-of-concept (virtual or real) of the proposed design solution.

  4. What is ME 4182 and GT 4823 all about?Goals for the course: • Identify an unmet need WHAT”S THE PROBLEM? • Invent/design something useful CREATIVITY, INNOVATION • Apply your analytical knowledge to design it ANALYTICAL SKILLS • Prove it will work (Simulate it, build it, test it, virtually, physically) MODELING AND HANDS-ON • Document everything (design notebooks, reports, presentations) • Demonstrate it at the Expo • Give to sponsor for use or patent it and start company

  5. Main Lecture Topics • Course Overview, Projects, Teams and Bids, Communication • User needs / Engineering Design Specifications • Industrial Design & Human Factors • Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process • Market research and Prior Art • Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards • Analysis • Social, environmental, sustainability considerations • Mockups and prototypes; why and when • Intellectual Property Protection, Filing Patent Claims • Forming a company • Communication to non-technical audiences Associated deliverables and reports are due in your section meeting during the semester

  6. Timeline 2nd report 2nd presentation 1st report 1st presentation Final report Final presentation today Expo Design validation Prototyping Testing CAD FEA Manufacturing Choose a team Choose a topic Understand the problem Market research Patent study Design concepts Choose Design Physical Mockup Analyses Calculations Drawings

  7. But what’s the problem? • Your own.. • ..or sponsored… • projects.gatech.edu/projects

  8. Project overview A variety of projects for teams of 4-6 people: • Industrial (big and small) • Research lab • Developing country/sustainability • NAE Grand Challenges • Your own idea! • Sponsored projects.gatech.edu/projects

  9. How are teams matched to projects? • Two avenues • Bid for a sponsored project • Propose your own • Teams are matched to projects and to faculty (see the FAQ here) • Even if you plan on bidding for sponsored projects, should have a “Plan B (C, and D)” project idea of your own

  10. What is a Good Bid? Basically, convince us that you are the best group for the project. Tell us: What is your understanding of the project? Why do you want the project? What are your skills, talents, experiences relevant to the project? Anything else that is relevant

  11. Elements of a Good Student Project What’s the problem? Creative/Innovative - not just an assembly of off-the-shelf parts (room for novelty) Lends itself to analysis Sufficient scope for senior design Team should have or acquire the skills to complete the project. Produce a proof-of-concept and learn from it Design revisions Validate design decisions

  12. Section meetings • ~ 30 min/wk with your team and your instructor • Your instructor provides weekly mentorship, receives deliverables, assigns grades, etc.

  13. Section meetings GT4823 • Students in GT4823: • All BMEs need to attend BME 4602 lectures • All ECEs need to attend ECE 4012 lectures • All MEs and MSEs should attend lectures on TR 3-3:50 pm in Arch (East) #123 • First common studio for all disciplines on Thursday, 23rd August at 12:00pm in CoC#53

  14. http://mecapstone.gatech.edu/ (grading, schedule, report guidance…) 2nd

  15. All-Sections Introduction Yes, there’s redundancy w/the Section intro…

  16. Big picture of ME4182 & GT4823 Lecture section section section $ + Expertise section CA$H PRIZES section section section

  17. What is ME 4182 and GT 4823 all about?Goals for the course: • Identify an unmet need WHAT”S THE PROBLEM? • Invent/design something useful CREATIVITY, INNOVATION • Apply your analytical knowledge to design it ANALYTICAL SKILLS • Prove it will work (Simulate it, build it, test it, virtually, physically) MODELING AND HANDS-ON • Document everything (design notebooks, reports, presentations) • Demonstrate it at the Expo • Give to sponsor for use or patent it and start company

  18. But what’s the problem? • Your own.. • ..or sponsored… • projects.gatech.edu/projects

  19. How are teams matched to projects? • Two avenues • Bid for a sponsored project • Propose your own • Teams are matched to projects and to faculty (see the FAQ here) • Even if you plan on bidding for sponsored projects, should have a “Plan B (C, and D)” project idea of your own

  20. What is a Good Bid? Basically, convince us that you are the best group for the project. Tell us: What is your understanding of the project? Why do you want the project? What are your skills, talents, experiences relevant to the project? Anything else that is relevant

  21. Elements of a Good Student Project What’s the problem? NOT “We’re going to design a better mousetrap” Creative/Innovative - not just an assembly of off-the-shelf parts (room for novelty) Lends itself to analysis Sufficient scope for senior design Team should have or acquire the skills to complete the project. Produce a proof-of-concept and learn from it Design revisions Validate design decisions

  22. Main Lecture Topics • Course Overview, Projects, Teams and Bids, Communication • User needs / Engineering Design Specifications • Industrial Design & Human Factors • Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process • Market research and Prior Art • Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards • Analysis • Social, environmental, sustainability considerations • Mockups and prototypes; why and when • Intellectual Property Protection, Filing Patent Claims • Forming a company • New lectures on communication to non-technical audiences Associated deliverables and reports are due in your section meeting during the semester

  23. Timeline 2nd report 2nd presentation 1st report 1st presentation Final report Final presentation today Expo Design validation Prototyping Testing CAD FEA Manufacturing Choose a team Choose a topic Understand the problem Market research Patent study Design concepts Choose Design Physical Mockup Analyses Calculations Drawings

  24. Fall 2018 ME Capstone Instructors Hassan Rashidi Amit Jariwala Tequila Harris Ken Cunefare Gregg Larson Peter Hesketh Craig Forest

  25. Role of the Capstone Advisors • Advise the design process • Map the expectations & outcomes to each unique project • Ask good questions • To require alternatives and implications • To require analysis • To be a resource • Challenge you • Sponsor scoping, advice, expectation management • Not designers; not decision makers • Help guide you to answer the questions yourselves • Subject matter experts • But you’re to try to answer/solve the problem first!

  26. Super Support Staff Invention Studio Machining Mall Veronica Spencer (TA) Clint Rinehart Steven Sheffield Nichelle Compton (Expo) Essie Reynolds (Finance)

  27. GT Fab Facilities: Montgomery Machining Mall www.me.gatech.edu/facilities/machine_shop • Hours are Monday through Friday • 7 am-6 pm MF • 7 am-7 pm TWTr • Need to register for tool training. 20th: CNC mills, lathes, EDM, presses, … 19th/Dirty: TIG/MIG welding, grinding, saws… 21st: Zeiss CT scanner…

  28. Circuit Lounge • 3D Print Farm • Water Jet • Laser Cutters • Metal working • Wood shop • Microcontrollers; National Instruments DAQ Boards; Paint Booth; Vinyl Cutting; Urethane Casting and Molding; Vacuum Forming; Injection Molding; 3D Scanning; Spot Welding… • Become a PI!! GT Fabrication Facilities: Invention Studio 2nd Floor MRDC Staff Contact: Clint Rinehart clint.rinehart@me.gatech.edu

  29. Electronics Fabrication/Testing www.me.gatech.edu/facilities/electronic_lab ME Electronics Lab 2nd floor MRDC IDEAS Lab ECE Senior Design Lab Van Leer Kyle FrenchElectrical Engineer - IIlkyle.french@me.gatech.edu Anh NguyenElectronics SpecialistAnh.Nguyen@me.gatech.edu Staff Contact: James Steinberg james.steinberg@ece.gatech.edu

  30. Tuesday December 4, 4-8pm, McCamish Pavilion

  31. Golden Tickets! (Fall Expos) Kickoff Session: 9/12 Registration due 1/14/18! Inventureprize.gatech.edu

  32. Startup Launch – Create X More information HERE

  33. Space issues… 2nd floor MRDC construction running long… Invention studio displaced Electronics shop displaced (moving back!) NO separate studio space for 4182 NO separate storage space for 4182 …..but watch for updates! Be flexible, be patient, be creative…

  34. Due Dates (NOW!) • Saturday, 8/25, 08:00 pm– deadline for submitting bids for sponsored projects on projects.gatech.edu • For your own idea: • Get approval from instructor; • Register your team on projects.gatech.edu • Make sure all team members are listed in your team on projects.gatech.edu

  35. Design your product… … not your prototype

  36. http://mecapstone.gatech.edu/ (grading, schedule, report guidance…)

  37. Design your product… … not your prototype

  38. Backup…

  39. Spring 2018 ME Capstone Instructors Bert Bras Tequila Harris Amit Jariwala Ken Cunefare Kathryn Wingate Aaron Young Roger Jiao Todd Sulchek Cassandra Telenko

  40. Fall 2017 ME Capstone Instructors Amit Jariwala Bert Bras Ken Cunefare Tequila Harris Gregg Larson Peter Hesketh Aaron Young

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