R12300: ME Lab Hardware Development

1. R12300: ME Lab Hardware Development Lindsay Wilkens Christopher Morehouse Eric Wilcox Matt Figliotti John Knight

2. Overview • Background • Benchmarking • Stakeholders • Affinity Diagram • Mission Statement • Objective Tree • Constraints • Voice of the Customer

3. Background • RIT changing from quarters to semesters in Fall 2013 • First year students currently take Physics, Problem Solving with Computers and Measurement Instrumentation and Controls • ME 102 will replace these courses • Lab hardware needs to be developed for five labs • Three labs to be integrated into ME 102 • Two in class demonstrations • Statics • Thermodynamics

4. Benchmarking • Empathy Exercise • Examined current lab facilities in the RIT ME Department • Researched existing lab experiments used by other universities • Did not find any labs that addressed the needs of ME 102 • Did not find any universities that had a course comparable to ME 102 • Researched existing lab kits and demonstrations • Pasco • ENGAGE

5. Stakeholders • KGCOE Administration • Dr. Edward Hensel • Mechanical Engineering Professors • First Year Mechanical Engineering Students • ME Lab Instructors • KGCOE Alumni

6. Affinity Diagram By Stakeholder

7. Affinity Diagram First Iteration

8. Affinity Diagram Second Iteration

9. Mission Statement The Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology will be implementing a new course curriculum by Fall 2013, including lab experiments for first year students, because it will be a more effective way to introduce key engineering principles early in their education. The ME Lab Hardware family of projects will be responsible for the design, development and production of this lab hardware.

10. The Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology will be implementing a new course curriculum by Fall 2013, including lab experiments for first year students, because it will be a more effective way to introduce key engineering principles early in their education. The ME Lab family of projects will be responsible for design, development and production of this lab hardware. The customer needs a series of experiments that demonstrate key engineering concepts. The customer needs experiments to address Newton’s Law of Gravity because it is a foundation principle of mechanics. The customer needs experiments to address Newton’s Three Laws because they are a foundation principle of mechanics. The customer requires that the student must demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply the Work Energy Theorem. The customer requires that the student demonstrate an ability to conduct scientific experiments, using appropriate technology to collect sensor data in order to achieve the desired outcomes. The customer needs experiments that can be effectively implemented by May 2012 to establish RIT as a national education standard. The customer needs experiments that are robust and easy to assemble so that a significant number of students can have a hands-on experience with one piece of hardware in under 75 minutes. The customer needs the experiments to be ready by May 2012 because the experiments are going to be implemented by the Fall of 2013. The customer needs the experiments to be ready by May 2012 because the experiments are going to be implemented by the Fall of 2013. The customer needs open source, ABET approved experiments that can be implemented by other universities because RIT would like to become a national standard in education. The customer needs experiments that increase in complexity because this will help ease students into more complex concepts. The customer needs experiments that help students obtain and analyze data from lab hardware while developing other important technical skills. The customer needs students to have data acquisition, data processing and technical writing because they are critical engineering skill sets. The customer needs the experiments to utilize National Instruments DAQ hardware and commercial off-the-shelf parts to meet lab production time and resource constraints.

11. Constraints • Time • Must be implemented by May 2012 • Lab Times restricted to 75 minutes in length • Lab Experiments must last at least three years • Space • Lab Space: MIC Lab is going to designated for this course • Budget • Total Lab Equipment cost cannot exceed budget ($50,000 - $100,000) • Minimum of 12 lab sets to be produced to accommodate class size • Academic • ABET Criteria

12. Voice of the Customer

13. Summary • Background • Benchmarking • Stakeholders • Affinity Diagram • Mission Statement • Objective Tree • Constraints • Voice of the Customer

14. QUESTIONS?