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(Spring 2021 or Summer 2021) and Fall2021

 

Instructor Contact

  • Instructor: Kurt Stresau
  • Office:ENGR1, Room 350
  • Office Hours: TBD
  • E-mail:kurt.stresau@ucf.edu

Course Information

  • Course Name: Mechanical Engineering Design and Aerospace Engineering Design
  • Course ID & Section: EML4501/EAS4700 and EML4502/EAS4710
  • Credit Hours:3
  • Semester/Year: Senior Design 2, Fall 2021
  • Location:TBD

Course Description

A capstone design experience that engages students in teams on an open-ended engineering design problem in preparation for professional practice. With the guidance of faculty members, instructional support staff, and various stakeholders, students apply knowledge and skills from prior coursework and practice the art of lifelong learning. This is a communication-intensive course. Senior Design I and II is a 2-semester course sequence.

Course Objectives

  • This course engages students in a major engineering design project experience (fall/spring or spring/fall) based in part on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and serves as a culminating experience. In addition, students are required to demonstrate initiative and develop a recognition of the need for, and ability to engage in lifelong learning. Students will work in teams to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints and gain experience with the various forms of communication (i.e., written, verbal, visual) expected of engineers in the workforce.  In the context of the course and design project, students will practice, develop and demonstrate abilities to:

    1. Understand professional and ethical responsibilities.
    2. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
    3. Design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
    4. Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
    5. Appreciate the impact of engineering solutions in a broad context (e.g., societal, environmental, economic)
    6. Use contemporary tools, techniques and skills necessary for engineering practice
    7. Apply appropriate and accepted engineering standards to their work

Required Text

Product Design and Development, 6th Edition, by Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger, published by McGraw-Hill Education, 2016

Course Requirements/Deliverables

Individual Deliverables

  • Resume and Cover Letter
  • Project Application Form
  • Technology Study Memo
  • Individual Effort Reports
  • End of Semester Peer Evaluations
  • End of Semester Reflective Memo
  • Individual Assignments (as determined by your faculty advisor and team)

Project Team Deliverables

Weekly Progress Reports and Project Action Logs

Senior Design I Semester Milestones

  • M1: Team Formation
  • M2: Engineering Design Specification
  • M3: Concept Design Report and Review

Senior Design II Semester Milestones

  • M4: Statement of Work and Project Plan
  • M5: Detail System Design Review and Report
  • M6: Complete Design Documentation Package

Note: Assignment descriptions and rubrics for individual and project deliverables will be provided by the course coordinator via Webcourses.  Specific questions about project and individual assignments should be referred to your project faculty advisor.

Evaluation and Grading

Your individual course grade for Senior Design I and II will be calculated as a product of the following:

  1. Team Project Milestones (TPM)
  2. Individual Contribution Factor (ICF) 


The team project milestone grades are a function of project accomplishments and success at various stages in the design development process. Ultimately, project success is defined as how well the project results and deliverables meet the needs and expectations of your stakeholders.  Stakeholders may include a combination of faculty advisors, industry sponsors, community partners and/or other interested parties.  At the same time, consideration will also be given to the process of achieving success such as the effectiveness of establishing actionable project plans, meeting scheduled deadlines, responding to setbacks and design changes, maintaining regular communications and assuring appropriate calibration with your stakeholders, and demonstrating effective teamwork where roles and responsibilities are well understood and everyone contributes to their full potential.

For Senior Design I points for the Team Project Milestones (TPM) grade will be awarded for each of three major semester course milestones as follows: 


Team Project Milestone 1 - 10%

Team Project Milestone 2 - 35%

Team Project Milestone 3 - 55%

For Senior Design II points for the Team Project Milestones (TPM) grade will be awarded for each of three major semester course milestones as follows: 


Team Project Milestone 4 - 10%

Team Project Milestone 5 - 35%

Team Project Milestone 6 - 55%

For each project milestone, quality and quantity of team’s accomplishments play a critical role. These accomplishments must be clearly documented by the corresponding oral presentations, written reports, design drawings and other design documentation at the various design development stages.

The individual contribution factor (ICF) represents how much each student contributed to the team’s overall success. Individual weekly reports, impromptu and formal communications (both oral and written), instructor observations and team member peer evaluations are major elements that will be used to determine your ICF.  The quality and timeliness of your contributions will be used to evaluate your team participation.  Students are expected to make both technical and so-called “non-technical” contributions (i.e., project management, communications).  Missing project meetings without appropriate explanation and habitually being late will affect your progress and your ICF.

You will receive faculty assessments for the major team project milestones, with suggestions for possible improvement. Faculty will also provide interim team and individual feedback on request. Challenge level and success in achieving project objectives are factors for receiving a top course grade. While the project evaluator has sole responsibility to assign grades, he or she will also solicit inputs on your progress from other faculty members, your stakeholders, your peers, and you. Remediation on graded assignments will be at the discretion of the project advisor/instructor.

Note: Each student is expected to spend a minimum of 150 hours on the design project each semester. Incomplete project deliverables may result in a grade of incomplete.

Attendance Policy

Engineering design is not a spectator sport. Active participation is required for a meaningful senior design experience. You are expected to be on time to attend and participate in meetings with your faculty adviser, project team, and stakeholders. You are expected to come prepared for short impromptu presentations of your work in progress during the semester. The quality of presentations will influence your team and individual grade for the course. So, it is in everyone’s interest that all team members are knowledgeable about the state of their project at any given time. You are also expected to make relevant contributions outside of regularly scheduled class time. Your active participation and initiative are critical parts of your individual success and that of your team. You are required to make up your work for a missed class, even for an excused absence. Missing classes without catching up and being habitually late will negatively affect your final grade.

Academic Integrity and Professional Conduct

Student-teacher relationships are built on trust. For example, students must trust that teachers have made appropriate decisions about the structure and content of the courses they teach, and teachers must trust that the assignments that students turn in are their own. Acts that violate this trust undermine the educational process.  In this course, all project assignments must represent the student’s own work. In cases where help was received, or teamwork was allowed, a notation on the assignment should indicate your collaboration.

The team and individual members of the team are responsible for their professional conduct. This includes punctuality for in-class and out-of-class meetings, acknowledgement of the work of others, appropriate referencing of information sources, adherence to the project plan, justification of scope adjustments, due diligence on project deliverables, accommodating external supplier delivery times, identifying and tracking critical project elements, application of the scientific method and engineering problem solving methods, design documentation, addressing client sponsor needs, and the application of the technical, analytical, and practical design methods to support project findings and decisions.

You are expected to communicate to your faculty advisor(s) any issue regarding your performance in class ahead of time. This includes absence from important class meetings, late assignments, inability to perform an assigned task, problems with your group members, the need for extra time on assignments, milestones, etc. You should be prepared to provide sufficient proof of any circumstances on which you are making a special request.

Cheating and dishonesty will not be tolerated. All your course work should provide an honest effort in solving the assigned problem by yourself and your teammates. You are encouraged to discuss course material and problems with other students, but your team’s solution must be your own. If you are inspired by another’s work, or if you are extending an existing approach, you should explicitly cite this work.

Any student found to have participated in academic dishonesty of any kind on a course assignment will result at least in an "F" for that assignment (and may, depending on the severity of the case, lead to an "F" for the entire course) and may be subject to appropriate referral to the Office of Student Conduct for further action. See the UCF Golden Rule for further information. It will be assumed for this course that you will adhere to the academic creed of the University and will maintain the highest standards of academic integrity and professional conduct.

If you have any question concerning this policy before submitting an assignment, please ask for clarification.

Accessibility Statement

The University of Central Florida is committed to providing access and inclusion for all persons with disabilities. This syllabus is available in alternate formats upon request. Students with disabilities who need specific access in this course, such as accommodations, should contact the professor as soon as possible to discuss various access options. Students should also connect with Student Accessibility Services (Ferrell Commons, 7F, Room 185, sas@ucf.edu, phone (407) 823-23711). Through Student Accessibility Services, a Course Accessibility Letter may be created and sent to professors, which informs faculty of potential access and accommodations that might be reasonable.

Copyright

This course may contain copyright protected materials such as audio or video clips, images, text materials, etc. These items are being used with regard to the Fair Use doctrine in order to enhance the learning environment. Please do not copy, duplicate, download or distribute these items. The use of these materials is strictly reserved for this online classroom environment and your use only. All copyright materials are credited to the copyright holder.

Third-Party Software and FERPA

During this course you might have the opportunity to use public online services and/or software applications sometimes called third-party software such as a blog or wiki. While some of these could be required assignments, you neednotmake any personally identifying information on a public site. Do not post or provide any private information about yourself or your classmates. Where appropriate you may use a pseudonym or nickname. Some written assignments posted publicly may require personal reflection/comments, but the assignments will not require you to disclose any personally identity-sensitive information. If you have any concerns about this, please contact your instructor.

The course coordinator reserves the right to change or modify this syllabus anytime during the semester.

 

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