EML 4551 Ethics and Design Project Organization

INTRO & ANNOUNCEMENTS

  Spring 2012 Course Syllabus

  Teaching Assistant: Melissa Morris
  • Email: mmorr009@fiu.edu
  • Office Hours: Thursday, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
  • Office: EC 3435

  Spring 2012 Activities

EML 4551 • Ethics and Design Project Organization • Spring 2012

Date

Activity

Thursday, January 12

Intro, Project Topics, Teaming

Thursday, January 19

Project Topics, Global Learning Case Study, GL Assignment

Thursday, January 26

Project Topics, Ethics Case Study, Ethics Assignment

Thursday, February 2

FE Exam 1: Math

Thursday, February 9

FE Exam 2: Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials

Thursday, February 16

Formal Team PowerPoint Presentations: Intro to Senior Design Projects

Thursday, February 23

FE Exam 3: Fluids, Thermodynamics, Chemistry

Thursday, March 1

FE Exam 4: Materials, Circuits, Computers, Economics, Ethics

Thursday, March 8

One-Page Project Synopsis Due (to be sent to IAB members for feedback)

Formal Team PowerPoint Presentations: Description of GL Components in Senior Design Projects

Thursday, March 15

Spring Break

Wednesday, March 21

Final Report Due – 10% Completed

Thursday, March 22

GL/Ethics Case Study

Softcopy of Team Poster Due

Thursday, March 29

GL/Ethics Case Study

Wednesday, April 4

Final Report Due – 25% Completed

Thursday, April 5

In-Class Team Presentation Rehearsals 
Softcopy of Final Revised Team Poster Due

Wednesday, April 11

Rehearsal Team Presentations, EC 2300

Thursday, April 12

FE Practice: Comprehensive FE Exam

Monday, April 16

Printed Team Posters Due

Wednesday, April 18

Final Team Presentations to the IAB, EC 2300

Thursday, April 19

GL/Ethics Case Study, Review

Thursday, April 26

Final Exam, Comprehensive FE Exam, 12:00 – 2:00 pm,

EC 1105



INFORMATION ON REQUIRED CONTENT FOR 10% AND 25% SENIOR DESIGN REPORTS
AND THE REQUIRED POSTER BOARD FORMAT

  10% Senior Design Reports (Submit Hardcopy only. Use the required final Senior Design Report format - See the Section "Information on Senior Design Report" below)

  • Title Page
  • Ethics Statement and Signatures
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Abstract
  • Problem Statement
  • Motivation
  • Literature Survey
  • Conceptual Design (Design Alternatives)
  • Proposed Design
  • Timeline for Spring 2011 through Fall 2011. Gantt chart which includes major tasks and breakdown of responsibilities among team members indicating major and support roles. Note: Record hours spent on this project by each team member for two semesters and report the total human hours spent on the entire project. IAB wants this information documented.
  • Conclusions
  • References
  25% Senior Design Reports (Submit Hardcopy only)
  • Title Page
  • Ethics Statement and Signatures
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Abstract
  • Problem Statement
  • Motivation
  • Literature Survey
  • Project Objectives
  • Conceptual Design (Present Design Alternatives)
  • Proposed Design
  • Timeline for Spring 2011 through Fall 2011. Gantt chart that includes major tasks and breakdown of responsibilities among team members indicating major and support roles
  • Analytical Analysis and Structural Design
  • Major Components
  • Structural Design
  • Cost Analysis (In addition to the cost of prototype and actual system components, record hours spent on this project by each team member and report the total human hours spent. This will help the calculation of total actual engineering cost of the project. IAB wants this information collected and reported.)
  • Prototype System Description
  • Prototype Cost Analysis
  • Plan for Tests on Prototype
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendices (Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, etc.)
  Team Poster Softcopy

Poster Size: 36 in x 48 in. Make sure PowerPoint page is set to 36 in height and 48 in width.
Font size: Depending on the font used, poster title should use a font size of 100 to 300 bold; heading font size 50 to 80 bold, text font size 40 to 70. (PPT file only; not on paper; feedback will be provided for revision before the poster is later printed on poster board for final submission)
  • Several sample poster boards from previous semesters are available below in JPG format.
  • You are encouraged to visit the Department of Mechanical Engineering, view and study displayed poster boards for content and style.
  • Each poster must have the photos of student team members and their names. Include advisor names, but their photos are not required.
  • Organize items (photos, tables, figures, text blocks) logically.
  • Do not use long sentences or paragraphs. Limit text to one or two short sentences at a time.
  • Where appropriate, prefer bulleted items. Fewer the words, better the chance people will read them.
  • Upper center part of the poster gets the most attention. Hence, place an attractive item (photo, figure or block digram) in that portion of the poster.
  • Layout must be such that the poster should not look cluttered, nor should it look empty.
  • Allow sufficient blank space between items.
  • Allow sufficient blank space around the edges of the poster board - top, bottom, right and left margins should all have some blank space left.
  • Do not use a too colorful background photo. Prefer uniform, darker colors in the background with lighter or white text. When a photo is used as background, try to play with its "transparency percentage" to fade the photo not to clutter the text.
  • White background and black text may be ok, but it looks too bland and does not stand out when displayed in a large area.
  • Make sure the poster has hard/thick backing material (minimum 3/16 inch thick) so that it will not fold. Printed poster must be glued to the hard backing professionally.
  • For backing, black or white self-adhesive foam core with a minimum 3/16 inch thickness is strongly recommended. Make sure the poster board will not curve.
  • EIC Large Format Printing Services: EIC has the capability of printing large posters up to 42 inches wide. They can laminate and mount your poster in foam board inexpensively, and you do not have to leave the building. For more information on this service, please visit their website at http://www.eic.fiu.edu.
Sample Posters

INFORMATION ON SENIOR DESIGN REPORTS
FORMAT BELOW IS REQUIRED FOR ALL INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL SENIOR DESIGN REPORTS

  Style Guide for Technical Report Writing

  Senior Design Report - (1) COVER PAGE and (2) ETHICS AND SIGNATURE PAGE Template

  Senior Design Report - TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Sample Senior Design Reports and Schedule to Submit Progress Reports for EML 4905 Students (This link is provided here to familiarize EML 4551 students with the departmental senior design project procedure)


ELIGIBLE COMPETITIONS FOR SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS

  ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC)

  BattleBot Robot Competition

  NASA Lunabotics, Kennedy Space Center

  NASA Exploration Senior Design Projects Funded by Kennedy Space Center

  Shell Eco-Marathon

  NASA Moonbuggy Race

  SAE Aero Design

  Design Challenge: Develop assistive technologies that empower people with disabilities to overcome barriers to employment, Institute for Economic Empowerment


GLOBAL LEARNING

Global Learning Reading Materials

  Global Project Design: Rethinking Commonality vs Differentiation in Global Product Design

  Developing Global Awareness and Responsible World Citizenship with Global Learning

  Global Engineering Excellence Initiative (The Global Engineer: A Common Goal in Different Settings; pp. 5-32)

  International Collaborative Learning Experience through Global Engineering Design Projects: A Case Study

  Globally Competent Engineer: Working Effectively with People Who Define Problems Differently

Global Learning Case Study

  GL Case Study: Problem with Hoodia

  GL Case Study Evaluation: Multi-perspective Problem Solving Reflection

Ethics Case Studies Supporting Global Learning

  Class Discussion: Gifts to Foreign Officials

  Class Discussion: Discrimination

A Sampling of Global Design Components for Integration into Senior Design Projects

Teams must include at least 3 global design components in their projects.
  • These global design items must be included in the report and in the presentation.
  • Presentation evaluation form by IAB and faculty has extensive questions on GL content.
  Design for manufacturability in different parts of the world

  Cost analysis for different regions and in different currencies

  Preparation of multi-lingual user’s manuals; graphics-based user’s manuals

  Use of universal units - US/SI

  Provision of universal power adapters in design (110 volt/220 volt)

  Maintenance schedules for different parts of the world considering different climates, practices, available resources

  Warning labels in different languages or use of graphical warnings

  Survey of UN and international charters to comply with all existing international standards

  Survey of related patents and identification of similar previous work (Check the United States Patent and Trademark Office)

  Contacting students, faculty or engineers in different parts of the world to discuss the design problem at hand, identify similarities and differences, and develop design concepts that address global needs


ETHICS

  NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers

  ASME Society Code of Ethics for Engineers


FE EXAM

  FE Exam Sections

  Textbook


  FE Practice Questions and Answers (60 sample questions and answers in all fields of the FE Exam)

  Calculator Policy (Only certain calculators are allowed during the FE Exam)

  FE Exam National Pass Rates (84% for Mechanical Engineering first-time takers)


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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  The Top 8 Rules of Networking

  Top Employers Look for Attributes 2011

  Top Employers Look for Skills 2011

  US National Average Salaries for Mechanical Engineers in October 2011

  Starting Salary Offers to BS Degree Holders in 2008

  The 10 Commandments of Salary Negotiations




Dr. Sabri Tosunoglu - Department of Mechanical Engineering - FIU Miami