WindowOutdoors | Tuesdays 8:00 - 8:50 Classroom Building Room 204
Senior Engineering Design I Spring 2011 CRBL 204 John Walton Email: walton"at"utep"dot"edu Teaching Assistant: |
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This course is part one of a two-part senior design course. the primary objective of senior engineering design course is to expose the student to a real-world design or analysis experience. Students work in 3-4 person groups on a project directed by a practicing Professional Engineer or by a Civil Engineering Faculty Member. Secondary goals are to improve written and oral presentation skills and to learn more about engineering design.
Textbook: To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (Paperback) by Henry Petroski. The bookstore is getting copies and it is available on Amazon for less than $4 a copy. Note that if you get together with friends the postage (which costs as much as the book) will be reduced.
Each group will turn in a printout of all slides at the beginning of class when presentations are due. Time deadlines are strict; late work will be penalized 10%/day.
Class attendance is required!
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January 18 |
Establish teams and class expectations Go over oral presentation skills: presentation rubric Today: Turn in a sheet defining the groups. Maximum group size is 7 students except by permission. |
January 25 |
Rework groups given adds/drops were significant. Bid for projects (roll dice when needed). Circle through projects, no bid means a pass till next round, multiple bids roll dice for winner. Keep going around until all projects taken. Go over presentation rubric. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgOkOfWBGg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4B19Mdi6Mg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4-LWkLwoNs&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PJTlzY0Aak |
February 1 |
Guest Speaker (attendance required): Dr. Nazarian, Preparing for a future career. Written Report 1: Turn in one page summary of your project along with milestones.
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February 8 |
Oral Report 1: 7 minute group report on one of the monuments (monuments ), presenter chosen at random from each group, allowable time range: 6-8 minutes for presentation (one grade penalty), grammatical errors and typos (1/2 grade penalty each) |
February 15 |
Oral Report 1: 7 minute report on one of the monuments, presenter chosen at random, allowable time range: 6-8 minutes for presentation (one grade penalty), grammatical errors and typos (1/2 grade penalty each) Evaluations (one per group) must be turned in by 5 PM, today.
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February 22 |
Web Page Progress: Each group must make a web page describing the project and providing the Power Point for all oral presentations and copies of all written reports. Web pages will also summarize the project. Class will consist of each group showing their up to date web pages. Assign a chapter from 4 to 14 from To Engineer is Human for Presentation |
March 1 |
Written Report 2: written progress report on your design project. Must include clear outline of design steps to be taken along with a time/ interim milestone schedule. Must be signed by mentor. Must be 500 - 600 words in length. Due by close of business today. Use MS Word to document number of words in abstract and show the results at the end of the abstract. |
March 8 |
Oral Report 2:To Engineer is Human; 9 minute presentation (timed); all group members must speak; Grading: quality of visuals; speak clearly and face audience; no typos; everyone speaks |
March 15 (Spring Break) |
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March 22 |
Oral Report 2:To Engineer is Human; 9 minute presentation (timed); all group members must speak; Grading: quality of visuals; speak clearly and face audience; no typos; everyone speaks
Written Report 3: Each group will provide a 290-310 word abstract summarizing their chapter. Any typographical or spelling errors will result in a one grade reduction. Due at the beginning of class. Use MS Word to document number of words in abstract and show the results at the end of the abstract. |
March 29 |
Test on presentation metrics (group test) |
April 5 |
Present web site to class Web Site Presentation: Each group must provide all written reports on a group web site. Students and groups will be chosen at random to present their web site to class |
April 12 |
Oral Report 3: Progress Report 12 minute presentation; all group members must speak; 1/2 grade penalty for each grammatical error or typo; 1 grade unit penalty for each minute off time goal |
April 19 |
Oral Report 3: Progress Report 12 minute presentation; all group members must speak; 1/2 grade penalty for each grammatical error or typo; 1 grade unit penalty for each minute off time goal |
| April 26 | Oral Report 3: Progress Report 12 minute presentation; all group members must speak; 1/2 grade penalty for each grammatical error or typo; 1 grade unit penalty for each minute off time goal Written Report 4: Written progress report on your design project. Must show meaningful progress against time/interim milestone schedule. The is a ~3 page report showing: schedule, milestones, progress to date versus milestones, plan for work over the summer, any issues encountered, how the issues have or will be resolved. Must be signed by mentor. Due at 5 PM. |
May 3 |
Open Book Test on "To Engineer is Human" |
| May 6 (Dead Day) | Senior Design II Final Presentations It is highly recommended that you watch the Senior Design II final presentations. |
Group Web Pages
Group A Moreno Cardenas - New Street - Extension of Airway Mentors: Mark Medina (mmedina@morenocardenas.com) and Brian Klaes (bklaes@morenocardenas.com) |
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Group B Aspendale Camp, Cloudcroft Jay Hammond is contact, architect is Carl Daniels, CDA J.E. Hammond Aspendale Mountain Retreat Center <aspendale@tularosa.net> Green design for a series of small cabins. Passive solar, rainwater harvesting, gray water recycling, septic system ?, upper exhaust fan, fireplace style wood stove, electric or gas (uncertain) backup. Will make of physical model of the design Hoover Dam |
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Group C Solar Panels and Structural Design Mentor: Robert Moss rmoss@utep.edu
Design of an adjustable tilt parking canopy structure for mounting of 3-phase Photovoltaic modules to be grid tied. I think my ideal outcome would be a scalable system of parts and labor for installing a structure and mounting PV in say for instance 25 kW increments. Example: The Physical Plant has room for roughly 175 kW of PV as covered parking structure to protect the plant assets (trucks). Seven increments of the example 25 kW structure could be installed to meet this project demand. Other parking areas could use more or less of this idealized size depending on space limitations and electricity load in the region of campus where these systems could be planted. Interstate Highways |
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Group D CH2M Hill Pipline, Mentor:
Sanaan Lair
CH2M HILL has been contracted by the El Paso Water Utilities to
design an 84-inch gravity pipeline to convey stormwater from north
of I-10 near Piedras Street to a proposed pump station on the south
side of I-10. We will also design an 84-inch force main
to convey the stormwater from the pump station to the Rio Grande. The
initial design phase consisted of obtaining geotechnical boring
data and a survey of the area. This is nearly complete and
the design phase should start in February. The project will
also involve permit coordination activities with the International
Boundary and Water Commission, USACE, EPIWD#1, UPRR and TCEQ. The
purpose of the project is to correct the problem of the I-10 flooding
that occurred in 2006. |
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Group E Parkhill, Smith, Cooper - Structural Design of Lift Station, Mentor Keith Rutherford, krutherford@team-psc.com, 533-6811 |
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Group F Pipeline, Mentor: Floyd Johnson fjohnson@Huitt-Zollars.com
Huitt-Zollars, Inc. “Mesa Street 24-Inch Water Line Replacement”
Project |
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Engineering Design Process - Engineering is Elementary
Grading:
Individual:
a) attendance and participation (20%)b) test (30%)
Group:
Must hand instructor a printout of all overheads prior to presentation.
Each group must fill out an evaluation of talks by other groups. The average score on a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best) must be 5. The report must include a paragraph of specific strengths and weaknesses of the talk. Due by 5 PM on day of presentation.
a) Evaluations (10%)
b) Oral reports: (10%)
c) Web page: (15%)
d) Written reports: (15%)
Missed Classes
Any missed classes must be approved in advance. Attendance is taken at the beginning of the period.
Links:
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(White Sands Missile Park), White Sands, New Mexico.
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