WindowOutdoors | Wednesdays 11:30 - 12:20 Classroom Building Room 304
CE 4188-001 22720 Senior Engineering Design I Spring 2010 CRBL 304 John Walton Email: walton"at"utep"dot"edu Teaching Assistant: Jose Martinez jamartinez9@miners.utep.edu |
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.
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January 20 |
Establish teams and class expectations Go over oral presentation skills: presentation rubric, multimedia presentation rubric Today: Turn in a sheet defining the groups. Group size is 6 students except by permission. |
January 27 |
Professor Austin Marshall Have you registred to take the EIT yet? If you pass you won't have to mess with Dr. Tarquin's SPO! It also looks good on your resume. Assignment: Each group must find a mentor working in industry and work with that mentor to find a suitable design project. This must be finished by February 17 and this is a hard deadline. Since something almost always goes wrong, consider NOT waiting until the last minute. That way you will have time to recover.
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February 3 |
Guest Speaker (attendance required): Michael Ramirez, P.E.
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February 10 |
Oral Report 1: 7 minute group report on one of the monuments ( http://content.asce.org/history/index.html ), 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)
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February 17 |
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) Turn in your evaluations by 5 PM today to Jose Martinez jamartinez9@miners.utep.edu Written Report 1: Each group turns in a 1-2 page summary of meetings with potential mentors and describes the project chosen. |
February 24 |
Note: next year only use one class period for web pages. Web Page Progress: Each group must make a web page describing the project and providing the PowerPoint 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 3 |
No class 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 10 |
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 17 (Spring Break) |
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March 24 |
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 31 |
Cesar Chavez Day - No Classes |
April 7 |
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 14 |
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 21 |
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 28 | 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 3: 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 5 |
Open Book Test on "To Engineer is Human" |
| May 7 | Senior Design II Final Presentations, (need to schedule this) It is highly recommended that you watch the Senior Design II final presentaions. |
Group Web Pages
Group A (1) www.groupaseniordesign2010.tk
Subdivision Design, Mentor: Bradley Roe |
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Group B (2) http://sites.google.com/site/warhighwaypumpstation (note: link is bad) Booster Pumping Station, Mentor: |
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Group C (3) www.maseposeniordesignproject.webs.com Construction Management, Mentor: Rodolfo Urias |
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Group D (4) www.civildesigngroup4.webs.com
Detention Basin, Mentor: Jose Reyes |
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Group E (5) www.seniordesigngroupe.webs.com
Crumb Rubber Aggregate, Mentor: Martin Alderete |
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Group F (6) www.utepseniorcompost.webs.com
Bioremediation of Fuel Contaminated Soil, Mentor: David Dodge |
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Engineering Design Process - Engineering is Elementary
Grading:
Individual:
a) attendance (10%)b) test (10%)
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 will include a table showing the individual votes of each team member and the overall ranking. The average score given by each team member must be 5. Due by 5 PM on day of presentation.
a) Oral report 1: (10%)
b) Oral report 2: (10%)
c) Oral report 3: (15%)
d) Written report 1: (10%)
e) Written report 2: (10%)
f) Written report 3: (10%)
g) Web pages: (15%)
Missed Classes
If you are called to present when absent both you and your group will be penalized.
Rory Walton being abducted by a flying saucer
(White Sands Missile Park), White Sands, New Mexico.
The truth is out there . . . . . where?