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.

On first day of presentations each group must turn in a copy of all slides (can print out 2/page) at start of class. Time deadlines are strict. Late work will be penalized 10%/day.

Date

Schedule

January 20

Introduce instructor to design teams and projects. Go over syllabus and expectations. Discuss rubrics and text.

Assignment: Turn in groups and one paragraph summary of project. (550-650 words)

January 27

Professor Austin Marshall

February 3

Guest Speaker (attendance required): Michael Ramirez, P.E.
Parkhill, Smith & Cooper; Engineering Practice

Project summaries and task schedule due (550 - 650 words) at start of class

February 10

Presentation 1: Engineering Ethics Examples: Each group will make a 12 minute presentation covering at least two engineering ethics examples. Pick examples from any two years. Except by permission each group must pick in the order of Group A - Case 1's; Group B - Case 2's, etc. Note that in some listings the first number is the year, the number after the dash is what we refer to here. Everyone in group must speak.

February 17

Turn in your evaluations by 5 PM today to Jose Martinez jamartinez9@miners.utep.edu

February 24

Group quiz on oral presentation rubric and PowerPoint rubric.

Each group is required to make a web page describing their project. The web page should explain the project and introduce the team members. The site does not have to be elaborate or long. UTEP and many private companies supply free web space. During the class we will have project web page walk through's. A random person in each group will be selected to quickly demonstrate the page.

March 3

Preliminary Project Presentations (10 minutes). Group order chosen at random. Each presentation will be discussed afterwards.

March 10

Preliminary Project Presentations (10 minutes). Group order chosen at random. Each presentation will be discussed afterwards.

March 17 (Spring Break)

March 24

An individual from each group makes a 7 minute presentation on ethics from Group A , Group B , Group C , Group D , Group E , Group F . Group order and student to present chosen at random. The group will then lead a class discussion of the issue presented.

March 31

Cesar Chavez Day - No Classes

April 7

April 14

Open Book Test on "To Engineer is Human"

April 21 Groups D, C B

Practice Final Presentations (dress rehearsal), 10 minute presentations plus questions See below for order of presentation: Groups B, C, D

April 28 Groups A, E, F

Practice Final Presentations: Groups A, E, F

May 5

Final reports due May 4 as a portion of your web site and emailed to Walton. Final reports must be in MS Word format with a word count of 1800 - 2500 words. Figures are not included in the word count. No typographical or spelling errors are allowed. All appropriate drawings, figures, and tables must be included in the report.

A 200 word summary of your project must be included on the home page of your web site.

We will meet in class to go over Friday's final presentations and how things will be organized.

May 7, Business Room 323, 1 PM

Refreshments, preparation, and waiting during judging are in Room 319

Final Presentations (need to schedule this), 10 minute presentations plus questions. After the presentations the judges will score the projects, supply feedback to each group, then announce the winner.

We will do a random draw for presentation order at the start. Presentations should be put into the computer at the beginning. Each talk will be 10 minutes plus 3 minutes of questions. (1.5 hours total). You will be cut off if you talk more than 11 minutes.
You should bring a hard copy of your final report to the presentation and hand it to the judges. The report must also be posted prominently on your web site by Wednesday morning (May 6). Make sure that the links from Walton’s web site to yours are correct.
After the presentations the judges will discuss and rank the projects. Each group will be brought in individually for feedback from the judges. At the end everyone will come back and the winner and runner up will be announced.

Group Web Pages

Project

Students

Group A: Bus Rapid Transit System

Claudia Rodriguez	Alejandra Gallegos
David Ledesma	Jackie Villegas

Group B: Dona Ana Community College Extension

Eric Navarro	Miguel Torres
Luis Elias
Jose Nunez	Angel Morales

Group C: Swimming and Fitness Center

Laura Styles	Martin Cairanza
Abraham Reza	Jose Heras
Carlos Fuentes

Group D: UTEP Eastside Complex

Alejandra Maynez	Alejandra Marco-Chavez
Carlos Chavez	Marisol Sierra
Sergio Mendez

Group E: Zaragoza I-10 Frontage Roads

Ruth Garcia	Oscar Arzaga
Alfredo Rivera	Fernando Sanchez
Adalberto Ordonez

Group F: Sustainable Upgrades of Homes

Michael Steward	Adam Duran
Saul Magellanes	Tim Engle

Grading

Individual

a) test on To Engineer is Human (10%)
b) attendance (10%)

Group

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.

Hard copy of slides must be turned in at time of presentation.

a) web page (10%)
b) first oral presentation on ethics (10%)
c) second oral presentation on ethics (10%)
d) quiz on rubrics (5%)
e) preliminary project presentations (10%)
f) final report (10%)
g) Judge Panel Score (25%)

Group Award

The final award presented at the senior banquet will be based upon the average of the class grades for the group and the votes of the judges.

Missed Classes

Anyone who is absent from class when an oral or written report is due will be given a grade of 0% for that assignment. Group will be docked 1/2 letter grade if any member is absent during their presentation.