MEGR 3255 Senior Design I MEGR 3355 Motorsport Clinic II

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MEGR 3255 Senior Design IMEGR 3355 Motorsport
Clinic II

• Instructor J.Raja
• Industrial projects class F. Skinner
• Office ERB 108
• jraja_at_uncc.edu
• fskinner_at_uncc.edu

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Senior Design General

• Instructor J.Raja/F. Skinner,
• Engineering Research Building, room 383
• Email jraja_at_uncc.edu
• Office hours 900-1000 F. Other hours by
  appointment.

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Senior Design General

• Web Site http//www.mees.uncc.edu/SeniorDesign/in
  dex.html
• Assignments, schedules, news, etc. are posted on
  the site. Check regularly for updates.
• Textbook None. A recommended list of resource
  materials is provided on the web site.
• Tone Informal. Questions and discussion are
  strongly encouraged.

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Design Project Requirements -1-

• Individual or team projects are acceptable
• Interdisciplinary teams (w/ECE, ET, Business,)
  are encouraged
• Multidisciplinary projects will receive plus one
  grade in recognition of their importance and
  difficulty.
• Multi/Interdisciplinary consultants/team members
  required (new)
• A Faculty advisor is required, but the advisor
  can come from any department.

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Design Project Requirements -2-

• A signed agreement between the project
  participant(s) and the faculty advisor(s) is
  required.
• A project may result in hardware, software,
  detailed design and analysis package, measurement
  results and/or a combination of the above.
• A project should be specific and well-defined.

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Design Project Requirements -3-

• The project should provide an opportunity to use
  and display knowledge of much of the material
  that you have learned in the previous three (or
  more) years. i.e. it should be and engineering
  project as opposed to a shop project.
• Motorsport projects, broadly defined, are
  required for those in the motorsports program.

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Class Times -1-

• Only three meetings are currently scheduled,
• todays introduction,
• one breakfast meeting with faculty 9/8/06 9AM
  in the first floor lobby,
• One breakfast meeting with industry sponsors
  9/15/06 -9AM at Woodward 106
• End of semester presentations have also been
  scheduled (see web site).
• Other lectures will be scheduled as the semester
  progresses. You will be e-mailed at least a week
  in advance regarding them and they will be posted
  on the web site.

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Class Times -2-

• The scheduled class times are to provide you with
  at least some common time and a place to meet.
  Use this time wisely.
• For team projects you will also need to meet far
  more regularly. Start meeting immediately.
• Rapid progress is essential. You must select a
  design project soon.

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Projects

• Faculty sponsored projects
• http//www.mees.uncc.edu/SeniorDesign/proj_2005-06
  _SD1.htm
• Industry sponsored projects
• http//www.srdesign.uncc.edu/projects.html

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Support for Projects

• Faculty and staff
• Library
• Machine shop, motorsports labs
• WWW
• Spare parts, materials, instrumentation
• Community support (donors)
• Corporate
• Dept. Funding available for selected projects

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Grading

• Little or no conventional homework
• Grade based on design methodology as evidenced
  by
• Written reports
• Presentations
• Status reports
• End results
• Punctuality
• Will look for evidence of initiative, discipline,
  judgment, decisiveness, perseverance, and
  engineering knowledge, skills and abilities.

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Sources for Ideas

• Faculty suggestions
• Previous lists
• New and interesting research directions
• Industrial suggestions
• Employer
• Friends working at companies
• Observations of work situations
• Personal or group
• Sport or hobby interest
• Curiosity
• Brainstorming
• Mother, father, family

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Major Student Responsibilities

• Monitor e-mail and web site for status, schedule,
  assignments, etc.
• Type/computer generate all written materials
  unless otherwise directed. Class standards
  should meet normal engineering practice (after
  graduation).
• Provide concise monthly status reports to me and
  to the advisor.
• Secure a faculty advisor and obtain a written
  agreement.
• Generate a good project and meet all reporting
  requirements as described on the website.

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Why you are taking this course

• You cant graduate without it
• It looks good on your resume
• Helps provide skills you will need to get
  promoted when you are hired
• Will reduce early job frustration
• It might just be fun
• It will give you a major opportunity to use the
  skills you have worked hard to obtain over the
  past few years

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This course provides

• A bridge between pure study and workplace
  engineering.
• A benign environment to learn from mistakes
• Instruction and practice in
• Project management
• Technical reporting
• Teamwork skills
• Presentations
• Exposure to and practice in a design cycle.

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Example Projects

• Stirling Engine design (or other design not using
  the Otto or Diesel cycles).
• Analytic model for emergency cooling of a nuclear
  power plant.
• Electric ice scraper
• Dockside lift for a jet ski
• Noise reduction for a compressor
• Automatic coiling of fire hoses
• And many, many more .

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Industry Sponsored Projects

• Bosch Rexrorth Frank Skinner Plant Layout
  Project
• Bosch Rexrorth Garry Hodkins Ballscrew Testing
• Digital Metrology MECHATRONICS Brake Geometry
  Analyzer/Sensor
• General Dynamics FLUIDS Linear Pump
• Hargraves Garry Hodkins Pump Test Machine
• Irwin Tools KINEMATICS Clamp Design Improvement
• Irwin Tools Garry Hodkins Clamp Test Machine
• Irwin Tools KINEMATICS Vise-Grip Design
  Improvement
• Stabilus Frank Skinner Plastic Gas Spring
• Upkeeper FLUIDS/DESIGN Upkeeper Design
  Improvement
• Vektek Frank Skinner Cylinder Mechanism

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Industry Sponsored Projects

• Areva 1 student needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering
• Bosch Rexroth 8 students needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering
• EPRI 1 student needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering
• Human Powd. Vehicle 4 students needed Interfaces
  with Electrical Engineering
• General Dynamics 1 student needed Interfaces
  with Electrical Engineering
• Hargraves 2 students needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering
• Insitutec 1 student needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering
• Irwin Tools 9 students needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering
• Vektek 4 students needed Interfaces with
  Electrical Engineering

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Class Times Again

• Only three meetings are currently scheduled,
  todays introduction, and two breakfast meetings
• End of semester presentations have also been
  scheduled (see web site).
• Other lectures will be scheduled as the semester
  progresses. You will be e-mailed as least a week
  in advance regarding them and they will be posted
  on the web site.

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Questions?