ME2110: Creative Decisions and Design Final Report and Presentation Review Session

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ME2110 Creative Decisions and DesignFinal
Report and Presentation Review Session

• The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical
  Engineering
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Atlanta, GA 30332

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Agenda

• The Next Two Weeks
• Final Report Overview
• Final Presentation Overview
• Judging Overview

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This Week

• Final Competition is Friday!!!
• Show up at 445pm in MaRC atrium
• Judging begins at 5pm
• Competition begins at 615pm
• Hopefully, done by 915pm
• Invite your friends and family!!

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Next Week

• Final Report and Presentation due in studio
• Peer Evaluation Forms

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Final Report Requirements

• Maximum of 10 pages of text
• Include Table of Contents
• Include Bill of Materials
• Follow style guidelines and formatting

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Final Report Outline

• Cover Page
• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Design Overview
• Design Presentation
• Methods and Results
• Closing
• Figures and Tables

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Abstract

• Summary of what is presented in the report
• Include relevant numerical results
• Final Competition results
• Judging Results
• Include takeaway point

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Introduction

• Problem Definition
• What is the objective of this project?
• What are the most important rules?
• Engineering Challenges
• NOT the same as the rules or constraints
• NOT the same as the tasks
• End with roadmap sentence/sentences

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Design Overview

• Begin with the complete machine
• What points are you going to score?
• What are your subsystems?
• What is the general operation?
• Full system figures
• Give main dimensions of the machine
• Indicate what is the front of the machine
• Show subsystems

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Design Presentation

• Divide discussions by subsystem
• Subsystem description
• Give more detail of each subsystem
• Use zoomed figures of each subsystem

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Discussing Designs

• Cite the Figure
• List the design components
• Check for consistency of names
• Use descriptive functional names

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Methods and Results

• Need to include and discuss
• Specification sheet
• Function Tree
• Morph Chart
• House of Quality
• Management and Planning Tools
• Two alternative concepts
• Concept Evaluation (using evaluation matrices)

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Discussing Design Tools

1. Cite the tool.
2. State how the tool has been used to address the
   assigned task.
3. Concisely describe the tool (one sentence
   maximum).
4. Present details by calling out and speaking to
   three cells / entries.
5. State how the information in the tool will be
   used in the next steps of this design process.

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Methods and Results (cont.)

• Present two alternative designs
• Complete Designs. Not just the subsystems.
• Less detail than chosen design
• Each description should stand on its own
• Concept Evaluation
• Use evaluation matrices (1st-3rd level presented
  in class)
• Do not use the numbers as sole reason for choice

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Results

• Present Numerical Results
• Judging
• Competition
• Analysis of Results
• Discuss in terms of the design process
• What assumptions were correct? incorrect?
• What items were weighted too heavily? too
  lightly?
• What would you change and/or improve on your
  design?

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Conclusion

• Outlines what was just presented in the report
• Include relevant numerical results
• Final Competition
• Judging
• What is the takeaway point?

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Final Presentation Requirements

• Less the 10 minutes
• One speaker
• Content is similar to final report
• Follow guidelines in Lectures from Dr. Donnell

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Suggested Outline

• Title Slide
• Agenda
• Problem Definition
• Chosen Design (complete system)
• Chosen Design subsystems
• 2-3 main design tools (the most important to YOUR
  design process)
• Two Alternative concepts
• Highest order evaluation matrix you used
• Results and Analysis

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Judging

1. State how many points you expect to obtain per
   round
2. State what your machine is going to do, and what
   objectives it will complete
3. Show which subsystems obtain which points
4. Demonstrate a subsystem
5. Be ready to explain A) Whats clever, B) Whats
   unreliable, C) Why you stuck with this design, D)
   How much did it cost

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Reminders

• Clean, Sweep and Vacuum the lab thoroughly this
  week.
• Find any missing parts of your kit
• Have fun on Friday!
• Any questions?