ME 491 Design Process

 

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Capstone Project Sponsorship

Design Competition pictures and videos

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Pictures

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HW2 – PDS Requirements

 

ME 491 Mini Project Competition Rules

Course Objectives

Syllabus

Course Organization

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DSCN4416.JPGRequirements of Competition-based Capstone Projects

 

Capstone Project Proposals

Proposal Format
Proposal Sample I

Proposal Sample II

 

ME 491 Mini Project Description (2008) : Solar Water Pump (updated 10/9)

Solar Panel Information

 

Example of Past Mini Project Competition : Can Crusher

 

Design Process
Identification of customers and customer needs

Sample PDS format

PDS Class Exercise

Benchmarking Class Exercise  -  Sample Benchmarking in PDS Report

 

Reports and Presentations

·         IMG_0020.JPGPDS Report

·         PDS Presentation

·         Progress Report

·         Progress Presentation

·         Final Report

·         Final Presentation

 

Example: Pascor Reports (June 2005)

 

Sample PDS – IR Camera (2004)

 

Report Writing
Project Planning
Brainstorming
Sample Project

 

Concept Generation

Concept Evaluation

Example of concept evaluation – Conmet

Example of concept evaluation – Clean Hands Wheelchair

 

Sample Project from 2002 – Surgical Robot

Sample Project from 2002 - SawStop

Sample Project from 2002 – Formula Racing Car