Lecture

ME 493 is a project-based class. Full meetings of the class are on Tuesdays and those full meetings correspond to the lectures listed on this page. Thursday class times are usually held as separate meetings with the student team and their faculty adviser.

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  1. Week 1 - Introduction
  2. Week 2 - Project web page and personal time management
  3. Week 3 - Photos for project documentation
  4. Week 4 - Professional Issue Vignettes
  5. Week 5 - Guest Lecture by Trevor Scheck
  6. Week 6 - End-of-Term Documentation
  7. Week 7 - Working Day, no lecture
  8. Week 8 - Guest Lecture by Jill Murfin
  9. Week 9 - End-of-year meeting
  10. Week 10 - Final Presentation and Showcase

Week 10 - Final Presentation and Showcase

Poster Review

Posters will be available in EB 450 during our regular class meeting time. Please come by to look at your posters. Otherwise there will be no class meeting this week to allow you to wrap up your project presentations and add polish to your hardware.

Capstone Showcase

The big event for the week is the Capstone Showcase

  1. Poster Session: 2:00 - 4:30 PM – Set up before the Presentations
    • Set up from 10:30 to 11:45 AM
    • Each team gets a poster frame
    • Most teams (unless they've made arrangements for alternatives) will have a table
    • Bring some printed materials (half-sheet or full-sheet summaries) to give to visitors. Have your contact information on the materials
  2. Presentations
    • Upload your presentations to D2L no later than 11:00 AM on June 7.
    • Let GWR know in advance if you are using video or other formats not contained in a single PDF or PPTX file
    • Practice your presentations out loud and time yourself. You must stick to your allotted time

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Week 9 - End-of-year meeting

Announce

  1. ASME Presentation Contest: Cancelled

  2. MCECS is offering career workshops see this page for the schedule

  3. Posters are due on at 11:59 PM on Thursday, May 31. Refer to the assignment page for detailed instructions and templates.

Year-end-meeting

Most of our regular class time will consiste of our annual end-of-year meeting. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

The end-of-year meeting is a chance for Juniors and Seniors to give us feedback on their courses and the general experience in the BSME program. Attendance is not mandatory, but please come.

Week 8 - Guest Lecture by Jill Murfin

Announce

  1. ASME Presentation Contest: Cancelled

  2. MCECS is offering career workshops see this page for the schedule

  3. Posters are due next week. Refer to the assignment page for detailed instructions and templates.

Guest Lecture: Jill Murfin, Nike Corporation

Jill Murfin, PSU BSME Alumna and Engineering Manager at Nike, will gave a presentation titled "Thoughts & Tips for Teamwork". The presentation will cover issues relevant to your current project work as well as your future career in engineering.

Week 7 - Working Day, no lecture

Announce

  1. ASME Presentation Contest: Cancelled

  2. MCECS is offering career workshops see this page for the schedule

No formal class meeting today. Teams are free to work on their projects. I will be holding office hours in the classroom to answer questions about your projects or course logistics.

Week 6 - End-of-Term Documentation

Announce

  1. ASME Presentation Contest:

  2. MCECS is offering career workshops see this page for the schedule

  3. Machine Shop Access rules are still enforced Refer to the web page describing Machine shop access

Learning Objectives for this Class

After completing the activities in this class, students should be able to

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Week 5 - Guest Lecture by Trevor Scheck

Announce

  1. ASME Presentation Contest:

    • Evening of Wednesday, May 30, time and room in the Engineering Building TBA
    • Download the scoring criteria from 2017 – some minor revisions may be made

  2. Sponsor Clearance on Web Page Content

Some sponsors have requested the chance to review content of your web page that will be displayed on the ME 493 web site. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will assume that your content has been cleared

Guest Lecture by Trevor Scheck

Trevor Scheck, Secretary of the Oregon Section of ASME will talk about working full time as a Mechanical Engineer. He will share his personal experiences and highlight the role that the ASME plays in the development of the Mechanical Engineering Profession.

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Week 4 - Professional Issue Vignettes

Announce

  1. First draft of your team's web page content is due tomorrow (Apr 25). Refer to the assignment page for details. Upload your Markdown file and all image files (JPEG and PNG)

    You can use https://markdownlivepreview.com/ to preview your content.

  2. Bradley Helm is traveling, and will not be available for consulting this week.

  3. ASME Presentation Contest:

    • Evening of Wednesday, May 30, time and room in the Engineering Building TBA
    • Download the scoring criteria from 2017 – some minor revisions may be made

  4. Next week, Trevor Scheck, Secretary of the Oregon Section of ASME will talk about working full time as a Mechanical Engineer. He will share his personal experiences and highlight the role that the ASME plays in the development of the Mechanical Engineering Profession.

Learning Objectives for this Class

The entire class period will be devoted to a series of vignettes related to working as an engineer.

Week 3 - Photos for project documentation

Announce

  1. ASME Design Competition: Wednesday, May 30 More details TBA

  2. Beta Project funding for Spring: would you help a freshman, sophomore or junior?
    • How to apply (web page)
    • Information session, Wednesday, 4/18, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, EB 502H
    • Proposals due on Friday, 4/27, at noon, via email to Don Mueller muellerd@pdx.edu

  3. President Shoureshi speaks at ASME-sponsored event

    When: 6:30 - 8:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Where: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 327. What: Presentation Title: The Future of Wearable Technology

    Please use the Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/oz5nuh9M6PVc8Lk02

    More details: https://www.pdx.edu/events/presentation-dr-rahmat-shoureshi-asme-fellow-and-president-psu-future-wearable-technology

  4. Consulting with Brad Helm

    Bradley Helm bhelm@pdx.edu will be available for consulting on Thursdays, from noon to 1:00 PM in EB 420.

Learning Objectives for this Class

After completing the activities in this class, students should be able to

You can download the slides for the presentation on using photos for engineering documentation. Warning, it's a 50 MByte file.

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Week 2 - Project web page and personal time management

Announce

  1. ASME Design Competition: Probably on a Wednesday evening. Which week?
    • Week of Monday, May 14
    • Week of Monday, May 21
    • Week of Monday, May 28
  2. Beta Project funding for Spring: would you help a freshman, sophomore or junior?
    • How to apply (web page)
    • Information session, Tuesday, 4/17, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, EB 84
    • Information session, Wednesday, 4/18, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, EB 84
    • Proposals due on Friday, 4/27, at noon, via email to Don Mueller muellerd@pdx.edu

  3. President Shoureshi speaks at ASME-sponsored event

    When: 6:30 - 8:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Where: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 327. What: Presentation Title: The Future of Wearable Technology

    Please use the Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/oz5nuh9M6PVc8Lk02

    More details: https://www.pdx.edu/events/presentation-dr-rahmat-shoureshi-asme-fellow-and-president-psu-future-wearable-technology

Reading

For information on design process relevant to the current stage of your project, refer to Mattson and Sorenson for advice on subsystem design, Section 6.1-6.2.

Other references to personal time management are embedded as links to the notes on the web page you are reading.

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Week 1 - Introduction

Reading:

Section 6.1-6.2 in textbook by Mattson and Sorensen

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What are we going to do in this course?

In ME 493 you will work in teams to complete a major engineering design project. Using the terminology of the textbook, teams should be fully engaged in the Subsystem Engineering and Product Refinement phases described in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7.

As the term "subsystem" suggests, the team works to evolve the engineering design of components that, when assembled into a whole system, perform functions to meet the client needs. Testing of subsystems should be used to confirm that the subsystems meet performance requirements. Assembly of subsystems into a full prototype allows testing and verification that the system meets the customer requirements.

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