Lecture

ME 492 is a project-based class. Full meetings of the class are on Mondays and those full meetings correspond to the lectures listed on this page. Wednesday 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 - Effective Meetings
  3. Week 3 - Market Requirement Review & Project Planning
  4. Week 4 - Conceptual Design
  5. Week 5 - Conceptual Design
  6. Week 6 - Guest Lecture by William Nesbit, Writing for clarity
  7. Week 7 - Guest Lecture, "Thoughts and Tips on Teamwork"
  8. Week 8 - Progress Presentations
  9. Week 9 - Progress Presentations
  10. Week 10 - Progress Presentations

Week 10 - Progress Presentations

Announcements

Due date for the Conceptual Design Progress Report is pushed back to 9:00 PM on Wednesday, March 21.

Progress Presentations for 12 March 2018

  1. Intel, Passive cooling of a smart home device
  2. Intel, Mechanical support structure for flexible screens
  3. PSU DRC, Adjustable desk
  4. Hyster, Dynamic inclinometer
  5. Hunt, Robot treadmill
  6. Windward, Biomass energy control system

Week 9 - Progress Presentations

Announcements

Consider being a Commencement Speaker: More info at https://www.pdx.edu/commencement/2018-student-speaker-application-selection-process

Progress Presentations for 5 March 2018

  1. 3D Systems, Tooling for rapid prototyping
  2. Red Band Traps, Manufacturing device for spider mite traps
  3. Streimer, Fixture for attaching flanges to round ducts
  4. Etesami, Device for material testing of 3D printed parts
  5. Daimler, Test track monitoring device
  6. Intel, Electroactive air mover

Week 8 - Progress Presentations

Announcements

Please

Progress Presentations for 26 February 2018

  1. Daimler, Fairing test rig
  2. Hyster, Electric side shift for forklift load
  3. VMS, Aero package for open wheel race car
  4. Rogers, Testing device for flexible hydrofoils
  5. PSAS, CubeSat antenna deployment system

Week 7 - Guest Lecture, "Thoughts and Tips on Teamwork"

Announcements

Guest Lecture

Our guest lecturer, Jill Murfin, had to cancel because of icy roads. Jill will present to the class during ME 493 next term.

Jill is a Technical Program Manager at Nike. Prior to that she held a series increasing technical roles at Intel, culminating in Engineering Manager. Jill will make a presentation about the importance of teamwork and managing your career after graduating

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Week 6 - Guest Lecture by William Nesbit, Writing for clarity

Announcements

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Week 5 - Conceptual Design

Reading

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Week 4 - Conceptual Design

Reading

Next Assignment

Due on 23 February 2018 28 February 2018: Summarize concept generation and evaluation, with a focus on analysis of design alternatives. This is the Concept Analysis Assignment.

For this assignment, techniques described in ME 491 Lecture 4 and in this lecture (#4) should be applied to your design.

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Week 3 - Market Requirement Review & Project Planning

Learning Objectives

At the end of this week, students should be able to

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Week 2 - Effective Meetings

PSU is closed on Monday, 15 January 2018, for the Martin Luther King holiday. Since we won't have a regular class meeting, students teams are encouraged to read the meeting toolbox notes. Teams will have their weekly meeting with their faculty coach.

The team should be focusing their effort on the team contract and project contract. The project contract requires working with the sponsor to define the customer requirements, which were discussed in lecture 1.

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Week 1 - Introduction

In ME 492 you will work in teams that were assigned at the end of ME 491. Your primary activity in ME 492 and ME 493 is to complete a major engineering design project.

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