Project 14361: Engineering Applications Lab

Agenda• Team Introduction• Meeting Purpose• Problem Background• Problem Statement and Deliverables• Stakeholders• Use Scenarios• Prioritized List of Needs• Engineering Requirements• Risk Management• Possible Ideas• Draft of Project Plan• Questions?

Team Members

Jennifer Leone: Project Leader, Dirk Thur: Mechanical Engineer

Industrial Engineer

Larry Hoffman: Electrical Engineer Corey Gillsepie: Electrical Engineer

Angel Herrera: Electrical Engineer Thomas Gomes: Electrical Engineer

Saleh Zeidan: Mechanical Engineer Henry Almiron: Mechanical Engineer

Meeting PurposeUpdate customer on current progress of the

project

Looking for feedback from all stakeholders

Want to make sure team and customer are on the same page with needs and requirements

2/12/14

Problem Background• Students in the Mechanical Engineering

department currently take a sequence of experimental courses, one of which is MECE – 301 Engineering Applications Lab.

• GOAL: a common lecture period for all sections, and then a weekly, simpler experiments that students will also run independently.

Problem Statement and Deliverables

• The purpose of this senior design project is to design and produce a number of laboratory modules that will eventually be used in the engineering course MECE – 301 Engineering Applications Lab

• Three to four modules used to provide a set of advanced investigative scenarios that will be simulated by theoretical and/or computational methods.

Stakeholders

RIT Professors & Faculty

MSD Team

RIT EngineeringStudents

Use Scenarios• In the lab students will analyze a module

which inspire an experiment which will include a theoretical, and experimental analysis of the module.

• After completing this experiment, the students should have a firmer grasp on basic engineering principles and processes.

Prioritized List of Needs• Requests 3 modules at minimum; 4 or 5 are preferred

• Modules may be of different technical challenge and complexity

• All modules must emphasize practical engineering experiences.

• Each module should be interesting to the students

• Modules should bridge applications areas, such as electromechanical or electrochemical

• All modules should use commercially-off-the-shelf equipment to enable maintenance and sustainability of module use over many semesters of student enjoyment

• At least one module should have analysis challenges that are at or beyond student learning from core coursework

Prioritized List of Needs Continued• All modules should be able to:

• Fully configured, utilized, and returned by student engineers

• Stand alone; contain everything they need without borrowing from other sources

• Have a high level of flexibility and expansion allowing for many engineering opportunities

• Be robust and safe

Engineering Requirements• To Be Determined when Modules are Chosen• Each Module will have own Engineering Requirements

NEED # AFFINITY GROUP NAME IMPORTANCE CUSTOMER OBJECIVE DESCRIPTION MEASURE OF AFFECTIVENESS

CN1

Key Engineering Principals

9 Modules may be of different technical challenge and complexity.

Student resulting GPA and class evaluations

CN2

9 All modules must emphasize practical engineering experiences.

Student resulting GPA and class evaluations

CN3

9 All modules should bridge application areas, such as electromechanical or electrochemical.

Student resulting GPA and class evaluations

CN4

9 At least one module should have analysis challenges that are at or beyond student learning from core course work.

Student resulting GPA and class evaluations

CN6

Implimentation of Labs

9 Customer request 3 modules at a minimum; 4 or 5 are preferred. n/a

CN7 9 All modules should be interesting to the students. Student evaluationsCN8 9 Support 3-4 students per group Number of tasks required for module

CN9

9All modules should use commercially-off-the-shelf equipment to enable maintenance and sustainability of module use over many semesters of student enjoyment. Student evaluations

CN10

Lab Skills

9 All modules should be stand alone; they should contain everything they need without borrowing from other sources. Test modules in lab setting

CN11

9 Students demonstrating the ability to apply engineering skills and tools (Excel, LabVIEW, MatLab, etc.) to analyze the module and draw conclusions

Perform trial lab with students to test module usage

CN12

9

All modules must be robust and safe.Conduct testing on equipment and modules

CN13

9 All modules should able to be fully configured, utilized, and returned by student engineers.

Conduct testing on equipment and modules

Risk Management ID Risk Item Cause Effect Likelih

oodSeverit

yImportance

Action of Management

Owner

1 Complexity of Modules

To hard/ to simple

Students fail to learn

2 2 4 refer to customer

expertise to ensure proper

complexity

Team P14361

2 Injury to student

Human error Death, severe injury, emotional

trauma or dismemberment

1 3 3 In-depth Risk assessment/an

alysis once modules are

chosen

Project leader

3 Damage to dat property

Misuse of modules

Damage to dat property

1 2 2 In-depth Risk assessment/an

alysis once modules are

chosen

Mechanical Engineer

4 Late parts Failure to check lead

times

Missed deadlines 2 2 4 Establish order deadline

Team P14361

5 Budgeting Over/Under spending

Run out or lose funds

1 1 1 Budget accordingly

(pizza party)

Team P14361

Draft of the Project Plan Engineering Applications

Lab

CONCEPTUAL

Establish Team Ethics

Draft Project Plan

Create Project Summary

Begin Uploading Documentation

on Edge

DESIGN PLANNING

Interview Customer-Professor

Create customer requirements/n

eeds

Define Project

constraints

Research and Benchmark

module Ideas

Share Ideas with Customer

Interview Mechanical Engineering

Students

SYSTEM DESIGN

Research chosen modules

Perform Analysis on

modules

Assess Risk

Design Mechanical

System

Design Electrical System

SYSTEM DESIGN REVIEW

Create Presentation

Ask for Project Approval

DETAILED DESIGN

Create Subsystem

Design

Construct 2D Module

Drawings

Make 3D Models in CAD

Create BOMs for each module

Define a plan of how to test

modules

DEATAILED DESIGN REVIEW

Conduct Internal Peer

and Team Reviews

Reassess Project Needs, Customer

Requirements, Specifications and

Risks

Conduct Detailed Design

Review

Create Presentation

Revise current module drawings and Get Approval

BUY MATERIALS

Research and Price Parts

Order all parts required for

modules

Possible Ideas

2/12/14

• Mass-Spring dampener system (Data Acquisition/Dynamics/Differential Equations)

• Cooling System for Electrical System (Heat Transfer/Circuits) Windmill

• http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-Desktop-Case-Fan/

• Hydraulic Lifting Arm/Complete Trust/ Bridge• (Fluids/Dynamics)• Hand Charged Flashlight• Inverted Pendulum • Plane Engine/Propeller thrust • Vibrating Plate/ Chladni plate

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRFysSAxWxI• Low Tem Sterling Differential Engine

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rD-3FYnz0

Looking Forward to Week 6…Continue Researching, Brainstorming and

conducting interviews with stakeholders for more information

Solidify Customer Needs and Engineering Requirements

Identify Risks Associated with each module

Chosen 5 or 6 modules we hope to work on

Begin drawings and design modules

Questions?

2/12/14