IED Class 5, Mon 2018-09-17

2   Miniproject competition

  1. Here are today's files .
  2. Ignore Activity 7-1, which duplicates 8-1, which we'll do on Thurs.

IED Class 3, Mon 2018-09-10

  1. Here is today's file .
  2. Activity 5-1: MBTI activities and information (2 hours)

Miniproject deliverables

  1. competition, next Mon Sep 17
  2. presentation, next Thurs Sep 20.
  3. memo, which will include all the exercises to date, e.g., Gantt chart, Mon Sep 24, 1159pm.

Gantt chart and other ideas

To bulk out your chart:

  1. Include presentation and memo components
  2. Some specifics are good, e.g., investigate 3 types of sensors and choose one.
  3. Read the book and think about real life to get more user requirements etc.
  4. Be detailed about specs.

It's important to get the details right - 3

Stupid little details can kill people (luckily not in these stories...).

  1. Great miscalculations: The French railway error and 10 others.
  2. Gimli glider details and many other sites.
  3. Great miscalculations: the importance of validating project management assumptions.

IED Class 4, Thu 2018-09-13

  1. Here are today's files .
  2. Activity 6-1: Design creativity exercises: sketching, brainstorming, mind mapping, morphological chart, concept screening decision matrix.
  3. Boat creative exercise: get a boat from a low elevation to a hi one.
    1. catapult
    2. Erie canal lock
    3. Falkirk wheel
    4. lift lock
    5. marine railway
    6. helicopter
    7. hot air balloon
    8. crane
    9. disassemble
    10. teleport
    11. trailer
    12. amphicar
  4. criteria
    1. cost
    2. safety
    3. max size
    4. time to move
    5. maintenance
    6. water used
    7. how often you need it
  5. Activity 6-2: Technical Writing

IED Class 2, Thurs 2018-09-06

Here are today's files : LMS files, and the needed page from the text.

Schedule:

  1. Activity 3.1 for the first half of class -
    1. Q + A that works on Coffee and different types of cups for my needs as a consumer.
    2. Evaluate different types of containers (from a zip lock bag all the way to an insulated thermos) and decide which one best meets the requirements that were identified.
    3. Work time on mini projects.
  2. Second half of class: work on Public speaking and do a practice run.

It's important to get the details right, part 2

Stupid little details can kill people (luckily not in these stories...).

Great miscalculations: The French railway error and 10 others.

IED Class 1, Thurs 2018-08-30

Summary

This is a blog for ENGR-2050-07 Intro to Engineering Design, Fall 2018, RPI.

Its purpose is to summarize info better than LMS.

Its URL is https://wrf.ecse.rpi.edu/Teaching/ied-f2018/ .

Syllabus.

Instructors

    1. Randolph Franklin (WRF), frankwr@rpi.edu, x6077.
  2. Casey T. Jakubowski (CTJ), jakubc@rpi.edu

Today

Here are LMS files useful for today.

Textbook web site .

  1. Attendance: CTJ
  2. Student information cards: CTJ
  3. Intros: CTJ + WRF- 2 minutes
  4. We will then ask students to briefly introduce themselves to a person next to them.
  5. Syllabus- WRF- 15 minutes
  6. Helium Stick- CTJ 20 minutes
  7. The Design Process- WRF-10 minutes
    1. Big projects have to be done in teams. You cannot do it all yourself.
    2. News story: Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter. The point is that, on large projects, little details can cause disaster. That is the point of this course: to teach you procedures for managing large projects.
    3. My interest, as an RPI professor, is purely selfish. If you learn this, you have a better chance of getting rich. Then you'll be better able to buy RPI new performing arts centers or whatever.
    4. Engineering Disasters and Learning from Failure might be interesting.
    5. Different people have different ways to design; here's one that worked: Wright Brothers Engineering Method (4:45).
    6. Page 9 from the text shows how we do it in this course.
  8. Mini project teams- CTJ- 20 minutes (10 minutes in teams)
  9. Gantt Charts- WRF 20 minutes (10 minutes to work on charts)
    1. Keeps track of subprojects - are they on schedule?
    2. How to Use Gantt Charts .
    3. Do a Gantt chart for miniproject.
  10. Conducting User Needs analysis- 20 minutes- WRF (10 minutes for students to start)
    1. Understanding Customer Needs .
  11. Reminding students about the quizzes- CTJ