Office: Room 433
The text that has been used for the last few years is, "Product Design and Development, Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger, McGraw - Hill Inc. We are using the 4th edition this year. The text is also used for the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Program and has a lot of valuable resource material for project management. It can be purchased in the bookstore in the ME 475 section and paperback versions are available on the internet at Amazon.com. The text is not mandatory, but if you plan on being involved in project management in your career, it is an excellent resource. (By the way, this course is available from MIT for engineering managers in a 5 day format for $7950. You get it for free with your BYU Tuition!!”
For Winter 2009, all sections of EE 490
will meet together on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. in
room 256
ECEn 490 integrates a challenging senior design project with a simulation of an industrial workplace environment.
The students will learn a structured design methodology similar to what most engineers use in the actual workplace.
The students will work in teams, and each team will be responsible for defining, scheduling, completing, and documenting their project.
Each project is expected to develop a website to communicate the progress of their project. This website should contain the latest versions of the project control documents, minutes of project meetings, and progress reports.
Grades will be based on the results of; 1. The team performance, 2. The actual execution of the project, 3. The quality of the project documentation, and 4. Written and oral presentations. There will be four written documents associated with the class plus three oral presentations. These are to be done as a team, and the team will be graded as a group.
· Complete a significant design project and learn new technical skills.
· Learn to use a structured design process to take your design from concept to final prototype.
· Learn to function as part of an engineering team.
· Learn and practice written and oral communication and presentation skills.
· Work in a design environment with real-world design constraints.
These lectures will be focused on the design processes associated with completing the Senior Project. We will have several types of projects represented in the class. The lectures are intended to parallel the actual technology development that will be taking place during the semester, but may not align exactly with each project.
Most of the homework assignments are the management documents that contain the key information needed to complete the design process.
· The team will produce three control documents and a Final Report; namely,
o A Functional Specification for your project,
o A Concept Generation & Selection Document, (CG&S)
o and Project Plan/Schedule.
· A few brief homework assignments that are to be email to Brother Clifford.
Recent Postings
Class instruction and follow-up notes can be found in the Downloads section of the website. Look there for up-to-date information and instruction.
I have added the letter to the team leaders highlighting their responsibilities.
Electronic
copies of the lectures and course handouts may be obtained on the website. Current information that is available is
highlighted below. Click on the links
below for access.
Winter 2009_Syllabus –All reading assignments are from Ulrich and Eppinger unless noted.
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Tues, Jan 6 |
Chapter 1 |
Determine team membership |
Functional Specification Description |
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Thurs, Jan 8 |
Chapter 3 |
Complete Team Assignment sheets |
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Tues Jan 13 |
Chapter 2 |
*Teamwork Assignment Sheets due via email. * Develop the Body of Facts (BOF) for your project. |
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Thurs. Jan 15 |
Chapter 4 |
Complete the “customer needs” process and table |
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Tues Jan 20 |
Chapter 5 |
*Team Website up * complete the FSD. (due 1/29) |
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Thurs Jan 22 |
Chapter 6 |
10 concept fragments for your project next class |
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Tues Jan 27 |
Chapter 7 |
* FSD due * Complete a scoring matrix for one design concept |
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Thurs Jan 29 |
Class notes |
* complete the CG&S doc |
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Tues Feb 3 |
First Design Reviews |
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Concept Generation and Selection Doc due |
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Thurs Feb 5 |
Design Reviews Continued |
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Tues Feb 10 |
Chapter 16 |
Develop your schedule task list |
Schedule example 1 |
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Thurs Feb 12 |
Open date for team meetings |
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Tues Feb 17 |
Monday instruction day |
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Thurs Feb 19 |
Open date |
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Complete the Project Schedule |
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Tues Feb 24 |
Chapter 12 |
Project Schedule due |
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Thurs Feb 26 |
Class notes |
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Tues Mar 3 |
Chapter 15 |
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Thurs Mar 5 |
Product quality Robust Design |
Chapter 11 & 13 |
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Tues Mar 10 |
Class notes |
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Thurs Mar 12 |
2nd Design Reviews |
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Mar 17-April 14 |
Open for team meetings, technical instruction, consulting, etc. |
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Tues April 14 |
Final Reports and presentations, (last day of class) |
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Sample final reports |
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April 17-20 |
Finals, Presentations, Reports |
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Final Reports due |
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