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Outline

New team meeting times

Syllabus [on web]

Deliverables

CDR, CAD, paragraph, graphic, design report

Demo day

ME4972 Feedback

Shop needs / allocationDesign report issues

Oral 2 comments

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Syllabus - Speakers

Energy Market: Chris DAngelo, Zachry

Ethics: Barber

Fatigue: T. Meyer

Testing Tolerance Coef. of Variance, William Hally, Loctite

Tolerance in Testing: G. Quinn Hamilton

Lean Manufacturing: B. Montanari Habco

Patent law: Rafael Rosado P&WLiability & Warrantee: Richard Bird, UConn

Group meetings

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Syllabus - Deliverables

CDRCAD=word format, name, team, object displayed,

software used

Team photo=Igor or Barber by appointment

Paragraph and graphics by break

Orals 3, 4 ==== old guard

Demo day

No Friday classes

Setup Thurs. PM / Fri. AM

Judging starts at 10:30AM, public 1:00-4:00

Special team needs: water, power, space, weight,.

Format, posters, etc.

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Syllabus - Deliverables

CAD Feb. 4

CDR Feb. 11

Team Photos Feb. 25

Engineers week posters Feb. 22 ????

Oral 3 Mar. 4 - Mar. 11

Brochure input Mar. 13

ASME speakers Mar. 13

ASME Old Guard U. Hart . Mar. 29

ASME SPDC - W.P.I. Apr. 20

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Syllabus - Deliverables

Team 3 ASML: Prof. Baki Cetegen, Donald

Karg, John Turner and Bryan Lightbody

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Team 12 Habco

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Syllabus - Deliverables

Design report 1 Apr. 8

Oral 4 Apr. 17-22

Design report 2 Apr. 26

Demo day May 3

Final design report May 8 [Wed.] Edited copy, 2 BxW copies, 1 color copy

Sponsor on-site visit T.B.D.

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Design Report 1

Missing deliverables

1 color copy

2 black and white copies

1 edited copy

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Design Report 1 Issues

Abstract what WAS done

TOC number sections here and in text, no TOC

Nomenclature: all symbols first used defined in text,alphabetical order

Figures / Tablesall have titles, cited in text, discussed

Figure titles on bottom

Table titles on top tables are not figures

End of report requires summary, no conclusion now

References: personal communication, hardwaresources,

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Design Report 1 Issues

No titles on cover page

Missing faculty /sponsor advisor names

Missing photos, graphics discussion

Reference citation

Figures cited and discussed, tables also

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Design Report 1 Issues

Intro should include company background and

array of products, including those not part of

your project

.If continuation project

Reference previous effort

Why did previous effort not work, explain and show

data

Show how your ideas will work, not just personal

confidence

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Oral 2 Comments

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Presentation Skills - 1

Dont use too many ums [verbal pauses] when

talking

Talk to the audience

Do read from notes

Hands out of pockets, speak out

Use pointer

Too much back and forth

Need to discuss axes on plots

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Presentation Skills - 2

Dont chew gum!, Do not look at phone

Dont prolong answering question , just get to the

main point & be brief

Dress professionally

Ran over time; no time for questions

Bad flipping back to earlier charts, insert extra

copy where needed.

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Presentation Charts

Slide font a little too small

Gantt chart writing is too small, too detailed

Dark writings on dark background

Charts too busyDo not number figures in oral presentation

Do not use small black font on dark picture

To small of a font for schedule / Gantt

Significant figures issue

Change numbers to percent error

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Presentation Organization

Need title on title chart

Need outline

Need some sponsor background, not juston your product / problem

Need summary

Summary not conclusions

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Design - 1

How scaled?Why choice of design?

Mention what software you are using or planningon using

Explain use of software [Fluent], why used?Validation?

Mesh sensitivity study is always needed

Explain terms [roping], is it a technical term usedor yours?

No analysis, simple control volume type isneeded ASAP

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Design - 2

Sloppy & free hand drawings

Use simple schematic or block diagram for

concepts during orals

Need more figures & schematics a picture isworth a thousand words

Try to include all your graphics in the

presentation & avoid jumping aroundAny analysis done to select hardware

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Finally

For renewed projectsneed details why

last project failed-incomplete, show data,

etc, show photos

For entrepreneurial projects there has to

be economics effort presented

Not all projects will finish on Demo Day