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ME4973 Intro

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Outline

New team meeting times

Syllabus [on web]

DeliverablesCDR, CAD, paragraph, graphic, design reportDemo day

ME4972 Feedback

Shop needs / allocation

Design report issues

Oral 2 comments

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Syllabus - Speakers

Energy Market: Chris D’Angelo, 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&W

Liability & Warrantee: Richard Bird, UConn

Group meetings

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Syllabus - Deliverables

CDR

CAD=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. 4CDR Feb. 11Team Photos Feb. 25Engineers week posters Feb. 22 ????Oral 3 Mar. 4 - Mar. 11Brochure input Mar. 13ASME speakers Mar. 13ASME Old Guard –U. Hart. Mar. 29ASME 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. 8Oral 4 Apr. 17-22Design report 2 Apr. 26Demo day May 3Final 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 deliverables1 color copy2 black and white copies1 edited copy

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Design Report 1 Issues

Abstract… what WAS doneTOC… number sections here and in text, no TOCNomenclature: all symbols first used defined in text, alphabetical orderFigures / Tables – all have titles, cited in text, discussedFigure titles on bottomTable titles on top… tables are not figures

End of report requires summary, no conclusion nowReferences: personal communication, hardware sources, …

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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

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If continuation project…Reference previous effortWhy did previous effort not work, explain and show

dataShow how your ideas will work, not just personal

confidence

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Oral 2 Comments

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Presentation Skills - 1

Don’t 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

Don’t chew gum!, Do not look at phone

Don’t 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 smallGantt chart writing is too small, too detailedDark writings on dark backgroundCharts too busyDo not number figures in oral presentationDo not use small black font on dark pictureTo small of a font for schedule / GanttSignificant figures issueChange numbers to percent error

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Presentation Organization

Need title on title chart

Need outline

Need some sponsor background, not just on 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 planning on usingExplain use of software [Fluent], why used? Validation?Mesh sensitivity study is always neededExplain terms [roping], is it a technical term used or yours?No analysis, simple control volume type is needed 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 is worth a thousand words

Try to include all your graphics in the presentation & avoid jumping around

Any analysis done to select hardware

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Finally

For renewed projects need 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