ENGR 485 Interdisciplinary Project II (3)
Required course for all engineering majors.
Catalog Description:
Second semester of interdisciplinary group design project. Completion of
detailed and final design phases of engineering problem initiated in ENGR 385;
including building a model, testing, evaluation, and reporting the design
result. To be completed in sequence. Oral and written presentation of progress
and results. . Lecture 1 hour. Project 4 hours.
Prerequisite:
ENGR 385 with grade
of C or better must have been taken in the immediately preceding semester.
Textbook/References:
Engineering Design - A
Project-Based Introduction, Dym, Clive L. and Little, Patrick, John Wiley & Sons, 1999
(recommended).
Pocket Book of Technical
Writing for Engineers and Scientists, Finkelstein,
Jr., Leo., The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., 2000 (recommended).
Course Objectives:
The overall objective of the course is to demonstrate the ability to design a product/system or process to meet a desired need of the customer in a student directed, interdisciplinary, team environment. The students will use a systematic approach to:
1. Transform the preliminary design generated in ENGR 385 to a
detailed and final design including building a model, testing, evaluation and
reporting (4, 5);
2. Break down the project into subassemblies and components (4, 5);
3. Document the decision-making process and
rationale including technical and non-technical factors (5);
4. Document
the design results and communicate the results as written and oral reports to
the customer (5);
5. Participate in an interdisciplinary team
(5);
6. Plan and manage the design project (5, 6);
7. Understand the necessity for and
difficulties of tradeoffs and compromise in the design process (5, 7).
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture 1 hour; Project
laboratory 4 hours
Topics Covered:
Week Topic
1. Introduction/Project Review
2. Project scheduling
3. Team performance
4. Conflict identification/resolution/ team activities
5. Team activities/individual technical presentations
6. Team activities/individual technical presentations
7. Midterm project presentation
8. Team activities/individual technical presentations
9. Team activities/individual technical presentations
10. Team activities/individual technical presentations
11. Team activities
12. Ethics/ team activities
13. Team activities
14. Final project presentation
Contribution to Professional Component:
Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics, consisting of engineering sciences and engineering
design, as a 3 credit hour course in engineering design.
Relationship of course to program outcomes:
This course supports engineering outcomes 4, 5, 6,
and 7.
Prepared by: Professor Rick Keyser,