Fall 2020Information Session

ME463 – Senior Design

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

January 27th, 2020

ME 463Senior Design

AGENDA

1. ME463 Overview2. Project Types

A. Industry-sponsoredB. Student-InitiatedC. Research-sponsoredD. “Free Agents”

ME463 OVERVIEW

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All paths lead to Senior Design

Problem Definition

ConceptDesign

DetailDesign

Simple ModelingCommon Problems

FUNDAMENTALS(Engineering Practice)

ME 263

CORE ME COURSES(Co-op/Internship)

ME 463

ME 463Senior Design

WHAT WILL WE DO IN SENIOR DESIGN?

1. Design Apply your engineering knowledge to create a unique solution to an open-ended design problem that is useful to the world. Innovate, Design, Build, & Test

Problem Definition

Concept Generation

Concept Down-select

Component / System Design

Analysis / Optimization

Fabrication / Assembly

Testing / Validation

Design Iteration

Engineering Product

Development Cycle

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WHAT WILL WE DO IN SENIOR DESIGN (CONT.)?

2. Teamwork

3. Project Management

4. Business Acumen

5. Craftmanship

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• Instructor serves as “coach” to provide overall guidance

• When sponsored, industry provides technical liaison

• Students are encouraged to seek technical advice from mentors, professors, and shop managers

• Teams determine and self-manage the roles & responsibilities of each member

STRUCTURE

PROJECT TYPES

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PROJECT TYPES

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Pre-arranged “Free Agent”

Industry sponsored

Student initiated

Research sponsored

Pre-arranged projects: Projects and project teams that are approved before course registration so that team members are scheduled into the same ME463 section.

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PRE-ARRANGED PROJECTS

• What makes a good Senior Design project?• It requires application of your engineering education

• It is the right size – the full design cycle (Design, Build, Test) can be completed by a 4 to 6 person team in 16 weeks

(expected work load is 18-20 hours/person/week, totaling between 1200 – 1800 hrs.)

• It can be built and tested safely with resources available to Senior Design

• The end product will add unique value to a business and/or society

Note: Course policy prohibits projects involving weapons or significant safety risk.

See https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME463/criteria for more info

INDUSTRY-SPONSORED

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INDUSTRY SPONSORED PROJECTS

• Student benefits• Additional mentoring• Strengthens your relationship with an employer• Provides larger project budget• Develop industry skills

• School benefits• Greater industry support and involvement• Enhances the relevance of Senior Design• Better/More well-defined projects

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INDUSTRY SPONSORED PROJECTS

• Looking for students who• Had an excellent engineering Co-op or Internship• Have Contact Information for past Employer/Supervisor• Believes their past Employer would Sponsor a Senior Design Project• Would provide an Engineering Liaison for the Project• Reinforcement of Industry Practices

• If you would like to nominate your intern/co-op employer for a Senior Design project, complete the Qualtrics survey by MIDNIGHT 1/29

• https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4MwAe5qE5TiZM2h

Questions? Contact Todd Nelson (nelso366@purdue.edu)

STUDENT-INITIATED

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STUDENT INITIATED PRE-ARRANGED PROJECTS

• Process for approval of Student Initiated Projects:• Fill out Project Submission Form from ME463 website

(https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME463/submit_project)

• By midnight Feb. 23rd, email completed form to Professor Jensen jensen23@purdue.edu

• Senior Design committee will review submissions, ask follow-up questions, and respond with approval or denial by Mar. 1st.

• Note: Projects must have at least 4 team members at submission. Projects with fewer than 5 will be advertised for up to 2 additional members.

RESEARCH-SPONSORED

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RESEARCH PROJECTS

• If you have, or are, working for a professor or research laboratory provide the following information before you leave

• Your Info: Name: ______________________________ Phone: _______________ Email: ______________________

• Researcher/Laboratory: ____________________________________________

• Campus Location: ________________________________

• Period(s) of Employment: _______________________ to ____________________________

• Your Supervisor Name: _____________________________ Phone: ____________ Email: _________________________

• Likely-hood of Researcher/Laboratory Senior Design Project Sponsorship (5 – very likely, 1 – not very likely): _______

• Names and emails of other students that would like to join a project sponsored by this Researcher/Laboratory:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Or, PDF this to jensen23@purdue.edu by Jan. 29th.

“FREE-AGENTS

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“FREE AGENTS”

• What if I am not part of a pre-arranged project?• You simply register for ME463 as you would any other course.

• Once the semester begins, your instructor will ask students to submit project ideas and your instructor will use their own methodology for determining projects and teams.

PRE-ARRANGED PROJECTS SCHEDULEDate

Student-initiated projects activities

Industry-sponsored projects activities

Research-sponsored projects activities

1/27/20 Pre-arranged Projects Information Session

1/29/20 N/A Company contacts due Research contacts due

1/31/20 N/A Companies contacted Research faculty contacted

2/23/20 STUDENT Project submission forms due by 11:59pm

Initial discussion with company completed

Initial discussion with faculty completed

3/1/20 Project Problem Statements refined/finalized

INDUSTRY Project submission due RESEARCH Project submission due

3/4/20 Approved projects posted to ME463 website (if additional members needed)

3/11/20 Finalize student project teams*

3/13/20 Deadline to send pre-arranged list of student teams to Kyle Rice

3/23/20 EARLY REGISTRATION OPEN

* Industry-sponsored projects may not be set by this deadline. Students are encouraged to form a team and register for the same lab section via normal scheduling processes.

ME 463 Course Web Site:https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME463/

Emails:Professor Jensen (jensen23@purdue.edu) Student-initiated and Research projects

Todd Nelson (nelso366@purdue.edu)Industry-sponsored projects

QUESTIONS?

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