Project 14361

Agenda

• Intro

• Problem Background

• Problem Statement and Deliverables

• Stakeholders

• Use Scenarios

• Prioritized List of Needs

• Engineering Requirements

• Draft of Project Plan

Team MembersCorey Gillsepie – Electrical EngineerThomas Gomes – Electrical EngineerHenry Almiron – Mechanical EngineerDirk Thur – Mechanical EngineerJennifer Leone – Industrial EngineerLawrence Hoffman – Electrical EngineerAngel Herrera – Electrical EngineerSaleh Zeidan – Mechanical Engineer

Problem Background

• Students in the Mechanical Engineering department currently take a sequence of experimental courses, one of which is MECE – 301 Engineering Applications Lab.

• The goal is to have a common lecture period for all sections, and then a weekly, simpler experiments that students will also run independently.

Problem Statement and Deliverables

• The purpose of this project is to design and produce a number of laboratory modules that will eventually be used in the engineering course MECE – 301 Engineering Applications Lab

• Three to four modules used to provide a set of advanced investigative scenarios that will be simulated by theoretical and/or computational methods.

Stakeholders

• RIT ME students

• RIT ME professors

• MSD Team

Use Scenarios

• In the lab students will analyze a module which inspire an experiment which will include a theoretical, and experimental analysis of the module.

• After completing this experiment, the students should have a firmer grasp on basic engineering principles and processes.

Risk Management

ID Risk Item Cause Effect Likelihood

Severity

Importance

Action of Management

Owner

1 Complexity of Modules

To hard/ to simple

Students fail to learn

2 2 4 refer to customer

expertise to ensure proper

complexity

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2 Injury to student

Human error Death, severe injury, emotional

trauma or dismemberment

1 3 3 In-depth Risk assessment/an

alysis once modules are

chosen

Project leader

3 Damage to dat property

Misuse of modules

Damage to dat property

1 2 2 In-depth Risk assessment/an

alysis once modules are

chosen

Mechanical Engineer

4 Late parts Failure to check lead

times

Missed deadlines 2 2 4 Establish order deadline

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5 Budgeting Over/Under spending

Run out or lose funds

1 1 1 Budget accordingly

(pizza party)

Team P14361

Prioritized List of Needs

• Requests 3 modules at minimum; 4 or 5 are preferred

• Modules may be of different technical challenge and complexity

• All modules must emphasize practical engineering experiences.

• All modules should be interesting to the students

• All modules should bridge applications areas, such as electromechanical or electrochemical

• All modules should use commercially-off-the-shelf equipment to enable maintenance and sustainability of module use over many semesters of student enjoyment

• At least one module should have analysis challenges that are at or beyond student learning from core coursework

Prioritized List of Needs cont.

• All modules should be able to be fully configured, utilized, and returned by student engineers

• All modules should be able to stand alone; they should contain everything they need without borrowing from other sources

• All modules should have a high level of flexibility and expansion allowing for many engineering opportunities

• All modules must be robust and safe

Engineering Requirements

Draft of the Project Plan