SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT SELECTION TOPICS: Draft Team Formation IENG 464 / 465 FALL / SPRING 2015 – 2016 TOPICS: Draft Team Formation Safety Minor & Six Sigma Requirements Project Management Process Project Proposal Preparation SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT SELECTION

TEAM (Re-)FORMATION Get into project teams: Select a spokesperson: One team per table group Ideally four people per team (new teams) Select a spokesperson: Prepare to provide: Project Title Project Sponsor/Client Team Member Listing Brief Problem Description and Skills Required Team prepares a brief Project Proposal (1st Term) or a brief Implementation Plan (2nd Term) E-mail this to the instructor by 5:00 PM on the due date

SAFETY MINOR REQUIREMENTS Significant Safety Content If anyone on your team is working on the Safety Minor, the project must have significant safety content The team member(s) working on the Safety Minor must work on that safety content What to do: See Dr. Piper ASAP Fill out the paperwork (there is always more paperwork) 2nd Term – make sure that your Concept Design was approved for the Safety minor Do the design work Invite Dr. Kerk or Dr. Piper to the Conceptual Design Presentation Get feedback and adjust accordingly Do the implementation work Invite Dr. Kerk or Dr. Piper to the Final Results Presentation Graduate (hopefully) with a Safety Minor

SIX SIGMA CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS Six Sigma Project (IENG 463) requirements: DMAIC process is used DURING the project Stand alone project report is submitted for a LETTER GRADE Six Sigma Project Report: Report Structure: Cover Page Introduction & Problem Statement Headings for DMAIC Sections Recommendations, Conclusions and Acknowledgements References Appendices Report is due at NOON on Last day of Finals Week

PROJECT PROPOSAL PREPARATION Engineering Project Proposal Sections: Cover Page Executive Summary Introduction Problem Statement Constraints Scope of Work Deliverables Tasks Timing Budget Team Qualifications Team Members and Roles Summary of Team Qualifications Conclusions and Recommendations References Appendices E-mailed copy of the Project Proposal is due at 5:00 PM, 08 FEB

ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK Care and Maintenance Requirements

Engineering Notebooks Individual Responsibility Must be legally constructed Pages can’t be re-sequenced Missing pages are easily identified as such Must be legally documented Entries must be accurate Entries must be chronological Entries of importance should be witnessed Examples to document: Meeting times, places, attendees, topics Relevant phone conversations Relevant expenditures, mileage Design principles, concepts, sketches Engineering results, decisions, rationale Copies are placed in Project Notebook regularly 11/17/2018

Engineering Notebooks Engineering Notebooks are a permanent record for legal purposes Notebooks have a durable cover Pages are sewn or perfect bound (not loose-leaf or spiral bound) Entries are made with permanent methods Entries are made in sequential order & dated Errors are lined out, but not obliterated Loose material is attached within the notebook pages (if possible), or referenced within (if not) 11/17/2018

Using Your Engineering Notebook Blow-by-blow Documentation Corner of page Date & time Location Personnel present Title of task Experimental conditions, equipment ID numbers Blow-by-blow record of process Sketches of experimental setup / design Summarize major decisions / results Single line ends an activity, Double line ends day 11/17/2018

Eng. Notebook Entry Example 10/1/99 Team Mtg George, Jane, Judy (Elroy absent) 4:15 pm Clodfelter’s Bar & Grill Agenda: Refreshments Brainstorming Material Purchase Discussed cost vs. refreshment performance George presented analysis showing non-linearity at high $ end Decision to invent more effective beverage Brainstormed concepts Reduced water content Increased hops in raw stock Decision to invest in further research Planned expenditure of $25.00 Actual expenditure of $26.75 due to heavy tipping Refresh. Level Cost ($) 11/17/2018