University of Connecticut 1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ME4973 Intro

University of Connecticut 2 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Outline New team meeting times Syllabus [on web] Deliverables  CDR, CAD, paragraph, graphic, design report  Demo day ME4972 Feedback Shop needs / allocation Design report issues Oral 2 comments

University of Connecticut 3 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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

University of Connecticut 4 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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.

University of Connecticut 5 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Syllabus - Deliverables CAD Feb. 4 CDR Feb. 11 Team Photos Feb. 25 Engineers week posters Feb. 22 ???? Oral 3 Mar. 4 - Mar. 11 Brochure input Mar. 13 ASME speakers Mar. 13 ASME Old Guard –U. Hart. Mar. 29 ASME SPDC - W.P.I. Apr. 20

University of Connecticut 6 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Syllabus - Deliverables Team 3 ASML: Prof. Baki Cetegen, Donald Karg, John Turner and Bryan Lightbody

University of Connecticut 7 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Team 12 Habco

University of Connecticut 8 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Syllabus - Deliverables Design report 1 Apr. 8 Oral 4 Apr Design report 2 Apr. 26 Demo day May 3 Final design report May 8 [Wed.]  Edited copy, 2 BxW copies, 1 color copy Sponsor on-site visit T.B.D.

University of Connecticut 9 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Design Report 1 Missing deliverables  1 color copy  2 black and white copies  1 edited copy

University of Connecticut 10 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Design Report 1 Issues Abstract… what WAS done TOC… number sections here and in text, no TOC Nomenclature: all symbols first used defined in text, alphabetical order Figures / Tables – all have titles, cited in text, discussed  Figure titles on bottom  Table titles on top… tables are not figures End of report requires summary, no conclusion now References: personal communication, hardware sources, …

University of Connecticut 11 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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

University of Connecticut 12 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Design Report 1 Issues Intro should include company background and array of products, including those not part of your project …. If continuation project…  Reference previous effort  Why did previous effort not work, explain and show data  Show how your ideas will work, not just personal confidence

University of Connecticut 13 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Oral 2 Comments

University of Connecticut 14 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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

University of Connecticut 15 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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.

University of Connecticut 16 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Presentation Charts Slide font a little too small Gantt chart writing is too small, too detailed Dark writings on dark background Charts too busy Do not number figures in oral presentation Do not use small black font on dark picture To small of a font for schedule / Gantt Significant figures issue Change numbers to percent error

University of Connecticut 17 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Presentation Organization Need title on title chart Need outline Need some sponsor background, not just on your product / problem Need summary Summary not conclusions

University of Connecticut 18 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Design - 1 How scaled? Why choice of design? Mention what software you are using or planning on using Explain use of software [Fluent], why used? Validation? Mesh sensitivity study is always needed Explain terms [roping], is it a technical term used or yours? No analysis, simple control volume type is needed ASAP

University of Connecticut 19 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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

University of Connecticut 20 of 28 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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