Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 1Spring Quarter Engineering H193 Course Introduction Team Assignments Team Working Agreement Design Process Brainstorming Week 1 Day 1

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 2Spring Quarter Engineering H193 Faculty –If your course is a multiple section course, then you need to list all faculty, their departments, and the times that they are teaching the course

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 3Spring Quarter Engineering H193 FEH GTAs –If you have TAs helping you, you may want to list them as well.

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 4Spring Quarter Engineering H193 - Spring 2003 Faculty Member’s Name Office – Building and room number Phone – XXX-XXXX Home Phone – XXX-XXXX – Provide address Office Hours – As scheduled &/or by appointment

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 5Spring Quarter H193 Course Objectives This course will enable you to: –Design and build a robot –Plan and manage an engineering design project –Present analyses of design & results –Write a project report –Make an oral presentation on the work

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 6Spring Quarter Text Books Required Text Books Tools and Tactics of Design by Dominick, et al. – need to read all of it A Guide to Writing as an Engineer by Beer and McMurrey – read selected sections Robotic Explorations by Fred Martin – read selected sections

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 7Spring Quarter References Useful References -- See Syllabus C How to Program, Deitel & Deitel Technical Graphics, Boyer et al. The New Way Things Work, Macaulay Handy Board Reference Manual, Martin Various FEH and other Web pages

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 8Spring Quarter “Hands-on” Lab Activities Controller Lab 1 (input ports, switches, CdS cell, motors) Motor Dynamics Lab (current usage, no load speed, stall torque) Controller Lab 2 (servos, IR beacons, and IR receivers) AND, OF COURSE, BUILDING THE ROBOT

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 9Spring Quarter Evaluation And Assessment Course grades based on (see syllabus): –Engineering fundamentals 450 –Engineering laboratory390 –Robot competition Total points 1000 POSSIBLE BONUSES (see contest rules)

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 10Spring Quarter Materials And Supplies “H193 Materials Coupon” –$75, see Front Desk Personnel, Room 244 –(4 coupons / team to get robot starter kit) –Checks made out to “The Ohio State University” Several floppy disks or 100 MB zip disk Team notebook (3-ring)

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 11Spring Quarter Team Robot Starter Kit Handy Board with charger & cables HB Technical Reference Manual Sensors kit -- 2 switches, IR receiver, CdS cell, ribbon cable, encoder, connectors, shrink tubing Safety Glasses Robotic Explorations by Fred W. Martin 54 piece Tool Kit

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 12Spring Quarter What You Will Learn Engineering design & problem solving Written communication skills via –Team working agreement, design schedule, progress report, final report, team notebook Oral communications skills via –Team meetings, faculty reviews, oral presentation

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 13Spring Quarter Team Member Responsibilities Before meetings –Identify agenda items and issues to discuss at meetings, and prepare brief agenda in advance. –Complete any work assignments from the last meeting before the next meeting. –Arrive on time. Stay until the end. –Come prepared to contribute and participate. From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 14Spring Quarter Team Member Responsibilities During meetings –Support and encourage one another. –Share ideas, information and participate fully. –Clarify misunderstandings and avoid unnecessary conflicts. –Listen actively to one another and ask questions when you are not clear or are confused. –Adhere to the agenda/objectives. From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 15Spring Quarter Team Member Responsibilities End of meetings –Summarize meeting outcomes and next steps. –Accept follow-up assignments and work. –Reflect upon how well the team is working together and suggest ways of improving. From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 16Spring Quarter Working Agreement Elements Communication Participation Decision making and problem solving Managing disagreements Responsibilities and expectations Conduct during meetings Conduct between meetings From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 17Spring Quarter Working Agreement The working agreement is a critical document. It should be 1 – 2 pages in length and all should sign it. It is for you and your teammates - not the staff!! If there are team problems, you will be asked how your working agreement says that they should be handled. Your responsibility is to your team NOT the staff ! (We just keep score !)

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 18Spring Quarter The Design Process Statement of the problem Requirements and constraints Preliminary concepts (brainstorming) Building a mockup Analysis Select final design and refine it Build prototype Test prototype Modify prototype Final test Documentation

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 19Spring Quarter Brainstorming One of several good creative stimulation methods Use to generate a lot of ideas Problem should be well-defined FIRST ! Consider designating a moderator and recorder Group diversity is often beneficial From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 20Spring Quarter Guidelines For Brainstorming Criticism is ruled out Creative and imaginative thinking is encouraged Quantity is the metric Combining and extending are good From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 21Spring Quarter Brainstorm a Solution Entire class will be involved Don’t criticize As many ideas as possible In Autumn Quarter we looked at solutions for worker transportation with plant relocations – an infrastructure problem

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 22Spring Quarter Product or Infrastructure Problem Students have to carry many things to class – –Books –Notebooks –Calculator –Backpack –What else? (Class helps in adding to the list) Is there a way to lighten the load and make the learning process more efficient?

Engineering H193 - Team Project Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 23Spring Quarter Today and This Week Today - Work on team agreement and brainstorming – Read Ch 3 – Defining the Problem: Project and People Skills - Tools and Tactics of Design (TTD) – Scan Ch 1, 2, and 4 Wednesday – Lecture on Project Notebooks, strategy discussion, sketches for brainstorming ideas Due Wednesday - Team agreement and coupons Friday - Controller Lab 1