Preliminary Class Schedule for Freshman Clinic II
Bicycle Helmets
Week
Monday Lecture
Wednesday Laboratory
1.
21 January
23 January
No-Class: Martin Luther
King Day
Introduction to Course, Process
Introductions, Team Selection
28 January
30 January
Industrial Competitive
Assessment:
Lab 1: Reverse Engineering of
Maglite Flashlight
4 February
6 February
Technical Report Writing
Technical Writing Exercise
11 February
13 February
Library Databases
Lab 2: Helmet Measurements
2.
3.
4.
Brainstorming Exercises
Assignments
1 Page Biography due Jan 28
Report of Maglite due Feb 6
Preliminary reference list and
draft report due February 18th.
Lab Report due February 20th
Research Report and
Presentations February 27th.
5.
6.
7.
18 February
20 February
Material Property Basics
Lab 3: Properties of Helmet and
Other Materials
25 February
27 February
Presentation on Effective
Oral Presentations
Team Presentations
3 March
5 March
Bike Helmet Basics
Lab 4: Marketing Exercise:
Lab report due March 5th
Lab report due March 12th.
Brainstorming of Issues, Group
Design Opportunities (Develop your
own helmet and helmet test)
8.
9.
10.
11.
10 March
12 March
Statistics
Using Excel and Statistics
17 March
19 March
Spring Break
Spring Break
23 March
25 March
Impact
physics/Instrumentation
Cancelled Lab
31 March
2 April
Instrumentation
Lab 5: Impact Testing
HW due March 25th
Spring Break
Report Due April 9th
Preliminary Class Schedule for Freshman Clinic II
Bicycle Helmets
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
7 April
9 April
Economics
Work Session
14 April
16 April
Ethics and Patents
Ethics debates
21 April
23 April
Work Session
Lab 6: Demonstrate Team developed
helmet tests
28 April
30 April
Individual Presentations
Individual Presentations
5 May
6 May (Tuesday)
Final Poster Presentation
FINAL EXAM AND FINAL
REPORT DUE 10:15 – 12:15
Economics HW due Monday,
April 21st
Include plans/results as part of
final report