Engineering H193 - Team Project
Engineering H193
Course Introduction
Team Assignments
Team Working Agreement
Design Process
Brainstorming
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• Faculty
– If your course is a multiple section course,
then you need to list all faculty, their
departments, and the times that they are
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• FEH GTAs
– If you have TAs helping you, you may want to
list them as well.
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Faculty Member’s Name
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Office – Building and room number
Phone – XXX-XXXX
Home Phone – XXX-XXXX
E-mail – Provide e-mail address
Office Hours – As scheduled &/or by appointment
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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
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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
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References
Useful References -- See Syllabus
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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
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“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
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Evaluation And Assessment
• Course grades based on (see syllabus):
– Engineering fundamentals
450
– Engineering laboratory
390
– Robot competition
160
----• Total points
1000
• POSSIBLE BONUSES (see contest rules)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Working Agreement Elements
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Communication
Participation
Decision making and problem solving
Managing disagreements
Responsibilities and expectations
Conduct during meetings
Conduct between meetings
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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 !)
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The Design Process
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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
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Brainstorming
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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
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Guidelines For Brainstorming
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Criticism is ruled out
Creative and imaginative thinking is encouraged
Quantity is the metric
Combining and extending are good
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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
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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?
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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
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