University of Bridgeport
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Syllabus for:
Instructor:
Machinery and Mechanical System Design (MEEG-425), Spring, 2014
Jeremy (Zheng) Li, Ph.D, e-mail: zhengli@bridgeport.edu
Instructor Assistance: Before or after class, or by appointment
Lecture Hours: 9:30 am. to 12:00 pm, Tuesdays
Course Description:
The rapid growing and wide application of fully automated high speed machinery and precision mechanism
including biomedical instruments require professionals in mechanical, design and manufacturing engineering with
strong knowledge in mechanical design to keep good systematic function, reduced product cost, and efficient
manufacturing process. The design engineers with less practical and real engineering technologies will have difficulty
to handle the design of high performance machinery and mechanical product.
This course will focuses on the process of developing creative solutions through conceptual analysis and synthesis
on machinery and some biomedical instrument design and development processes. The topics cover the concepts of
automated and high speed machinery design, basic biomedical instrument design, FDA regulation in biomedical
instrument design, basic instrument mechanism design in assisting manufacturing processes, and other biomedical
design techniques in today’s US biomedical industries. Pro/Engineer will be used as the computer-aided design CAD
tool to design the high function machinery and biomedical instrument in this class. Two class’s case studies will be
introduced to help students to gain real US machinery and biomedical instrument design technologies and techniques.
Two formal projects assigned in class represent today’s automated machinery and biomedical instrument design in
current US industry and it will help students to learn how to prepare for their professional research, keep track of latest
technologies in design and development of automated machinery, biomedical instrument, and precision mechanism.
One of the targets in this class is to guide students to gain popular knowledge in today’s automated machinery and
biomedical instrument design technologies and get ready to face current challenging industrial and biomedical
engineering job market.
Course Learning Goals:
1. Students will develop their knowledge in automated machinery and biomedical instrument design and development
techniques.
2. Students will learn how to investigate different concepts applied in automated machinery and biomedical instrument
design processes.
3. Students will learn the basic characteristics governing the applications of typical design methods of automated
machinery and biomedical instrument.
4. Students will also learn professional and ethical responsibility.
Expected Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic design and development processes of automated machinery and
biomedical instrument.
2. Synthesis many potential solutions to a given automated machinery and biomedical instrument design need.
3. Students will understand the most popular techniques in automated machinery and biomedical instrument design
processes
4. Use appropriate engineering data to select proper automated machinery and biomedical instrument design methods.
5. Ability to understand and treat practical issues in automated machinery and biomedical instrument design
environment.
6. Ability to identify and manage dilemmas in automated machinery and biomedical instrument design and
development processes.
It is the student's responsibility to familiarize himself or herself with and adhere to the standards set forth in the policies
on cheating and plagiarism as defined in Chapters 2 and 5 of the Key to UB http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2623.asp
or the appropriate graduate program handbook
This course strictly follows the UB’s Credit Hour Policy: For each one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction, a
minimum of two hours of out of class student work each week should be planned for approximately fifteen weeks.
Schedule:
Sect (1) – Four Weeks
1. Introduction of automated and high speed machinery application
2. Introduction of biomedical instrument application
3. Introduction of computer-aided instrument design
4. Analysis and concept of automated machinery and biomedical instrument design and development
5. US FDA regulation in biomedical instrument design and development
Sect (2) – Four Weeks
1. General technologies/techniques in automated machinery and biomedical instrument design
1). Precision mechanism design and analysis
2). Material strength and structure analysis in automated machinery and biomedical instrument design
3). Automated machinery material selection
4). Structure analysis in automated machinery design
5). Biomedical material selection in biomedical instrument development
2. Three warm-up case studies
1). Automated machinery / mechanical system in automobile industry
2). Biomedical instrument in surgical procedure
3). Biomedical instrument in blood vessel and body tissue testing procedure
Sect (3) – Three Weeks
1. Basic concept and analysis of automated and high speed machinery
2. Basic concept and analysis of biomedical instrument
3. Precision mechanism structure and stress analysis
4. Precision mechanism design and development
5. Application of class learnt knowledge to the future machinery and biomedical instrument design and
development processes
Sect (4) – Four Weeks
1. Pro/Engineer (Wildfire 5.0)
1). Basic function in biomedical instrument design and analysis
2). Basic function in automated machinery design and analysis
3). Basic biomedical instrument assembly function
4). Basic automated machinery assembly function
5). Basic design of biomedical instrument components
6). Basic design of automated machinery components
2. Discussion and analysis of two class projects with more complex machinery and biomedical instrument
design
Sect (5) – One Week
Final examination
Cheating and plagiarism is absolutely unacceptable in the cases. The first offense will result in a warning and
documented by the instructor and the second offense will result in an “F” for the course. Cheating and plagiarizing
include using the work of others as your own, talking or looking around during exams and allowing others to look at
your exam papers.
Textbook & Manual:
1. Teacher’s lecture notes
2. Design of Automatic Machinery, Stephen J. Derby, CRC Press, 2010, ISBN: 978-0824753696
3. Mechanism Design with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, Kuang-Hua Chang, SDC Publications, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-58503-528-1
Reference Textbook:
Biomedical Instruments: Theory and Design, Walter Welkowitz, Academic Press, 2007, ISBN 0127441514
Attendance Policy:
Students are responsible to acquire notes and assignments from classmates in case of absence
The course will be graded as follows:
Project / Participation & Class Discussion / Final Exam.
45%/20%/35%