ME481
Senior Design Project
Laboratory Week #1
Final Design Presentations
Mechanical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
Spring 2009
ME 481
Outline
Two- vs. Three-Quarter Schedule
General Plan
Design Presentation – Dry Run
Critical Design Review
Ethics Start-Up
Senior Exit Exam (Two-Quarter)
Questions
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Two-Quarter Schedule
If you are on the two-quarter schedule, this
is your last quarter
You must build AND test this quarter
Get and stay busy!
You must have taken ME 463 by the time
you get out
You are excused from the in-lab group
activities for ME 481
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Two-Quarter Schedule
 You must schedule a weekly group meeting with
your lab advisor
 You give your Final Design Presentation here at
Cal Poly on Wednesday (need to sign up for a
time)
 You travel to your sponsor’s next week for a
Critical Design Review
 Your Final Design Report is due this Friday at 5
p.m.
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Three-Quarter Schedule
Your Final Design Presentation at Cal Poly
is next Wednesday (4/8) – need to sign up
for a time
Final Design Report is due Friday of third
week at 5 p.m.
Critical Design Review at sponsor’s during
fourth week
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For Both Groups
You are expected to attend all design
presentations given by the teams in
your lab section at Cal Poly
See respective syllabi at
www.calpoly.edu/~fowen/me428 for
deliverables’ due dates
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General Plan (3-Qtr)
We shall meet labs on Mondays to cover
issues in engineering ethics
Wednesdays are for weekly meetings
with your lab advisors
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Critical Design Review
Make sure your travel forms are
current for your trip
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Ethics Start-Up
 Familiarize yourself with the Code of Ethics of ASME
and NSPE (National Association of Professional
Engineers)
 http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Governance/3675.pdf
 http://www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/index.html
 There are two main assignments:
 Team Project – Case Study (20% of ME 481 grade)
 Individual Report – Ethics Memo (15% of ME 481 grade)
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Very Important!
Two-quarter students:
 Senior Exit Exam: Thursday, 23 April, 6-9
p.m., 10-221, 222, 223
 Counts 15% of ME 481 grade
 Lab advisors will hand out FE manuals for
you to study with
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Questions?
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