Schedule and Content Notes

ME/MET Capstone 1 Preliminary Design Review "PDR" project presentations are scheduled to be held in 3 concurrent sessions during the 3:10 - 5:00 PM regular lecture time on Monday 3/4/2019. Schedule and location per table, below:

ETME/EMEC 489 Capstone 1
Preliminary Design Review Schedule

Monday 3/4/2019, 3:10 - 5:00 PM    

Room                         Time-> 3:10-3:30 3:35-3:55 4:00 - 4:20 4:25 - 4:45
339 Johnson            (Larson)  GDR Hose Management Disc Golf Machine Fly Fishing Machine Flexible Manufacturing
101 Reid Hall          (Shankwitz) Vibration Absorber Flapperatus RockWheels Activ8r Powered Equipment Mover
312A Roberts         (Remington) Microfluidics Mouse Bone Notcher Fall Arrest System Sarcomere Demonstrator

 

Attendance and Evaluation Requirements
All Capstone 1 and Capstone 2 students are required to attend the Capstone 1 presentations, to serve as an audience, ask pointed questions, and provide critique to the groups.
Each Capstone 1 & 2 team is to submit ONE evaluation form foreach of the 4 presenting groups in their session. Take good notes, compare and compile input, then submit  your team evals to the appropriate D2L Dropbox.  

Capstone 1 and Capstone 2 teams please use this form: Capstone PDR Evaluation.

Capstone 2, Please attend sessions as shown below. 
  • Cap 2 Room Assignment - 339 Johnson Hall:
    NASA Robotic Mining Competition
     Solar Car Competition Rear Suspension
     Energy Storage System
    6-DOF loader test frame   
     Mouse Bone Test Fixtures
     Three-axis rotation support stand - LANL
    WET Design 
     Bearproof Composter
     Bale Processer - BobCat/Doosan
    K2 Automated Ski Press
     UAV Drone Competition Team 1
     Battlebot Arena Obstacles
    Battlebot Competition  Team 3
  • Cap 2 Room Assignment -101 Reid Hall:
    Baja SAE
    Clean Snowmobile Challenge 
    Microfluidic flow switching-unit
    Guitar Engineering 6 
    Dual Filament Mixing Nozzle
    Deceleration Test - LANL
    Bihler binder clip 
    Radioactive Waste Compactor 
    TMR - Flyrod ferrule
    Backpack Material Tester - WDS
    UAV Drone Competition Team  2
    Battlebot Competition  Team 1
  • Cap 2 Room Assignment -312 A Roberts Hall:
    Human Powered Vehicle
    NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge
    Rocket motor classroom demonstrator
    Suspension Enclosures
    ETME 311 Joining Lab Adhesive Bonding
    Universal Transport Container - LANL
    Wheelbarrow lifter 
    Tilting Cartop Carrier 
    TV Ceiling Mount
    YNP Hot Spring Autosampler
    UAV Drone Competition Team 3
    Battlebot Competition  Team 2

Presentation Scheduling and Mechanics:

Students - All students are expected to share equal portions of their group presentation preparation and/or delivery workload, and each student is expected to attend ALL  presentations during the session in which they present. Presenting groups should bring a USB drive with all presentation contents: Be sure to check that all needed files are present and functional. (Movies, GIFs are sometimes troublesome!)

Presentation Format:

  • Target time of 20 minutes allocated for each group presentation, split ~15 minutes for discussion and ~5+ minutes for interactive Q&A with audience.
  • Be sure your presentation content fills the time, but fits these constraints! Groups whos presentation is far too brief or extends beyond  time limits will receive significant point penalties for poor planning.
  • Student groups should invite advisors, sponsors, and any other interested individuals. 
  • Dress code = business casual. 
  • Powerpoint use is generally considered to be the standard method for conveying this type of information. Some type of computer display is expected! 
  • In case of computer issues, be prepared! (Suggest bringing one hard-copy presentation for display on document camera as a backup.)
  • Other options include handouts, pass-around articles, video, etc...

Content:

At a minimum, your presentation/discussion should include the following elements

  • Introduce your group members, faculty advisor, course and course #, and your project sponsor.
  • Describe your project - What? Why? Where? What is the rationale, goal(s), constraints.
  • Discuss your Level 1 Requirements, as negotiated with your sponsor.
  • Describe the Research your team has performed, discuss important or applicable findings, etc.
  • Present each of your Design Specifications and explain how you derived them.
  • Discuss the Alternatives Considered. Each project group should have developed numerous alternatives, lots to discuss here!.
  • Go over the methods used to Evaluate the alternatives. 
  • Present your 'Best' Alternative - your Proposed Solution. Describe progress to-date in moving towards that solution.
  • Chart a timeline for successfully completing your project, from beginning thru the end of the project. This should forecast events through project completion next term! Feel free to investigate website for Capstone 2 and extrapolate scheduling milestones for next term. (PS - Your Gantt chart is a good source for scheduling information but a poor format for presentation!)

You should consider the above list a minimum level of achievement at this stage of the term. It is possible that some groups may have made progress beyond the above minimum level. For instance, analysis or modeling of the preferred configuration may be under-way. That is fine, as long as all intermediate steps have been properly addressed. No additional time will be allocated during PDR to explain advanced progress. 

Evaluation:

Group PDR Performance will be evaluated by the instructor based on the content recommendations listed above. 
PDR accounts for 10% of the course grade, per the grading criteria stated in the course syllabus.

Written feedback from Capstone 2 attendees will also be provided to each team.