EGPP 101 Major Design Project

Design and Build

 

Major Design Project Detailed Description

A detailed description of each of the requirements for the Major Design and Build Project is given Each student team must:

 

  • Design and build their project.
  • Purchase parts to build their project.

 

Each student team will be reimbursed for items purchased for the project up to a maximum of $50 per team. Students must present receipts to get reimbursed, so please SAVE ALL RECEIPTS! Again, no student team will receive more than $50 total for parts ($50 limit). In fact, cost is a part of the grading criteria, so projects with large costs will receive lower grades. The major design project is 40% of each students grade in EGPP101, so please be very serious about getting the parts ordered quickly and the final project working.

 

The major deliverables for the project are:

 

I. Preliminary Presentation:

11/12

PASS/FAIL

5%

II. Preliminary Report:

11/19

PASS/FAIL

5%

III. Final Presentation:

11/26

See Grading Criteria

10%

IV. Final Report:

11/26

See Grading Criteria

10%

V. Final Product Demonstration:

12/3

See Grading Criteria

10%

 

 

Total

40%

 

 

I. Preliminary Presentation (11/12)

 

In each satellite class, a draft of the final presentation must be turned in and reviewed by the faculty member/teaching assistant. Faculty members/teaching assistants will provide feedback to each student team on how to improve the final presentation document. This presentation should include as many of the items required for the final presentation as possible. (See final presentation description shown below.)

 

Grading: PASS/FAIL (5%)

 

II. Preliminary Report (11/19)

 

In each satellite class, a draft of the final report must be turned in and reviewed by the faculty member/teaching assistant. Faculty members/teaching assistants will provide feedback to each student team on how to improve the final document. This report should include as many of the items required for the final report as possible. (See IV. Final Report description shown below.)

 

Please note: Student teams cannot receive reimbursement for parts until this report has been received!

 

Grading: PASS/FAIL (5%)

 

III. Final Presentation (11/26)

 

Each presentation must be no more than 10 minutes long. There a total of 100 points for this presentation. The grading criteria for this presentation is as follows:

 

Appearance (5 pts)

  • No jeans or baseball caps
  • Dress for success!

 

 

 

Visual Aids (5 pts)

  • Quality of visual aids (slides, etc)
  • Use of handouts or other visual aids

 

 

 

Content (60 pts)

  • Introduction (5)
  • Problem Statement/Constraints (5)
  • Task Assignments (5)
  • Gant Chart/Timeline for completion of each task (5)
  • Solution Options Considered (5)
  • Design Matrix and Justification of Selected Option (10)
  • Full description of Selected Option (sketches, cost breakdown, etc) (10)
  • Budget (5)
  • Conclusions (5)
  • Recommendations and Acknowledgements (5)
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    Organization and Delivery (10 pts)

    • Students should speak clearly
    • Dont go over 10 minutes for entire presentation
    • Presentation should flow smoothly

     

     

     

    Teamwork/Group Dynamics (5 pts)

    • Make sure all group members participate in presentation

     

     

     

    Question/Answer (10 pts)

     

     

    OVERALL GRADE (100 pts)

     

     

    Grading: 100 points (10%)

     

    IV. Final Report (11/26)

     

    Each team is required to submit a final report for the major design project. The final report should be no longer than 10 pages including everything listed below in items 1-12. Handwritten reports will not be accepted. Also, all figures and tables must be numbered with captions. Figures not referenced in the report text should not be included. Also, references not cited in the report should not be included in the references section. Students must include a set of peer evaluations with each report. Each team member is required to evaluate all other team members. Hence, if a team has 6 members, then the peer evaluations section should contain 6 peer evaluation forms. The final report must include each of the following items:

     

    1. Cover Page
    2. Table of Contents
    3. Abstract
    4. Problem Statement and Constraints
    5. Background Information
    6. Design Options (including design matrix)
    7. Justification for Selected Design
    8. Detailed Sketch of Selected Design
    9. Product Testing
    10. Conclusions
    11. References
    12. Acknowledgements
    13. Peer Evaluations

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    Grading: 100 points (10%)

     

    V. Final Product Demonstration (12/3)

     

    Student teams must demonstrate their final design product on December 3rd, 2002. Several teaching assistants/faculty members will give each student team scores. Scores will be averaged to produce a final score. The team receiving the highest score on this day will receive a monetary award. See the grading criteria document to see how this demonstration will be scored. There are a total of 75 pts for this portion of the major design project.

     

    Grading: 75 points total (10%)