ENGN 1000 - Projects in Engineering Design
FALL 2012

Time:
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Thursday 4:00 - 6:20 pm
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Location:
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B&H 155
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Instructors:
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Kipp Bradford (B&H 447)
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Christopher Bull (Prince Lab 207)
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TA:
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Office Hours: |
Tuesday 4-5:30, Thursday 12-1:30
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Projects in design for concentrators in chemical, electrical, materials, and mechanical engineering.
Students work in teams on projects that are defined through discussions with the instructor. A new product or system that optimally satisfies a set of engineering criteria is the goal of the semester’s effort. Students will establish initial requirements before iterating through a multi-step design process including research, conceptualization, feasibility assessment, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation.
Design of robotic systems, mechatronics, and automated systems will be emphasized by the instructor.
Prerequisite: completion of engineering core program. Enrollment limited to 40.
Current Projects
Example Proposals (click this link to download PDF file)
Previous Projects
Class Videos
Grading:
- 45%: Completing 3 iterations of the engineering design cycle
- 20%: Meeting requirements.
- 15%: Class participation: Comments on Lecture and other teams' design
- 20%: Final Presentation
Calendar - 2012 Fall Lecture & Assignment
Administrative Details & Meeting Time Calendar
Project Proposal Template
PCard Order Form
Course Summary
Engin1000 is a capstone design class which presents concepts of the design process, and strengthens students theoretical engineering abilities by introducing project requirements and real-world constraints. Students will gain first-hand experience with the design process while using engineering skills to solve technical challenges in their projects.
Please fill out the Project Preference Survey [Survey Results]
Links and Outside Resources
Project Ideas:
MIT D-Lab
TreeHugger
Design for the Other 90%
Yet2 - Open technology sharing site
SBIR - Government funded requests - many companies live off these, some neat ideas
Thingiverse
Instructables
Mechanical Rapid Prototyping
Ponoko - 3D Printing, fewer materials, and 2D Laser Cutting
Shapeways - 3D Printing, many materials
Electrical Rapid Prototyping
PCB-Pool
Sunstone Circuits
Parts/Components
Octopart - Online Electronics Search Tool
Inventables - New, undeveloped, or advanced materials
SparkFun - Simplified or developer kit electronics
Adafruit Industries
MakerSHED
McMaster-Carr - Anything and everything
Digikey - Anything electronic (including sensors and more)
Mouser - Same as Digikey
Jameco Electronics
Northern Tool
Tower Hobbies - RC Electronics and miniature mechanical components
Robot Marketplace - Many kinds of robot components: motors, controllers, batteries
Laser Cutting for Balsa Wood
http://www.specializedbalsa.com/contact/index.php
http://ak-models.com/lasercutservices.htm
Other
Brown University
Patent Resources
MIT Design Links
Gantt Chart with Google Spreadsheets
NASA Engineering Design
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