Reverse Engineering Project

Freshman Engineering Clinic II – Section 5 Supplement to Course Syllabus Spring 2007

Instructor: Douglas B. Cleary, Ph.D., P.E., 856-256-5325, [email protected]

Office Hours: Room 233, Rowan Hall, Open Door Policy

Meeting Times: Monday 9:50 – 10:40 am, Rowan Auditorium and Wednesday 8:00 – 10:40, Rowan 309

Course Grading:

Reverse Engineering Project Percent of Total Grade Laboratories and lab reports 40% Maglite Bike Helmet Materials Peripheral Vision, fit, etc Positional Stability and Strap Stretch Airflow Impact

Additional research and design reports 20% Research report and oral presentation Design report and oral presentation

Final Report 20% Written Report Poster Presentation

Quizzes & Homework 5% Professional Conduct (including 5% portfolio) Final Exam 10% Total 100% Class Policies:

Attendance - Attendance is expected at all class meetings. If you will not be able to attend a class you should inform the instructor and your team beforehand in order to obtain assignments, etc.

Exams – The final exam is the only exam given in this course

Homework – An undetermined number of homework assignments will be given. Each student is responsible for every homework assignment and these assignments are expected to be individual efforts. You may work in teams but assignments should be turned in separately. In past semesters there have been problems with large groups of students doing the homework “together”. Often this has meant a couple doing the work and the rest recording it. Usually this leads to poor grades. BE CAREFUL.

Quizzes – Quizzes may be assigned at the instructor’s discretion. Usually this will occur if he gets the perception that students are not keeping up with the required coursework. Quizzes may be given without previous notice. No make-up quizzes will be given. Scores will be adjusted only for excused absences.

Group Assignments – A large portion of the course will consist of laboratory exercises and reports, research reports and presentations, and design reports and presentations. These will be completed and submitted as a team. Peer evaluation forms will be used to assess contributions of team members and may be used to adjust individual grades on the team assignments. Group work can be frustrating. It is expected that each team member will be an equal contributor to the team and that the teams will police themselves to achieve this goals. Teams are expected to exhaust all efforts to work out internal issues amongst themselves before bringing team issues to the course instructor.

Academic Success/Special Needs Statement - Your academic success is important. If you have a documented disability that may have an impact upon your work in this class, please contact me. Students must provide documentation of their disability to the Academic Success Center in order to receive official University services and accommodations. The Academic Success Center can be reached at 856-256-4234. The Center is located on the 3rd floor of Savitz Hall. The staff is available to answer questions regarding accommodations or assist you in your pursuit of accommodations. We look forward to working with you to meet your learning goals. Week Monday Lecture Wednesday Laboratory Assignment 1. 15 January 17 January No-Class: Martin Luther Introduction to Course, Process 1 Page Biography due Jan 24 King Day Introductions, Team Selection 2. 22 January 24 January Industrial Competitive Reverse Engineering of Maglite Report of Maglite due Jan 31 Assessment: Flashlight 3. 29 January 31 January Technical Report Writing Technical Writing Exercise 4. 5 February 7 February Bicycle Helmet Basics Brainstorming activity Report due February 14th 5. 12 February 14 February Material property basics Lab: Properties of helmet materials Report due February 21st 6. 19 February 21 February Library Databases Lab: Peripheral Vision, comfort and Preliminary reference list and fit, basic measurements draft report due February 26th. Research time for presentation Lab report due February 28th. Research Report and Presentations March 7th. 7. 26 February 28 February Presentation on Lab: positional stability and strap Report due March 21st Effective Oral stretch Presentations 8. 5 March 7 March Chapter 6.1-6.5 Fogler Team Presentations and LeBlanc - Project Management and Gantt Charts 12 March 14 March Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break 9. 19 March 21 March Statistics Lab: Airflow Report Due March 28th 10. 26 March 28 March Impact physics Lab: Impact Testing Report Due April 4th 11. 2 April 4 April Economics Marketing Exercise: Presentation and report due April 18th Brainstorming of Issues, Group Design Opportunities 12. 9 April 11 April Ethics and Patents: TBD Final Report due May 7

13. 16 April 18 April Group Problem Solving Marketing Presentations 14. 23 April 25 April TBD Course Evaluations and prep for poster presentation and final report.

15. 30 April 2 May Final Poster Presentation Final Report Due during final exam period - Monday May 7th 16. 7 May Final Exam and final report due