ME 428 Final Design Report Grading Criteria Winter 2009

ME 481 - Final Design Report Grading Criteria

Project Name: ______Reviewer:______

Introduction/Problem Definition/Specification 0-10 points Are the problem and stakeholders adequately described? Are the customer requirements and specification clearly stated with supporting discussion?

Unclear Poor Minimally Good Excellent Category rating acceptable definition 1 4 6 8 10

Background and Information Gathering 0-5 pts Did the team review state of the art and perform necessary background research?

Little Poor Minimally Good Excellent Category rating acceptable 1 2 3 4 5

Design Development Concept Generation 0-5 pts Did the team adequately explore and describe potential solutions to the problem?

Little Poor Minimal ideation Good ideation Thorough Category rating exploration and expression with sketches ideation with and descriptions sketches and description 1 2 3 4 5

Idea Selection 0-5 pts Is there evidence of a structured selection process?

None Little or no Minimal Good use of Excellent use of Category rating structure application of structured structured selection criteria selection selection techniques with techniques with reference to reference to customer customer requirements requirements and engineering specs 1 2 3 4 5

Final Design Design Description 0-10 pts Is the design adequately described with reference to labeled layouts? Was material selection and any special procedures, maintenance issues or safety considerations discussed?

None Little or Minimally Good description Outstanding use Category rating confusing acceptable level of design with of figures and description of description good use of description of labeled figures design 1 4 6 8 10 Technical Content 0-15 pts Are sound engineering principles, quantitative modeling or conceptual prototypes presented to support the design? Is the engineering effort complete and well presented?

Little or no Poor Minimally Good use of Outstanding use Category Rating technical content acceptable use of appropriate of appropriate engineering engineering engineering principles, tools principles, tools principles, tools and methods to and methods to and methods to support the support the support design design design 1 4 8 12 15

Drawings 0-15 pts Does the report contain a full set of drawings including assembly and detailed part drawings?

Little or no Poor Minimally Good drawings, Outstanding set Category Rating engineering acceptable appropriately of complete drawings drawings. dimensioned drawings, with accurate properly assemblies numbered with all information and tolerances necessary to produce the design 1 4 8 12 15

Supporting Information/Cost Analysis 0-5 pts Does the report contain supporting vendor information, BOM, pricing and delivery information?

Not Contained Poor Minimal amount Good level of Excellent Category rating of supporting supporting data supporting data data indicating vendor contact information, parts, price and delivery. 1 2 3 4 5

Manufacturing Plan 0-5 points Is there a detailed plan for manufacturing?

No Plan Poor Minimally Good plan Excellent Category rating acceptable including the manufacturing manufacturing identification of plan including plan resources list of resources, schedule and hours estimates. 1 2 3 4 5 Design Verification Plan 0-10 points Does the report contain a plan for product verification?

Little or no Poor Minimally Good plan Excellent Category rating testing plan acceptable including test verification plan testing plan procedures indicating tests, special equipment and procedures. 1 4 6 8 10

Management/Teamwork 0-5 points Is the team organized with a sound management plan and teamwork?

Poorly Minimally Organized Well organized Outstanding Category rating Organized acceptable organization 1 2 3 4 5

Written Report 0-10 points Is the report visually appealing, well written (word choice, grammar) with appropriate use of equations, references and appendices? Can a disinterested reader of the report understand it without much effort?

Poorly written Minimally Average Good writing Outstanding Category rating report adequate writing report 1 4 6 8 10

Total:______/100___