ME 2110: Final Report and Presentation Tuesday, March 29 th , 2011 James Potter
ME 2110:Final Report and
Presentation
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
James Potter
Overview
• The next three weeks
• Final report
• Final presentation
• Judging (at final contest)
• Q & A
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The Next Three Weeks
This Week (3/28/11 – 4/1/11)
• Preliminary reports
– Have until Friday (4/1/11) at 12:00 noon
– Not graded
– Feedback for final report
• Qualifying round competition
– Determine seeding for final competition
– Pick team names!!!
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Next Week (4/4/11 – 4/8/11)
• Open lab instead of studio
– Scheduled lab section gets priority
• Friday, April 8th: FacelessBook Competition
– MaRC atrium by 4:30pm
– Judging starts at 5:00pm
– Contest begins at 6:15pm
– Invite friends and family!
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Next Week (4/4/11 – 4/8/11)
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Spring 2010 semester
Photo: Gary W. Meek Photography, Inc.
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Week After Next Week (4/11/11 – 4/15/11)
• Final Report
– 15% of course grade
• Final Presentation
– 10% of course grade
• Peer Evaluation
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Final Report
Final Report
• See Dr. Donnell’s “Project Reports” lecture• Only a few selected points will be covered in these slides
• No more than 10 pages of text
• Include Table of Contents
• Include Bill of Materials
• Use feedback from previous reports
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Final Report: Text
• Engineering challenges
– NOT the same as engineering constraints
– NOT the same as the contest tasks
• Avoid “throwing-in” design/planning tools that do not help with your explanation
• Results section
– Include numerical results
– Explain how design could have been improved
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Final Report: Figures and Tables
Height[cm]
Width [cm]
Depth [cm]
Cube 1 10 10 10
Cube 2 20 20 20
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Table 1: Cube dimensions
“The cube, shown in Figure 1, has 6 sides, and a volume equal to …”
“Table 1 shows the dimensions of two different cubes, one with …”
In the text:
Figure 1: Cube
Width
Height
Depth
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Final Presentation
Presentation
• See Dr. Donnell’s “Project Reports” lecture• Only a few selected points will be covered in these slides
• No more than 10 minutes
• One speaker
• Content similar to final report
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Presentation: Suggested Outline
• Title slide
• Agenda
• Problem definition
• Chosen design and its subsystems
• 2-3 main design tools that you USED
• Alternative concepts
• Highest-order evaluation matrix
• Results and analysis
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Presentation: Display Tips
• Large, clear figures for describing machine
– Show action step-by-step
– What would you want to see in an instruction manual?
• Font size
• Backgrounds …
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Presentation: Display Tips
• Large, clear figures for describing machine
– Show action step-by-step
– What would you want to see in an instruction manual?
• Font size
• Backgrounds …
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Presentation: Display Tips
• Large, clear figures for describing machine
– Show action step-by-step
– What would you want to see in an instruction manual?
• Font size
• Backgrounds …
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Presentation: Display Tips
• Large, clear figures for describing machine
– Show action step-by-step
– What would you want to see in an instruction manual?
• Font size
• Backgrounds …
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Presentation: Display Tips
• Large, clear figures for describing machine
– Show action step-by-step
– What would you want to see in an instruction manual?
• Font size
• Backgrounds …
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Judging
Judging
• Make a poster (use tri-fold poster board)
• Look like a team
• Describe machine actions and characteristics
– What will machine do?
– What points will be gained by each subsystem?
– What is clever about your machine?
– What could be better about your machine?
– Show that you didn’t just pick your design arbitrarily
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Q & A
Final report/presentation
Final competition
Other
End of Presentation
Thank you for your time
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